Tag: SUSU
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An honour and a pleasure… but credit belongs elsewhere.
On wednesday I was accorded a great honour by Southampton University Students’ Union by being awarded an Excellence in Volunteering Award in the category of “commitment to volunteering” for the work I have done over the past four years as a student representative. Also some thoughts on where the credit is really due.
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On popularity politics and the Students’ Union
I entered into the recent SUSU Sabbatical elections with a clear vision of how I would like to run my election campaign. It was really simple and very different from how I know the other candidates would be running their campaigns, I would run a low-key campaign driven by my policies and experience, without gimmick or palming…
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Students’ Unions breed the future’s MPs
Hi all, During the recent uncertainty about when the last government were going to call the General Election, and when the Students’ Union at my university were in the middle of the election for next years school presidents; one of my lecturers said something which worries me somewhat. I didn’t write down what he said…
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On the EVAs and a year of volunteering
A short note about SUSU’s EVAs and a thankyou to everyone who works so tirelessly to bring about the improvements in education and who perhaps don’t get enough credit.
Benjamin David Brooks 