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The Saint’s guide to Your Union Elections 2013

What are the Your Union elections?When you cast your ballot on 7-

8 March, you will be voting for the people whom you want to play a ma-jor part in shaping your student life outside classes. The Your Union Elec-tions 2013 will pick the officers of the Students’ Association for 2013/2014. This includes electing the four stu-dent ‘Sabbatical Officers’ — the As-sociation’s joint leaders who are paid to do the job for a year on sabbatical. They also provide the creative direc-tion for all of the Association’s activi-ties. If you play or watch University sports, your choice of Athletic Union (AU) President will influence your sporting experience at St Andrews.

The elections will also decide the members of the Student Representa-tive Council (SRC). Officially the stu-dent voice of St Andrews, the SRC is responsible for representing your views to the university on issues such as accommodation, education, sustainability, equal opportunities and welfare. Members of the Stu-dent Services Committee (SSC) will also be chosen in the elections. The SSC puts on events, and supports so-cieties in all their activities. Members of the SSC head societies that you are automatically a member of and if you want to put on your own event, you can ask the SSC for help.

You also elect your School Presi-dents and Senate Reps.

Why vote?If you’re interested in societies,

sports and Union events, these are ar-eas where the Students’ Association has a lot of influence. As a matriculated student you are automatically a mem-ber of the Students’ Association and it should represent your views and those of the rest of the student body. If you have problems or there are issues you are concerned about, the Association or the SRC may be able to help.

Past Associations’ initiatives in-clude union Redevelopment and set-ting up accommodation bursaries, as well as annual events like Freshers’ Week .

How do I choose who to vote for?Study the candidates’ manifestos.

The Saint has put together analyses of the candidates’ campaign pledges, which you can read on our website.

You can also read through the live-blogs of the hecklings and the sabbati-

cal debate, the coverage on The Saint’s website and by reading our interviews with all the sabbati-cal candidates in this issue!

Look out for the candidates and campaigners in the street. Talk-ing to them may give you a good idea of if you want to vote for them or not.

How will the elections run fairly?The rules are pretty strict. Univer-

sity and Union staff are not allowed to campaign for candidates and students who work for the University cannot campaign while working. Candidates cannot use any position of responsi-bility to actively advertise their cam-paign and are prohibited from using personal or work contacts to gain an unfair financial advantage over their rivals. Affiliated societies and sub-committees are not allowed to offi-cially endorse any candidate.

The rules ensure that the campaigns are equal financially. Every expendi-ture must be approved by a member of the Elections Team and budget records will be kept in the Elections Office. Sabbatical Candidates have a £103 budget whilst candidates for all other positions will be given £36. Those who cannot afford the budget

to run a campaign can receive financial help

from the Elections Committee.

There are also limits on the publicity that candidates use to campaign.

The cost of pub-licity has to come

from the campaign budgets and candi-

dates must account for all the publicity they use. The Elections Team must validate all printed public-ity. Candidates cannot use any pre-ex-isting social media groups or websites to promote their campaigns. They are not allowed to use a society or school mailing list to “harvest email ad-dresses, phone numbers or any other data”.

How do I vote?You can vote online through the

University’s website at https://moody2.st-andrews.ac.uk/election/.Voting opens on Thursday 7 March at 06:00 and ends the following day at 18:00.

When are the results?The results will be announced at

around 22:00 on Friday 8 March in the Union. If you can’t go to the Un-ion you can find out the results on The Saint’s website.

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From the Sabbs:

Message for the CandidatesDear students of St Andrews,

Why do elections matter to us? This time last year, we were hard at work on the elections race and we didn’t really all know each other. The students at the time took us on and we turned up the first and only majority student elections ever in the UK, with turnout at 52%. That’s a record we want to beat.

One year on and the team have been working long enough and hard enough to understand just how important elect-ed student representation is here at St Andrews, and how far it affects so many areas of our lives. The same goes for the SRC, the SSC and now the School Presi-dents too.

With nominations now closed, there are scores of students who are offering

their passion and commitment on wide ranging issues from welfare to educa-tion, leadership in activities to the han-dling of sports clubs. This is student rep-resentation at its best, offering the right people for the right jobs to get your mes-sage across.

