elections

A message for all NUS representatives and a call to all students

Now that we have reached the end of our time at the 2011 National Union of Students (NUS) Conference, let us pause and reflect. We have elected Liam Burns as the new NUS president, a president elected by 446 votes to represent seven million students. Seven million students! He is the one the vast majority of those students will come to equate with the NUS. Charged with representing the entirety of the student body he is the one who they will see on the news.

 
The Sage Centre in Gateshead, Newcastle - site of this year's NUS conference

Sir Robert Worcestor, Chancellor of the University and founder of Britain's foremost polling organisations (now Ipsos Mori)  is coming to talk to students next Monday. As well as talking more generally about political polling he will also look in detail at the election results and what they mean. Sir Robert will be speaking in the Newsroom next Monday 24th May at 11.30. All first year students are strongly recommended to attend. This over view will be extremely helpful in your politics revision and you should also take the opportunity to question Sir Robert.