Voting

Jack Fenton   Within the recent Student Union Officer elections, and generally across all student voting, there is a surprising lack of participation from those who are most affected by the results of a referendum. Students today are exceptionally busy. People, in general, could be forgetful or perhaps unaware...

Emma Burnett With the Green party making record gains in the 4th May 2023 Local elections, gaining 481 seats, the party has won its highest proportion of seats in over twenty years. Emma Burnett examines the new policies the Green party has introduced, and what this could mean for its...

Gemma Weston (she/her), who is running for Welfare Officer for the 2022/23 academic year, was recently interviewed by Impact’s Grace Cloughton (she/her) on her candidacy. ...

Marcus Briggs is running in the 2022 SU elections for the role of Sports Officer. Impact’s George Scotland caught up with him to hold an interview about his campaign. ...

Emily Ash Emily examines the impact of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s presence on Twitch. Among Us has been the latest craze in party games, asking you to stealthily murder your comrades or scream your innocence the loudest if you fail. We’ve covered the games’ ridiculous success before. Despite that, I don’t...

It is safe to say that compromise and pragmatism are probably things that we all strive for in politics, but in recent years competing forces from the far-left and far-right have been tearing this country apart. It is becoming increasingly difficult, and unpopular, to be a centrist....

Sam Hawkins has been elected as your new Liberation Officer for 2020/21. Impact caught up with Sam to discuss how he’s celebrating his new role and what he is excited for going forward. What are you most looking forward to in your role? Seeing as this is a completely...