Equal Opportunities and Welfare

Laura Bealin-Kelly has been announced as the new Equal Opportunities and Welfare Officer. The total number of people who voted for this position was 4229. Laura won after 3 rounds of voting, beating Tom Stanley by 801 votes in the final round of voting. Speaking to Impact following her victory, Laura said that she was both...

During our SU Elections media day on Saturday 4th March, we chatted with the candidates hoping to be your 2017-18 Equal Opportunities and Welfare Officer. Here’s what they had to say. Laura Bealin-Kelly (LBK) Laura Bealin-Kelly (or LBK as she introduced herself to us), is running for Equal Opportunities and...

Katie Leach has been announced as the new Equal Opportunities and Welfare Officer. 6,680 students voted for this position and 5 candidates ran. After four rounds of voting, Katie received 3,351 votes, beating Rachel Hoskins, who received 1,738 votes in the final round. Katie told Impact that she was feeling “very much overwhelmed”. She said: “You don’t really know...

University has traditionally been seen as the perfect arena to explore sexuality, notoriously a melting pot of brief relationships, casual sex, and experimentation. In light of growing national media attention and a call from various groups and the government, Impact News investigates the darker side of sexual experiences, if...

An Equal Opportunities and Welfare question time took place on Friday, giving candidates the opportunity to expand on their manifesto points and answer specific questions posed by students. The questions covered a variety of topics, from raising awareness of mental health services to ways to provide services for postgraduate students...