Of course this is where the democra-cy comes in – what exactly do you think is right? Is it your tutorial numbers in IR, or is it the quality of feedback at phys-ics? Do you feel marginalised because of who you are, or do you think that we could be doing more to be environmen-tally sustainable? Sports clubs, societies, disabilities, the local community, Post-graduates, the School of Medicine, the School of Arts…

What matters to you? This is your opportunity to do something about

it, and to make sure that your voice is heard. Together, as the Students’ Association, your independent stu-dent organisation, we make sure that students get what they want. The next week will be full of banners, slogans and promises, all driven by armies of enthusiastic and passionate

volunteers. They believe they have the answers, but that is your choice.

So, this is your chance. Please vote.

Thank you,

Freddie, Amanda, Jules and Meg

52%The turnout for

the 2012 elections, a UK high

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Association President

What prior experience do you have?

A lot, I’ve been working on com-mittees since my first year, I was a hall sports representative in Regs which was great. Most recently I was on the SRC and SSC as Environment and Eth-ics officer, but what I really want to stress is that I really came out of po-litical nowhere, I was involved in so-cieties a lot before I did that and I did that role amazingly. To any candidate that doesn’t seem to have experience, doesn’t mean they’re not going to do an awesome job. The Presidency should be based on ability not experience.

If you were elected, what would be your aims while in office?

The first that I like to talk about is involvement with the students. I think to have a blog and a twitter account is awesome, and to have open surgeries

is really cool. I want to go to obvious next step which is actually being out at all these events that societies are having and being a part of that community. An-other thing that I care about is inform-ing people of what the reality is of the office of the Presidency. It is distressing that people keep running each year saying ‘we are going to lower tuition fees’ when that is just not something that you can do. There’d also a personal project I started at the Environment and Ethics position, it is called Green Grant and what it is, is a discretionary fund on the SRC of like £6,000/£8,000 and I created this application, that comes from the [University] Estates and Plan-ning website right now but it will come from the Union website eventually. It lets you apply for a grant if you have a green idea or project.

Have you spoken to the Univer-sity about more bursaries?

Yes, I work in the Development Of-

fice and I can assure you that I think right now I have raised enough money for between six and 10 new £1,000 bur-saries for students coming in from low-er socio-economic backgrounds. The Development Office is hard at work doing that and I will continue to work with them to keep this in motion.Why should people vote for you?

It’s sort of the magic wand thing. I’m not coming in as ‘I’m going to change so much’ or ‘I want this on my CV’, I want to actually better the stu-dent experience for the people who are coming in after me and I think I’m probably the best person to do that. I’m very grounded in the reality of this po-sition and I’m very involved with stu-dents, so the combination of wanting to get out there and be with you guys still with knowing the restraints of my job and I can’t go up in arms to the Univer-sity - that is not going to happen.

NathanElias-Ruby

Duncan Downie


I’m currently Senior Student of Albany Park and was Deputy Senior Student before that. This has involved liaising with the University a lot and managing other students


My main aims centre around ac-commodation. Affordability is the main long-term goal, but first and foremost we need more beds. It’s re-ally horrible that people have to live outside St Andrews. My priority would be to build new accommoda-tion. I also want to involve students in everything and make sure they have the resources to know what’s happen-

ing in the Union, so that I can make decisions based on what the student population believes.

Your manifesto mentions increasing available accommo-dation bursaries from the Uni-versity. What figure are you hoping to achieve, and do you have evidence that the Univer-sity has the money for this?

Even if I can’t secure an increase, I will make sure that the University sticks to its promise of £48,000. Dur-ing my time as Senior Student of Al-bany Park, the University has let me down in terms of promising bursaries. I also want to promote the accom-modation bursaries more. This year there weren’t enough applications for the number of bursaries available because people just didn’t know they

could apply.

You plan to make university ac-commodation, and life in town as a whole, more affordable. How will you achieve this?

Currently we’ve got this huge dis-parity between the cheap halls and the more expensive ones. I would like to try and reduce this disparity to a cer-tain extent. If it means more people could afford the more expensive halls

it’s an option I would look into.

