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A Vote of No Confidence in the elected officers of Brighton University Student's Union
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A President elected with only approx 600 votes of 22000, and the rest of her team much the same.
Elected in a 'democratic' process where officers could not be questioned on their record in office, and where questions put to them were ignored. A process where the voting system failed many students.
A track record with a poor response rate, poor communication with the student population, where national campaigns in the student interest have been overlooked.
This is a Student Union that wants an easy ride. £18k a year of your money paying these elected officers to do their job - though, allegedly, one claims he spent the first three months of his contract with nothing to do.
Do they realise they represent you? Do they realise they have a political role to play? While the government wants to sell your student loans for profit, while teaching strikes threaten your graduation and future employment, while management sit on 6% pay rises, while international students are rinsed by the university for every penny they can get, what are your elected officers doing?
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According to the government, according to the outgoing Deputy Vice Chancellor, we cannot sacrifice the future for now... but what are we preserving for the future if we give up on the present? These people will not see the future they are convinced they are protecting. Our children will. It is admirable to care about institutions, but institutions can imprison us. Do not put them before people, do not put them before what is right. If history teaches us anything, it is this.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
A Vote of No Confidence in the elected officers of Brighton University Student's Union
Final supporters
A President elected with only approx 600 votes of 22000, and the rest of her team much the same.
Elected in a 'democratic' process where officers could not be questioned on their record in office, and where questions put to them were ignored. A process where the voting system failed many students.
A track record with a poor response rate, poor communication with the student population, where national campaigns in the student interest have been overlooked.
This is a Student Union that wants an easy ride. £18k a year of your money paying these elected officers to do their job - though, allegedly, one claims he spent the first three months of his contract with nothing to do.
Do they realise they represent you? Do they realise they have a political role to play? While the government wants to sell your student loans for profit, while teaching strikes threaten your graduation and future employment, while management sit on 6% pay rises, while international students are rinsed by the university for every penny they can get, what are your elected officers doing?
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This is not about what we can do for ourselves, it is what we can do for those that follow. The Student Union leadership has gone soft, no more than puppets for the fat cats to tick the boxes. One day you may be the parent of a child at university, do you want better for them?
According to the government, according to the outgoing Deputy Vice Chancellor, we cannot sacrifice the future for now... but what are we preserving for the future if we give up on the present? These people will not see the future they are convinced they are protecting. Our children will. It is admirable to care about institutions, but institutions can imprison us. Do not put them before people, do not put them before what is right. If history teaches us anything, it is this.
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This is not about what we can do for ourselves, it is what we can do for those that follow. The Student Union leadership has gone soft, no more than puppets for the fat cats to tick the boxes. One day you may be the parent of a child at university, do you want better for them?