‘Politics’ Archives
Staffordshire Union come under fire with local hate crime
Looking at this photograph, with a swastika spray-painted on the window and the obvious sprayed on the floor, you would assume that this article is about something in the distant past. In actuality it happened just under a week ago in Staffordshire. Some local students, with rumoured ties to the British National Party (BNP) and English Defence [...]
A decade of politics
2000 The Millennium Dome Epic Fail. The Millennium Dome, the project that was Tony Blair’s mark for the new Millennium, opened with chaos as visitors has to queue for ages just to get inside the building which was soon to fail completely, and not because of the Millennium Bug. Luckily, it is now one of the best places to be for watching live [...]
Welcome to 2010: the year of your first general election
It’s the start of a new decade, and in the political realm it is the year where we are going to have the first general election that the majority of you reading this will be able to vote in. So what are the choices? Well, we’ve got the choice of voting Labour and keeping in a party who saw us go through the recession worse off than the [...]
New UHSU constitution passed
The new constitution of the University of Huddersfield Students' Union (UHSU) was unanimously passed at yesterday's Extra-ordinary General Meeting (EGM). The constitution, the rule book by which the Union must abide, has been streamlined and written to comply with the UK Charities Act. Among the changes, the five sabbatical officer titles [...]
UHSU general meeting votes against class time changes
A University of Huddersfield Students' Union (UHSU) Extra-ordinary General Meeting this afternoon voted to lobby against the University in its plans to change the timetable from quarter past the hour to on the hour. A vote, which saw only one vote against and one abstention, was unanimously passed by students who wished to preserve the [...]
UHSU to lobby Uni to stop ‘on-the-hour’ class changes?
The University of Huddersfield Students' Union (UHSU) Council last night discussed plans to lobby the University against their proposal to move class starting and ending times from quarter past the hour to on the hour. The stance, proposed by VP Education & Welfare Haneef Rashid after consulting with course reps, will be voted on in the [...]
All four candidates elected to UHSU Council
The four candidates running in the Unversity of Huddersfield Students' Union (UHSU) by-elections for the position of Union councillor have all been elected. The positions, of which there were eight available, were expected to fill up with around 30 application forms taken away during the nomination period, at the end of October. The four [...]
UHSU by-election results announced for some positions
University of Huddersfield Students' Union (UHSU) by-election results for the majority of positions were announced last night. Andy 'Frodo' Blunt was elected as Union Chair after the former Chair, Zehra Ali resigned from the position last month. Michael Mattison, the newly-elected Disabilities Officer, was elected to the post over Ben Medley [...]
UHSU Council candidates forced to wait for by-election results
Candidates running for University of Huddersfield Students' Union (UHSU) council positions are waiting to hear their fate after a technical error meant Union staff were unable to check the results for the position. Jenny Haigh, UHSU Membership Services Manager and Returning Officer for the by-elections, last night apologised to the candidates [...]
UHSU by-election candidates announced
A list of candidates for the 2009/10 University of Huddersfield Students' Union (UHSU) by-elections have been announced. The by-elections will see a total of 14 candidates running, 12 of whom will be uncontested. Andy 'Frodo' Blunt is running for Union Chair and, if nominations are not re-opened by the vote, will oversee the Union Council, which [...]