Why should people vote for you?

I believe I have the experience that leads directly on to this. I will work hard to achieve my goals. I’m very passionate about making St Andrews the best it can be.



Last year I was on the SRC as a Community Relations officer. I’m cur-rently the Rector’s Assessor, which means I’m really involved in Univer-sity management and know how it works. I have also been President and Vice-President of the Model United Nations Society, which means I’ve worked with budgets and societies as well.


I’ve got three core policies. The first is to set up a Union letting agen-cy. I’m sick of how difficult and upset-ting it is for so many students to try and find private accommodation. The second is to lobby the University to

charge RUK students three years for the price of four. The third is a Scottish Sabbaticals Forum. I’ve been working a lot with all the Scottish Rectors and a lot of the sabbaticals this year. If we have regular meetings, we’ll be able to work together on campaigns that are similar.How will you establish and fund the Union-run letting agency?

A number of other universities, such as Birmingham, Cardiff, and Queen’s, already do this. I’ve had a look at their business plans. I’d plan to fund it in a similar way to Queen’s —establishing a jointly run venture with the University. The University would loan us an initial sum. I’ve discussed it with Residential Busi-ness Services (RBS) already and they think it is totally feasible. It won’t cost a huge amount to set it up.

How will you attempt to fix fees for international students?

We can cite Edinburgh and Aber-deen’s decisions to fix international fees when lobbying for this. I don’t think it’s true that all international students are “cash cows” and can af-ford to pay whatever the University charges them. The Rector regularly gets contacted by international stu-dents who are struggling financially. I think the University would struggle to find these difficulties acceptable be-cause the international community is such a big part of St Andrews.Why should people vote for you?

Out of the candidates, I think I’ve got the most experience. I would be ready to start the job straight away rather than learning how it works first.

ChloeHill

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First of all, I am one of the members of the Rector’s Fund committee so I have worked with various people from the University and also the Rector’s As-sessor to encourage students to take in-ternships during summer. I am also the Vice President and one of the founders of the Chinese Hongpao Society so I have the experience to organise events from their very basic idea to funding, publicity and final implementation.


I have four main policies that I want to work on. The first one is an interna-tional student fee cap. It is already en-dorsed by our SRC and it has already been achieved in Edinburgh, just to fix

their fees for international students for the course of their study so they can have some stability when they come into this University. The second main area is that I want to lobby the Univer-sity to bring back our reading week - at least for second, third and fourth year students by starting teaching a week earlier so we can have a reading week at mid term. I also want to work with the university to make sure that first year students have a long weekend. My third area is that I want to further em-power our school presidents because what is happening now is that we have a very good platform already with the School Presidents Forum to make sure that school presidents can sit down and talk about their issues among them-selves. Currently the DoRep, Amanda, can take the issues horizontally across to the SRC or directly report it to our university but I want to do is to engage

the school presidents more. I will invite school presidents to our SRC meeting and dedicate a time for them to talk about educational issues so that on one hand. My fourth policy is I want it cre-ate a global alumni network. We have so many international students in our university and the network will create more opportunities for exchange pro-grammes and internships, and it will improve our employability.


I think according to my experience, I am a really good communicator. I have managed to bridge the gap between our society and the students. One of the things I want to bring into the post is to increase the channels to talk to students - online office hours, working mobile, integrate different societies. I have the experience to turn ideas into reality.

Director of RepresentationPeiLiu

Have you been working on your waving technique in preparation for potentially being President?

The kind of leader I’ll model my-self on is more inclined to do a mili-tary salute than a wave.

What’s wrong with the cur-rent campaigning/elections process?

Puns, customised cupcakes, the notion that it’s remotely important, strangers trying to talk to me and the unfair advantage of people who have bothered to make friends dur-ing university. Not only do I barely have any friends, but I am actively disliked by vast swathes of the local population. It is not a level playing field.

Besides your press sense and educational background, do you have any other plans for widening access?

In an effort to repair our reputa-tion, I will lobby for the expulsion of anyone who attends a ‘dress like a chav’ pub crawl.

