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Strathy Students Votes Yes to Nus… Well, some of them
Affiliation to NUS costs £49,000 annually but allows the USSA to have government-recognised representation at national level and cheaper drink prices, thanks to a bulk buying policy amongst NUS’s 600 member institutions.
Of those who voted, 422 said ‘yes’ and 79 said ‘no’, the majority of the latter being 4th year engineers according to former USSA President Neil Campbell, who ran the ‘Yes’ campaign.
Speaking after the election, Neil said, “I'm delighted by the result and I don't think there was ever any doubt that the students of Strathclyde would say yes to NUS, an organisation that we've always played a big part in.
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On Friday May 7, whilst University Court was in session, a group of musician's from the University's precarious BA Applied Music course performed in Rottenrow Gardens. Story to follow.
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STUDENTS and staff were evacuated from the University’s library building on Thursday April 29 amid reports of a bomb scare.The Andersonian library was cleared at around 9am this morning with police – accompanied by sniffer dogs – called to the scene.
The building reopened to students at 3pm, with staff allowed back in beforehand to be briefed.
The National Union of Students has elected Aaron Porter its new President, with 65% of the vote share at this year’s National Conference in Newcastle Gateshead.
Aaron will take over from current President Wes Streeting in June 2010 for an initial twelve month term. For the past two years he has served as NUS Vice President (Higher Education), and before that he studied English Literature at the University of Leicester and served as a sabbatical officer at the students’ union.
He said after the election, “I am delighted to be leading NUS into what will be a crucial year for further and higher education, with a general election, fees review and cuts on the horizon. It is more vital now than ever that we come together to put our issues at the top of the agenda with a credible, representative student voice shaping the outcomes of these pivotal debates”.
Add a commentStudents and Staff Protest Course Closures: “Humanities is compacted to make room for business school” alleges Lecturer
A RALLY defending the threatened closures of the BA Applied Music and BA Community Arts courses at the University of Strathclyde gathered national support on March 31, while University Court was in session.
Students from Strathclyde, Glasgow, Stow College, Aberdeen, Glasgow Metropolitan College, Edinburgh and Dundee made use of the rally to voice their opinions outside the University’s McCance building, and staff from Strathclyde and Leeds Universities were also in attendance.
After an hour of chants and speeches the 70-strong rally marched through University Halls and along Cathedral Street to the Student Union’s Vertigo room, where a public meeting was held on what route the campaign would take to move forward.
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