• Manifesto Reviews: Postgraduate Officer candidates

    A team of Impact’s contributors came together to review candidate manifestos. The team, consisting of Sophie Robinson, Kit Sinclair, Olivia Hughes, Laura Scaife, Hannah Walton-Hughes, Lottie Murray, and Olivia Conroy have summarised the main manifesto points and given their opinions on the overall manifesto. Some candidates did not submit...
  • Winner Announced: Postgraduate Officer – Abdirahman Ahmed

    Abdirahman Ahmed has been elected as your new Postgraduate Officer for 2020/21. Abdirahman was declared the winner after one round of voting with 781 votes. Impact caught up with Abdirahman to ask him a few questions. What are you most looking forward to in your role? I would say...
  • Winner Announced: Postgraduate Officer – Abdi Ahmed

    Abdi Ahmed has been elected as your new Students’ Union Postgraduate Officer for 2019/20. Abdi was declared the Postgraduate Officer for the 2019/20 academic year after winning the 5th round of voting, with 1684 votes. When speaking to Impact, Abdi said that he was ‘ecstatic, absolutely thrilled, nervous, emotional but...
  • SU Hustings 2019: Postgraduate Officer

    On the evening of Monday 4th March, the candidates running for the position of Postgraduate Officer participated in a hustings. There are four candidates running for the position: Abdi Ahmed, Tom Leach, Jin Jing and Ali Jourabchi.  Opening with a speech by Abdi Ahmed, he addressed the need for...
  • SU Election polls open today

    This morning, Thursday 10th May, the voting for the Students’ Union Elections opens as students are given their say on who is going to represent them the next academic year. You can cast your vote on the Students’ Union’s website. Polls will close at 12pm on Thursday 17th May,...
  • “I have been working to advocate for PhD students”: Interview with SU Postgraduate Officer Yolanda King

    With the 2018 Students’ Union Elections now finished, Impact talked to Yolanda King, the Postgraduate Officer, to learn more about her time in office. During the interview, Yolanda talked about the virtue welcome fair, the Postgraduate community, the SU, what she is still hoping to accomplish and more. “It...
  • WINNER ANNOUNCED: POSTGRADUATE OFFICER – Agata Miezaniec

    Agata Miezaniec has been elected as your new Students’ Union Postgraduate Officer for 2018/19. Agata Miezaniec was declared the Postgraduate Officer for the 2018/19 academic year after winning the 4th round of voting, with 692 votes. Newy and Tiara were disqualified. Talking to Impact, Agata said that she was “super surprised,...