What is your stance on accommodation in St Andrews?

All landlords are thieves and halls are absurdly expensive except Albany Park which ghettoises the poor as Louise Richardson gobbles down four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie inside her baronial castle. But do Association Presidents have the power to do anything about it? Do they cack.

Where do you stand on Union redevelopment?

Don’t care, I’ll be gone by the time it happens. I’ll delegate my involve-ment to some freshers. Conciliar government is the upside of voting in a President who intends to do as little as possible.

How do you plan to partici-pate in the hecklings without leaving your flat?

If I told you that, they’d change the rules to prevent it. However, I will say that it is nothing short of a disgrace that hecklings are com-pulsory, effectively eliminating the socially anxious from the election process. If I am disqualified on a technicality, I implore these people to rise up. I am the Rosa Parks of people who struggle to maintain eye contact.


I’m currently president of the Law Society which is great for leadership skills and managing a team. I’m al-so Vice-Principal Ambassador, which is helping to organise the open days at the University for prospective stu-dents. At events including the Lord Mayor’s show, I’ve already been rep-resenting the University and speaking to people in a professional capacity. I’m also Chair of the Class Gift Committee, which is fundraising for the Student Association’s bursary. I’ve also been involved with the Charities Campaign throughout my time here.


These would be Redevelopment, Accommodation, Communication,

Widening Participation and Commu-nity – five points which is why [my logo] is a hand. Obviously you don’t know what is going to happen when you come into office, I know that they are having a governance and strategy planning meeting as soon as I would come in - in July time, so that would be a focus. You also talk about expand-ing accommodation bursaries; given the extra £48,000 the Student’s Association has just secured do you think there is much scope for increasing that amount?

I’ve actually spoken to the head of Admissions about scholarships and bursaries and he has said that he would be willing to negotiate on the increase of scholarships and bursaries already so that would definitely be in the pipe-line. I’ve spoken to Freddie and he says

that again he thinks even more accom-modation bursaries can come out of next year as well. It is definitely some-thing that can happen and it definitely something that can be negotiated, I have been told by people that it can and that they are willing. I’m not going

to make any false promises. Why should people vote for you?

I think people should vote for me because I’m very personable, I can speak to everyone and I’m very ap-proachable. One of the key things I want is to have a very much Open Door policy, you can come and just ‘Ask Alex’. I’m also incredibly organ-ised and I’ve been a leader before so I can manage teams, work with people in a team but also lead a team as well if I need to. So I think I can work together with other sabbaticals to create a better University environment.

AlexandraThornton-Reid

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I think there are three things that people should keep in mind. The first in terms of DoRep, it’s really heavily involved in academic representation and I have been a class rep for three of my four years here so I have been fully invested in this system. The second thing that I think is important is that I don’t sit on the SRC but I am the STAR reporter who covers their meetings. I’ve been there every week so I know what they do, how it all goes, and the proc-esses of the SRC and how to work that as Director of Representation next year. The final thing is that I have worked for the last few years at the national level with the Nightlife Association promot-ing mental health charities at various universities. I have seen what other sabbatical officers are doing at other universities and think we can make it

better here at St Andrews. I hope I can be the Sabb who can deliver that.


There are four main things I want to focus on. There needs to be some sort of break in the middle of the semester. That’s why I am campaigning for the 4:3 compromise - a four day weekend and then three days with no deadlines guaranteed. I also think it’s important not to just talk about the middle of the semester but also the end. Too many students had deadlines during revi-sion week and we have to stop that. The second part is refocusing on mental health. I am committed to launching the change camp on student welfare, which is going to be different as it is about how we organise ourselves and how we talk about mental health. The third thing is

school presidents and really investing in them and giving them better train-ing. There needs to be a standardised and strong handover process. There isn’t one at the minute. The final thing is moving the 24 hour Library into term time. No one stays up the night before an exam. You stay up the night before an essay is due and with the majority of essays due Mondays and Fridays, I have talked to the Library and they are completely keen on the idea of keep-ing the Library open for Sundays and Thursdays overnight. That’s when it counts and that is when students are going to use it. They are perfectly will-ing to trial a period and if students use it, they will keep it. I think that’s really where we can make a huge impact with the Library.

