Sarah Lindgärde

With the 2018 Students’ Union Elections currently taking place, Impact talked to Alan Holey, the SU President, to learn more about his time in office. During the interview, Alan talked about his experiences, the Inspirational Student Magazine, making the SU more transparent and more. How would you say your...

On Monday 5th March 2018, the candidates running for Activities Officer in this year’s Students’ Union Elections participated in an election hustings. Both candidates, Mike Flanagan and Katie Clubb, were given two minutes to introduce themselves before they were asked questions from both the audience in attendance and from...

On Monday 5th March 2018, the candidates running for Environmental and Social Justice (ESJ) Officer in this year’s Students’ Union Elections participated in an election hustings. Hosted by Yolanda King, the current SU Postgraduate Officer, the hustings started with Yolanda asking the candidates what they would want to do...

On Monday 5th March 2018, one of the candidates running for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Officer in this year’s Students’ Union Elections participated in an election hustings. Before the questions started, the audience was informed that one of the candidates running for BME, Malak Mayet, would not be...

The UCU industrial action is now approaching its third week of strikes over the proposed changes to teaching staff’s pensions.   The result of the 14-day strike means that students will face cancelled lectures, seminars and tutorials. This has left them questioning whether they deserve compensation for the missed...

The first day of campaigning for the Students’ Union elections has finally approached, but so has the snow. With the heavy snow keeping many students at home, it has been a relatively slow start to the campaigning week. However, at 9am you could still find some candidates and their...

During our Students’ Union Elections Media Day on Saturday 24th February, we chatted to the candidates who are running to be elected as your Education Officer for the 2018-19 academic year. Take a look at what they had to say. Cassie O’Boyle Cassie O’Boyle is the current Education Officer...