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‘In loco parentis’
Apr 17th
When I was at college, I heard about the concept of ‘In loco parentis’, which is a latin phrase that means ‘In place of the parent’. Basically, when a parent is not available to supervise a child, there needs to be another responsible person who can take their place. When a child is at school,…
HUU Elections 2010 – Results Night
Mar 5th
The last day of polling was largely uneventful on the university campus. According to various sources, such as Paul Tatton (Union GM and the Hull campus’s Assistant Returning Officer), many of the campaign teams were knocking on doors. This was presumably because the e-voting simply means people can stay at home and vote. I still…
HUU Elections 2010 – Campaigning
Mar 3rd
This post is the third out of four and will focus on the campaigning up to this point. Candidates and their campaign teams employ a variety of different methods to attract the interest of the potential voter. Some methods are more successful than others and there are some misconceptions about what is effective. There has…
HUU Elections 2010 – The candidates
Mar 2nd
This is the second of the four posts about the 2010 Hull University Union elections. This time, I am focusing on the candidates and their policies, as well as their performances at events like the Hustings. Jak Masters Jak Masters is one of the presidential candidates and he has caused a lot of controversy. He…
HUU Elections 2010 – The Union
Feb 28th
I will be covering the elections with four blog posts covering distinct areas. This first post is about what the union has been doing up to this point – planning, publicity, etc. The second post will focus on the candidates. The third will be all about the campaigning on the first two days of polling.…
HUU Elections 2009 – The delayed President
Mar 13th
One of the more controversial aspects of the elections that recently took place at Hull University Union was the disqualification of one of the Presidential candidates – Jamie Scudamore. Due to that decision, made by Returning Officer Kat Docherty, Jamie appealed and that meant an Election Appeals Committee had to be arranged. This delayed the…
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…