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Campus campaign signs removed for being too ‘offensive’

A candidate for the non-sabbatical Guild position of Women’s Officer was initially forced to withdraw her campaign signs which featured official NUS statistics relating to sexual offences, before she successfully appealed and was allowed to put them back in place. Statistics offensive At a cross-liberation group meeting on Friday 2nd March, Vice President (Democracy and...

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Guild election candidates’ signs vandalised during sports night

Several Guild officer candidates had their election materials destroyed last week as students attended sports night at the Guild. Torn apart Candidates arrived on campus last Thursday morning to find many of their posters and banners had been torn apart, vandalised and some thrown into the river. It is thought that the incidents occurred from...

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David Franklin wins Guild President 2012/2013

In a tense vote, David “Talk to” Franklin was duly elected as the new President of the Guild of Students. In the fourth round of voting, with just Franklin and Tom DeFraine remaining, he won with 2072 votes. David “Talk to” Franklin took to the stage amidst avid applause in order to give an acceptance...

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Sabbatical Officer Election Results

Results for sabbatical officers in full, non-sabbatical results to follow.

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Two weeks of tedium…

As a final-year student, the Guild is something I chose to be a part of. It is a vehicle for extra-curricular activities: hobbies or just frantic attempts to enhance one’s CV, and a place that hosts a variety of corporate, over-priced food vendors. Despite what it claims to be, I have never felt that I...

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Interviews – VP (Democracy and Resources)

As voting draws to an end, candidates have been pulling out the big guns. Posters seem to have grown and there’s more sweets at every corner as candidates try to attract attention. The same goes for the VPDR candidates and we’ve seen increasingly more exciting campaign methods including a cardboard wall, a painted door on campus and sweets...