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LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY EXAM STRIKE THREAT
Students at Liverpool Hope University could face exam disruption as 200 lecturers threaten strike action. Liverpool Hope University staff are protesting against plans to make seven out of sixteen people in the computer studies department redundant.
Today the University and College Union (UCU) said they feared job losses in other departments could follow. A spokesperson for […]
TWO GUILTY IN SION HARDY KILLING
Two men were convicted at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday of killing 24 year old Liverpool Student Sion Hardy. Simon Taylor and Kevin O’Dea, both 22, were convicted of manslaughter after they attacked him following a night out at the Nation Club in Liverpool last November.
The foreman of the jury broke down in tears as she […]
WILDCAT BUS STRIKE CAUSE CHAOS FOR STUDENTS
Hundreds of students were left stranded this morning after 100+ Arriva bus drivers from the Speke depot walked out on a wildcat strike, forcing the cancellation of dozens of routes across South Liverpool.
Drivers walked out in protest against revised working hours which have been proposed for new duties to be introduced at the end of […]
‘DREAM TEAM’ PREVAILS IN JMU ELECTION
Results for this years John Moores student union election have now been released showing a landslide victory for the ‘Dream Team’ slate winning 12 out of 13 available positions. All candidates from the slate prevailed, with Jeff Henry being the only candidate of the ‘Absolute’ slate to win a position.
Turnout was high in […]
RACIST VIDEO SPARKS HUGE PROTEST
A number of students in one of South Africa’s universities are facing criminal charges after a video was found allegedly showing them forcing black campus employees to eat food that had been urinated on. The university has strongly condemned the students’ behaviour in the video.
The incident saw students and staff unite in protest on […]
NUS CONFERENCE REPORT: GOVERNANCE PROPOSALS REJECTED
The NUS was left in tatters last week as the Governance proposals, aimed at modernizing the union’s outdated structures failed to be ratified at its annual conference in Blackpool. A fiery debate heard that the changes would transform the union for the benefit of students and make it more representative. NUS president, Gemma Tumelty, […]
DROPPING OUT AND MOVING ON
The news in recent weeks that Government efforts to curb the student drop-out rate is failing should not really come as much of a surprise. Nearly a quarter of students drop out of university despite the Government spending £800 million to try to solve the problem, a committee of MPs has said. The rate has […]
STUDENTS FINED FOR FIRE ALARMS HOAX
Two university students in Liverpool have been fined for setting off fire alarms in student accomodation.
In the first incident, a foreign exchange student at Liverpool University activated a dry powder extinguisher while visiting student halls in Opal Court, London Road, setting off the alarms.
The second involved a John Moores University student, who was a guest […]
NUS DROPS FREE EDUCATION PRINCIPLE
Students at the annual NUS National Conference have voted to get scrap the principle that the National Union of Students will only argue for free education. Although alternative motions to ‘fight for the abolition of all tuition fees and hold a national demonstration’ were proposed, they were defeated by just 41 votes.
The newly-elected president, Wes […]
NUS CONFERENCE: ELECTIONS ROUND-UP
There were few surprises on day two of conference, with elections for the full time positions taking place. The winners were as follows:
President - Wes Streeting
VP Higher Education - Aaron Porter
VP Further Education - Beth Walker (re-elected)
National Secretary - Richard ‘bubble’ Budden
VP Welfare - Ama Uzorwu (re-elected)
Treasurer - Dave Lewis (re-elected)
All candidates elected were strong […]
NUS CONFERENCE: STREETING ELECTED PRESIDENT
It has just been announced that Labour Students Wes Streeting has been elected as President of NUS, receiving 496 of the 962 votes cast. After yesterday’s shock rejection of NUS’ governance proposals, some observers thought another surprise could be on the cards. However, as expected, Streeting won by a very comfortable margin, with Ciaran Norris […]
NUS IN TATTERS AS GOVERNANCE PROPOSALS ARE REJECTED
In the last few minutes, NUS’s controversial governance proposals aimed at overhauling the way our national union is run have been rejected by delegates at the annual conference, Blackpool. Although the proposals received a majority support, it missed out on reaching the 2/3rds majority required for the proposals to be ratified, by 25 votes.
The result […]
STUDENTS DESCEND ON BLACKPOOL FOR NUS CONFERENCE
The time is almost here for the 2008 NUS Conference, to be held at the Winter Gardens hotel in Blackpool. This year, perhaps the most important in NUS’s history, sees the debate of the new governance proposals, which if passed, modernise the NUS into an affective campaigning organisation, able to deliver results for its students […]
NUS GOVERNANCE: BACK THE PROPOSALS BUT NOT OUR ARROGANT LEADERSHIP
The governance proposals being put forward at this year’s NUS Conference are far from perfect, but they must be supported. For years the NUS has continued with its outdated, ineffective structures which has seen it lose almost every battle with the government on Higher Education funding and nearly sent us in to bankruptcy.
Those fighting against […]
PROTEST PLANNED OVER TUNNEL TOLL RISE
A demonstration is to be held outside Birkenhead tunnel when the toll rise is increased at the beginning of next month. The decision was taken after a meeting of the Mersey Tunnel Users Association last night. Representatives from Merseytravel, the regions transport authority, did not attend the meeting and have so far made no comment.
The […]
JMU STUDENT SENTENCED OVER DRUGS STASH
A Liverpool John Moores student was sentenced to eight years in a young offenders institution yesterday, after admitting being in possession of drugs and cash worth over £320,000. The discovery was made by shocked cleaners at Atlantic Point halls of residence when he failed to clear out his room at the end of term. Officers […]
NEW NUS WOMEN’S OFFICER ELECTED
This afternoon, Katie Curtis has been elected as the NUS Women’s Officer for the 2008/09 year at the Women’s Campaign Conference in Coventry. We’ll bring you more information and a full break down of the results as soon as it becomes available.
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NUS SHOCKER! 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION STITCHED UP
The NUS leadership has been left with a lot to answer for this week, after a whistleblower revealed to the ‘National Student’, a national student newspaper, that this years’ NUS Presidential election has been stitched up, ensuring that Labour Students’ leader, Wes Streeting, is elected.
Kevin Atkinson, the North West observer on the NEC National […]
LGoS ELECTION - ROUND-UP OF THE PAST WEEK
Polls open tomorrow for this year’s Liverpool Guild elections. After a week of campaigning the hard work begins as candidates try to get as many of your first preference votes as possible. I’ve decided to look back at the past week of campaigning and see who the big winners and losers are and remind you […]
LGoS TRUSTEE ELECTION DRAWS NEAR
Next week, as well as the election of four Student Representative Officers, there will also be for the very first time at Liverpool Guild, elections for the position of Student Trustee. Following the ratification of the new constitution and governance model over the past 2 years, the Guild will be led by a trustee board […]
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