Why should people vote for you?I think people should vote for me be-

cause I am the most prepared candidate.

TeddyWood-house


Director of Representation continued

Director of Events and Services

DanPalmer

Fionnuala Glover


I don’t have that much experi-ence with events within the Union but I have a lot of experience running events outside the Union through dif-ferent societies. I’ve been social secre-tary of Women’s Rugby for the past two years. This year we did a party at the Vic, which raised £800 for charity. As much as running and coordinating events goes, I have done it before, just not through the Union. If you were elected, what would

be your aims while in office?My first aim is to increase com-

munication between the student body and the DoES because a lot of stu-dents don’t realise that they can just come up and talk to the DoES about their ideas. I want to advocate an

open door policy for students to come in. Obviously social media is a really big thing for that. Another one of my policies is increasing communications with the AU. I think it’s an untapped market. Sinners Sport is always one of the most sold out events, and that’s great, but I think we should commu-nicate a lot more with the AU, because sports people get really involved in things and they have that team men-tality. The Union redevelopment is a main topic for all candidates. Can you specify how you would deal with the limitations on

space next year?Next year half of the Union is be-

ing redeveloped… we have a big tent procured for us by Jules which was used for FS, which I think we can use

for big events. The thing that I want to do is to continue Jules’ policy of mak-ing the Union the ‘place to go’ for stu-dents. I don’t want it to become un-comfortable for students to go there because of the redevelopment. Why should people vote for you?

I don’t come from a specific kind of group, like Ents or Music is Love, but I know quite a lot of people from different kind of groups, which makes me think that I have a better handle on what students actually want to do. I think I’m quite approachable to stu-dents. It will be very challenging for anyone taking any position because of the Union redevelopment, but I think there’s a lot of potential through stu-dent input, which would give me a lot more ideas to work with.

What prior experience do you have?I’m the current head of ENTS crew,

who work to put on every single event at the Union. I work daily with Jules, the current DoES, scheduling and event planning to make sure the events are as good as possible. On top of that I am the Mermaid’s technical officer, so I oversee the Barron theatre and make sure we con-tinue running after we lost a permanent member of staff two years ago.

If you were elected, what would

your aims be while in office?First: to deliver an exceptional Fresh-

er’s week. I want to build on my experi-ence in the logistics side of Fresher’s Week 2012, and combine it with Jules’ excellent working relationship with agents to de-liver that alongside the redevelopment. Secondly, I want to keep our regular, trademark events like the Bop and Sin-

ners Sport on the top of their game. I want to make sure those big-sell events are protected and that we continue to push them.

How would you make best use of space during redevelopment?

I want to make sure that all societies and usual commercial events go ahead in Venue One wherever possible. On days when there aren’t specific events, I want to partition the venue, to extend the beer bar with screens along it (there’s a much smaller area there because the ceiling height is quite low.) I know the bar staff are planning on installing a second, tem-porary bar in the venue alongside the beer bar. If we work on that side we can keep the venue open as a bar, so that there’s always a bar on non-event days. When there are events, we can run them and have the bar open at 10pm onwards, and

get the best of both worlds. Or, if it’s an event like the Bop or Sinner’s Sport then we’d be full already.

You’ve also said you’d make room booking at the Union more efficient - how would you do this?

There’s a lot of confusion about book-ings - and it’s often me who has to juggle between different events to find a practical solution, like when two people think they have the same venue at the same time. As DoES I will be approachable and people can discuss event ideas with me.

.Why should people vote for you? People should vote for me because I’m

going to protect their events during rede-velopment. As DoES I want to make sure that all our main groups, like Mermaids, Music is Love and the Charities Commit-tee can continue to put on their excellent events.

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AU PresidentWhat prior experience do you have?

