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Student Unions
HUU Elections 2009 – the results (with a twist)
Mar 6th
The last day of voting and the announcement of the results were both very eventful. Naturally, there was a lot of tension and when each result was announced, there was a huge amount of emotion shown. Amongst the chanting and the tears though, we now have most of the team that will be in charge…
HUU Elections 2009 – Polling days
Mar 4th
Before I get onto the subject of this entry, I should point out that the current UST (Alex Hamilton) sent a message to me and said that as a result of my discovery about the confusing Returning Officer notices, the incorrect notice has been removed from Hullstudent.com. He has also informed me that there are…
HUU Elections 2009 – Candidates & Controversy
Mar 2nd
I haven’t posted since November last year. To be honest, I had lost the motivation to blog and I had other things that used up my time. Each of my posts take a while to research. Anyway, certain things have happened recently which have given me some motivation again. The importance and history of elections…
All the excitement of a governance review
Oct 20th
I won’t bore you with the reasons why I haven’t blogged much recently. I could have posted my opinions on the credit crunch or the latest news about the US election, but I’m not going to today – that will come later. This post is more of a continuation of my last post as it’s…
The HUU Governance Review
May 12th
This year, after a referendum at HUU, a review of the current governance structures has been initiated. It’s the second one in three years and it attempts to correct any flaws in the existing setup that was created to make the union more compliant with charity laws. At the time of typing, the green paper…
HUU Elections – the results
Feb 29th
Voting day three was very interesting. As expected, there was a much bigger campaign presence on the Hull campus. We also saw sightings of people dressed up in costumes (one being an oversized Elmo!). This was a return to the great levels of activity that have been shown in previous years at election time. According…
HUU Elections – voting day 2
Feb 27th
It seems that there was more of a campaign presence on the Hull campus today. This is possibly because it’s getting closer to the end of the voting period, so the candidates have to everything they can to persuade people to vote for them. However, I still think that more of the candidates should have…
HUU Elections – voting day 1
Feb 26th
It’s that time of the year again where you see all the colours in the rainbow, plenty of catchy/cheesy slogans and people in costumes – yes, it’s the week 5 elections in Hull University Union. What will happen? Will the changes make a difference to the voter turnout? Will there be rule-breaking and arguments? Will…
The factionalised nature of the student movement
Dec 20th
Student unions have been around for a long time and provide students with a number of different services. The University of St. Andrews Student Association, started in 1864, is the oldest in Britain. Since that time the student movement has seen a number of changes, one of the most notable being in 1994, when the…
The Men’s Officer Referendum
Dec 14th
First of all I think I need to explain why a referendum is happening. In the recently revised Constitution for Hull University Union, it states that Referenda decide union policy and the Open Policy Forums (that any student can attend) decide what goes to a referendum. A number of these happen throughout the academic year.…