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Your SU is changing Week One

Your University of Nottingham Students Union has announced a number of changes as to how Week One is going to work, beginning next September. Student's Union President, Harry Copson released a blog post this evening, detailing the changes and why they were being made.

The changes will include the implementation of Welcome Mentors, who will be appointed by the SU, and will be responsible for promoting Week One events, signposting any students who are suffering from emotional distress and getting to know the group of students to whom they are allocated.

The removal of Week One reps in favour of appointed Welcome Mentors moves towards a selective, rather than elective process. The Union and a student-led panel will be those deciding each of the reps, with a minimum of 6 mentors per hall and the possibility of up to twenty in the larger halls. Each mentor is going to be responsible to a Lead Mentor, who will ensure that each person involved is meeting their responsibilities.

On Tuesday 10th March, The Pulse headed down to the fiercest question time of the year, on Sutton Bonington campus, to find out how the candidates would deal with the student's questions.

Our presenting team of Meg, Rhiannon and Sam posed questions to the candidates that you, the students, wanted asking and commentated on how they felt the evening was going.

They also caught up with Jake Richards, chair of the SB Guild:

The team then reflected on how important they felt it was candidates were put through Question Times, and what they would be considering throughout the evening:

PRESIDENT

The Presidential candidates were put through their paces, with the panelists talking about whether sexual consent classes should be compulsory and outlining how they would work with the SB Guild if elected to office:

EDUCATION

The crowd at Sutton Bonington tested out the Education Officer candidates, asking about how they would support the students on satellite campuses and deal with lecture captures in future:

EQUAL OPPS & WELFARE

Throughout the elections period on The Pulse, we are questioning the candidates to be your next Student's Union officers. Posing the issues that matter to you and debating the detail, we'll be seeking to find out about the policies behind the people.

During any of our debates, if you want to join the discussion, remember you can tweet us @URNPulse or send us a free webtext on urn1350.net

PRESIDENT

The Presidential candidates were questioned on their manifestos:

As well as discussing their policies, we also put questions to them from you, the students, which provoked disagreement:

EDUCATION OFFICER

The Education candidates came into the studios, to have their policies scrutinized by our News Editor, Sam Boyle:

We also put the students questions to the candidates, to see how they would deal with the issues that matter to you:

URN questioned the Education Candidates

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND WELFARE OFFICER

We met the equal opportunities and Welfare Officer candidates and asked them about their policies:

All of this week on The Pulse we are debating all things student leader elections. From Manifestos to Campaigning, the University of Nottingham is to be flooded with candidates trying to persuade you to vote for them. We've debated all of the issues that matter to you, finding out your views in order to provide you with your ultimate guide to the elections.

WHAT IS THE STUDENT'S UNION?

The ongoing elections are all concerning the Student's Union. However, not all students know what the Student's Union is. We explain how the Union is meant to represent you, and find out what your views on it are:

The team in the studio then discussed how effective they find the Students Union, and whether it needs to do more to engage with those they are representing:

CAMPAIGNING AROUND CAMPUS

With candidates set to flood campus over the next two weeks, we found out more from you the students about your experiences of the campaigning period:

The team in the studio debated whether campaigning could be too intrusive, and if they took any notice of those standing in Portland canvassing for votes:

MANIFESTOS

The Interview

Today on The Pulse we spoke to Mike Buchanan, leader of the Justice for Men and Boys (and the women who love them) Party. We quizzed him on his manifesto and posed questions to him from our listeners:

In The Studio

We then had a discussion in the studio about the texts and tweets we recieved and our views on the interview:

Loads of you got in touch during the show. Here is a selection of the texts and tweets we recieved:

Daniel: doesn’t your commitment to attacking feminists rather than defending men suggest you're just a reactionary terrified of change and equality?

I'm concerned about the value of pitting campaigns against one another. Seona

I’m a man. I'm a feminist, that doesn't make me a traitor... If anything that makes me someone in favour of equality in areas such as the pay gap, which definitely exists… Sam

Chris - does he not understand that grants like that and the Marie Clare grant exists to ENCOURAGE women into increasingly gender divided disciplines, like Engineering