I am President of the Badminton Club at the moment. As well as be-ing captain of the club, I have spent two years on the committee, and I’m also an Ambassador for BAD-MINTONscotland. I spent two years on John Burnet Hall Committee as well.If you were elected, what would

be your aims while in office?I would introduce a Club Cap-

tains’ Forum which I hope will act as a level of insurance that clubs will still have a say on the AU Executive Committee. I would also create an AU Charities Officer as the current Charities Committee find it difficult to offer any help or grants if clubs want to put on charity events. They can provide money bags and collec-tion tins as well the vast amounts of

experience they have. I also want to start a Presidential blog because it’s important to have a certain level of transparency between the AU and sports clubs. One thing I think Emi-ly Griffiths has done quite poorly this year is show people what she has achieved, and she has achieved a lot, she just hasn’t told us about it. Finally, I want to improve alumni links so that we can continue fund-raising and helping clubs after the redevelopment of the Sport Centre.Why should people vote for

you?My friends describe me as keen,

caring and compassionate, but my love of sport is the reason I’m stand-ing. I’m energetic and enthusiastic and I’m always willing to listen to others and try out ideas. I also have over 500 hours of voluntary coach-ing experience and have raised sev-

eral thousand pounds for charity through running races and busking.

What are your views on the AU Exec changes?

I am completely against the de-democratisation of the Athletic Union. I don’t want to make my en-tire campaign all about it, but I do have a lot of views on it, and I think there’s a lot of anger among the clubs that things haven’t been done in the most open and honest way. Clubs should have been consulted at an earlier stage, and other op-tions should have been considered apart from paying and appointing interns.

My main concern is how ben-eficial the money being spent is. It’s going to be between £7,500 and £10,000, and I can’t see how that’s going to be money well-spent.


For the past two years I have been the University of St Andrews Women’s Rugby President. This opportunity has given me impec-cable time management skills and sustained experience managing a diverse group of individuals. I was selected by Rugby Canada for a Sports Marketing Internship, which has given me experience working on large-scale, successful projects.

Furthermore, I am currently a Health & Fitness Intern at the University Sports Centre and have therefore gained invaluable in-sight into the relationship between the Athletic Union and the Saints Sports Development Office.

If you were elected, what would your aims be while in office?

I would create a Club Captains’ Forum, which would be an oppor-tunity for club captains and presi-dents to meet at a round table event to discuss issues they may have within their own committees, and issues with the Executive that we can work on together, which would improve cooperation. I also want to build on the work done on Saints Sport as a brand through events like Sinners and Revitalise Week, both events which encourage coopera-tion between the AU and the Union. Finally, there need to be at least two open forums per semester.


As AU President I will act as that advocate for our fantastic sporting

community, to lobby for the best possible training times, facilities and equipment for all our clubs and players, as well as improving, coop-eration, accessibility, and progress within the AU.

What are your views on the AU Exec changes?

I believe that there needs to be more consultation on these chang-es; there wasn’t enough before the actual changes came out. Because of that, unfortunately it caused quite a stir. As an incoming President it’s quite difficult to say whether I’m for are against them, as I haven’t experienced the Executive, but they have clearly identified a problem that is a big issue with the Execu-tive, and they’ve come up with a solution that they think is best. It remains to be seen whether it’s an effective system or not.

Director of Student Development and ActivitiesWhat prior experience do you have?

I am currently Charities Campaign Convener so I have been spending a lot of time in the Union. Before I was Charities Convener, I was RAG Week Conveyer and before that I had various roles in the Charities Campaign which is very Union focused so I have a lot of experience from events to constitutional reform to risk assessments and navigat-ing the politics within the Union. I’m very involved with the Union so I kind of want to use that experience to now act as an advocate for other student activi-ties.


My main aims break down into 4 main parts, communication, activities, redevelopment and employability. Com-munication is mainly about the website. We are getting a new website in May or

June so I really want to work with the incoming and outgoing sabbatical team to make sure that website is as accessible and flexible as possible for the busy lives of student activities. Connected to that, on the activities side is that obviously re-development is coming and we need to focus on making sure the student expe-rience is maintained. My other priority is the affiliation process for societies. By December this year, one third of socie-ties were still not affiliated and that is due to the old process and it is very dif-ficult and works against societies. I am very committed to changing that affili-ation process and making sure that we work with societies rather than against them.

