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Volume 4 Issue 5 19 March 2014 theheythroplion.co.uk
2014 Election Special
Lion
Basement Redecorated In Theme of Presidential Campaigns
Voting now open for the HSU Executive Election 2014/15 The Lion is Your Guide to The Candidates Fergus Cronin-Coltsmann Acting Editor-in-Chief On Friday the 7th of March, campaigns for the Heythrop Students’ Union Executive 2014/2015 began. Three candidates are running for the position of President: Heather Doon, Alex Jozsa and Chloe Westly. The candidates for the position of Vice President are Matt Holland and Dan Tripp. The Lion conducted interviews with the candidates,
which can be found on The Lion website and The Lion’s Youtube channel. Thus far, one of the main topics of the campaigns of the sabbatical candidates have been careers and the careers service. Jozsa and Westly, who both worked on the review and revival of the careers service this year, both mentioned it in their manifestos and Lion interviews. However, both candidates distanced themselves from certain parts of the Heythrop Careers Facebook page during their interviews,
after it’s value was questioned due to the large number of links to jobs for science graduates posted to the page. Both candidates explained that this was due to the feed for the page coming directly from the University of London, and that they had no control over it, though Jozsa said in his interview that he had just met with the College’s Careers advisor to correct the matter. Westly apologised about the lack of appropriate positions for Heythrop students, and pledged that, should she be elected, she would filter the links
more precisely. Doon and Holland have promised to continue and expand upon the work of the current Sabbatical officers on an internship scheme, with Holland mentioning the need for the College to increase the office hours of the Careers Advisor, who he claims currently is only on site half a day a week. Doon has said she will draw on her contacts in wider professional London networks. Tripp’s campaign focuses heavily on careers, he pledges to continue the work of the current Union but, more uniquely, promis-
ing to fight for an increase in scholarships available to students who wish to study at a post-graduate level. The provision of welfare has also received attention from candidates. Holland has called for the lift in the main building to either receive extensive work over the summer, or to be replaced entirely, to ensure that all lectures are accessible to students after it was out of order for parts of this year. In contrast, Tripp has claimed that it did not receive focus in his manifesto because he