Gair Rhydd - Issue 1113 - 26th of February 2018

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gair rhydd | free word Cardiff’s student weekly newspaper Papur wythnosol myfyrwyr Caerdydd Issue 1113 | Rhifyn 1113 26th February 2018 | 26ain o Chwefror 2018

Cardiff Uni’s student paper | est . 1972

“Forced to fly-tip!” Waste and Recycling feature p.8-11

Debate: Should work experience come before your degree? p.12

Campaign underway for Deputy Leader of Welsh Labour p.19

People’s opinion on the Student Elections p.31

Dathliadau Dydd Gwyl Dewi yng Nghaerdydd ac weddill Cymru t.33

Fadhila Al Dhahouri elected as SU President Lowest voting turnout in three years

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EXCLUSIVE George Cook

hat’s it, the Cardiff Students’ Union election week has come to an end and the posts for the 2018/19 roles have now been filled. This is the first time in ten years that all sabbatical and officer roles have been filled in one election, meaning this election cycle did have some positive outcomes. Despite this, it was the lowest turnout in an SU election in 3 years. Last year, 6, 851 people voted in the elections with 6,555 and 6,231 votes being cast in the previous two elections.

This year only 6,205 votes were cast in the election. In this week’s Campus Life section, you can also read people’s opinions towards elections which does show some views that coincide with the decrease in votes cast. Fadhila Al Dhahouri was named the new President of the Students’ Union beating Nicholas Fox to the position. This means that for the last four years the President of the SU has been female. Other results included Jake Smith being re-elected for VP Postgraduate, despite also standing to be Deputy Chair of the NUS; Henri Page being elected to the newly named Societies and Volunteering role; Amr Al Wishah being elected as VP Welfare

and Campaigns; Jackie Yip elected as VP Education; Georgie Haynes as VP Sport and AU President and Jen Kent elected as the new VP for Heath Park Campus. The newly elected Officer roles included Martha Hughes as the newly elected Mature Students’ Officer; Julia Rooke as the International Students’ Officer; Joshua Lewis as the LGBT+ Officer; Hannah Ryan as the LGBT+ (Women’s) Officer; Hanin Abou Salem as the Women’s Officer; Dimitra Psychari as the Students’ with Disabilities Officer; Jacob Morris as the Welsh Language Officer; Orla Tarn as Mental Health Officer and Nia Jones as the Ethical and Environmental Officer.

They will start in their positions as the next academic year begins, and because there are no by-elections candidates will have even longer to implement their policies and ideas for the year ahead. The newly elected, some re-elected, Sabbatical Officers will also earn a salary of around £20,000 while they are in office for a year. VP’s can then stand for re-election if they wish in their current roles or even run for the big job of Students’ Union President.

Election results and stats on page 4...


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