Lastly, there is employability. I want to work with societies and subcommit-tees to put on the best employability events out there to make sure that the events we put on fit in with the goals and the people in that society. I don’t think Employability Week is effective. I don’t want to have that any more. I want to work steadily throughout the

year and make sure that we have both normal graduate schemes and outside schemes. I also want to out on develop-ment workshops with the careers centre and CAPOD and I have already been meeting with them about things that we can do for next year. I am really excited about it.

Why should people vote for you?I have a lot of experience in the Un-

ion. I have spent a lot of time in here making things happen and also see-ing students make things happen. It has been the best year of my life being Charities Campaign Convenor and see-ing things like RAG Week, things like Race2, things like our bungee jump and our summer fair come together. I didn’t put on those events, other students did, but I was there to make sure that they had the resources, they had the train-ing and they had the support to make it happen. I really see the DoSDA as an extension of that role.

KelseyGold

JessWalker

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Postgraduate PresidentScott Schorr

Postgraduate Vice PresidentNo Nominations Received

Association ChairMaxwell Baldi

Association Community Relations OfficerSadie Hochfield

Association Environment and Ethics OfficerRuth Roberts, Natasha Gartside, Dominyka Urbonaite

Association LGBT OfficerDavid Alexander Norris

SRC Education OfficerOndrej Hajda, Josh Gumbley

SRC Equal Opportunities and Welfare OfficerTom Whitehead, Hibak Mohamud Yusuf

SRC Member for DisabilitiesFay Morris, Laura Anne Wigley

SRC Member for Ethnic MinoritiesSoraya Walli

SRC Member for External CampaignsCallum Bryce, Daniel Johnston

SRC Member for First YearsLindsay Hamel, Joshua Carlton, Ben Isle, Michael Thadani

SRC Member for Gender EqualityLauren Hossack, Ali West

SRC Member for International StudentsAbel Rangel, Caroline Rhoads

SRC Member for Mature StudentsNo Nominations Received

SRC Accommodation OfficerScott Taylor

SRC Member for Private AccommodationRuth Cunningham

SRC Member for University AccommodationAnna Kennedy-O’Brien

SRC Member for Widening AccessHope Gaffney, Ben Anderson, P J Choi

SSC Broadcasting Officer (STAR)Oscar Swedrup

SSC Charities OfficerGeorge Parker, Katie Yule

SSC Debates OfficerWill Lord, Chase Hopkins

SSC Film Officer (Re Pictures)Maia Krall Fry

SSC Societies OfficerHeather Curtis

SSC Member for Societies ElectionsRobert Dixon

SSC Member for Societies GrantsEmily Laura Dick, Connor Dowd

SSC Member Without PortfolioKeith Cordrey

SSC Music Officer (Music is Love)Anna Christina Merryfield

SSC Performing Arts Officer (Mermaids)Dav- id Patterson, Cameron Kirby

SSC Volunteering Officer (SVS)Shelley Talbot

Arts/Divinity Senate RepSophie Grace Kelly

Science/Medicine Senate RepAndrew Malcolm-Neale, Peter DaBell

SRC and SSCWhat is the SRC?

The SRC is elected annually to represent students and to communicate their views to the University. The members of the SRC deal with areas as wide ranging as accommoda-tion, education, equal opportunities, external campaigns and sustainability.

What is the SSC?The SSC, also elected annually, takes care of everything related to student development and activities. This includes the Union sub-committees, which include Charities, De-bates, LGBT, Mermaids, Music is Love, STAR (St Andrews Radio) and SVS (Volunteering).

Candidates


Interviews with candidates by: Laura Abernethy, Erin Lyons, Pim Ungphakorn and Raymond WangDesign and Layout: Camilla Henfrey, Monica Burns, Richard Browne, Craig Lye and Jonathan Bucks

Photographs by Jake Threadgould: Nathan Elias-Ruby, Teddy Woodhouse, Dan Palmer, Kelsey Gold and Jess Walker Photographs by Maria Faciolince: Duncan Dowie, Chloe Hill, Alexandra Thornton-Reid, Pei Lui and Stuart Owen

Photographs supplied: Jamie Ross and Fionnuala Glover

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