Name:
Beth Woodthorpe-Evans 
Year: 3
Course: Journalism
Position running for:
President

Why are you running for the position?
I believe the union should be about every student getting involved on all levels. In my three years I’ve been involved in every part of student life and I want to give something back.  
Experience and skills?
I’ve been employed by Source, I was course rep for two years and was the social secretary for the hockey club so I’ve been really involved in every part of student life. I have experience fundraising, talking to people and on the education …

Name:
Lee Bradshaw.
Year: 2
Course:
Politics - currently taking a sabbatical year as Campaigns Officer for the Student Union.
Position Running For:
President.
Why are you running for this position?
Because I feel the Union needs strong leadership, I think we are coming through a really tough year, in the next twelve months, and I think we need a strong leader to take us forward, things around the recession and the economy, there’s a higher education funding review about the fee levels, the cap on fees coming up in the next twelve months; just to …

Only one message this Christmas… you’re all crazy.

“It’s been a long time coming but tonight…change has come to America.”
Democratic nominee Barack Obama has become the 44th President of the United States.

Watching BBC News Coverage of the US Election, I realised Obama’s victory was tangible, even imminent. And today, 634 days after his campaign began, Barack Obama was confirmed the victor, and the first ever African-American President of the United States.