3rd March 2020
Holly Jennings Views Editor Editor’s Note – The first time she interviewed with us, our camera did not record the conversation. We immediately restarted, but it should be known Elinor had previously heard these questions before we recorded this version! Currently a fourth-year Psychology student, Elinor Tipper is running as one of the two candidates ...
3rd March 2020
Tara Gandhi Editor-in-Chief Katerina P. Schwartz is running for the contested position of QMU VP MCS, and has chosen not to interview with The Glasgow Guardian as part of her campaign. We have reached out to see if there is anything we can do to accommodate her but she is happy in her decision. She ...
2nd March 2020
Tara Gandhi Editor-in-Chief Current GUSA Welfare Convenor, Phoebe Reilly has been involved in GUSA for a number of years now. In her time as Welfare Convenor, she met with Equality and Diversity teams at the university to discuss improvements to the GUSA consitution, and took part in voluntary sexual violence training, two things she hopes ...
2nd March 2020
Andrew Quinn Deputy Editor-in-Chief Austen Waite is running for SRC Vice President for Education, a contested position. This role will (among other things) leave him in charge of the academic reps on council, and to deal with all things learning and teaching at the University. He is currently the SRC’s School of Humanities Representative. In ...
2nd March 2020
Holly Ellis Writer Owain Campton in his second campaign for GUU President has offered students a pragmatic manifesto, he avoids “promising the world” and instead fronts a manifesto that examines the wider structural issues within the GUU and, how he intends to solve these. Owain has extensive experience across several executive and convening positions including: ...
2nd March 2020
Jordan Hunter Deputy News Editor Juliet Smith’s manifesto at the surface seems straightforward. She highlights her experience in the QMU and in their board. In our interview she takes this further noting that she’s the only one with executive experience and management across the Union. She addresses many aspects of the union which she seeks ...
2nd March 2020
Silas Pease Reporter Currently an undergraduate law student at the university, Blair Anderson is one of four candidates vying for the position of Vice President of Student Support for the SRC. As an estranged student himself, he knows firsthand what it is like to use the SRC’s services, and understands that the council has room ...
2nd March 2020
Ollie Rudden Deputy News Editor Laoise McWilliams is a second year English Literature student who is running to be Vice President for Members, Clubs and Societies at the QMU. She was a Freshers’ helper last year and describes herself as an “avid member” of the social and events committees. Despite claiming to have a short ...
2nd March 2020
Tara Gandhi Editor-in-Chief After taking a year out from being a GUSA council member, Shereif Kholeif is throwing his hat in the ring a second time for the role of GUSA president. However, he is not worried at all about this time away from the union impacting his ability to take on the position, confident ...
2nd March 2020
Jordan Hunter Deputy News Editor Gregory Kokkinidis’ manifesto has many appealing goals; recording lectures, making curricula that are more inclusive and diverse, and even trying to take on “high stakes” assessments of many courses. Many of these points rely on staff-student relations, which to some extent is the nature of the job. Whilst it is ...
