equal opps and welfare

During our Students’ Union Elections Media Day on Thursday 28th February, we chatted to the candidates who are running to be elected as your Equal Opportunities and Welfare Officers for the 2019-20 academic year. Take a look at what they had to say. Catrina Coakley-Burns Catrina Coakley-Burns (Cat) is...

In the light of recent SU Elections, Impact caught up with Laura Bealin-Kelly, the current SU Equal Opps and Welfare Officer, to talk about her time in office so far, biggest challenges, achievements, and what the role has taught her. How would you say your time in office has...

Zoe Mackenzie has been elected as your new Students’ Union Equal Opportunities and Welfare Officer for 2018/19. Zoe was declared the Equal Opportunities and Welfare Officer for the 2018/19 academic year after winning the 5th round of voting, with 1864 votes. The current Equal Opportunities and Welfare Officer for...

The second day of campaigning for SU elections has been snowy and windy, but the candidates persevere and are chatting to students around campus. In the unusually quiet Portland building, Impact first catches up with Pete Lendon who is running to be your next SU President. “It’s going really...

The final candidate list for both the full-time and part-time Officers for the 2018 Students’ Union Student Leader Elections have been released. Their manifestos can be found here. Make sure to keep an eye out on Impact as we will soon be releasing the interviews that we conducted with...

On Wednesday 15th of March, the Equal Opportunities and Welface candidates for this year’s Students’ Union elections took part in a hustings chaired by current officer, Katie Leach. Laura Bealin-Kelley (LBK), Naomi Adele Batley and Tom Stanley (Stan) all answered questions from the mediator, the floor, and online. Here’s...

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...