Venturer Camp is almost upon us and we have been working with a crack team to get the things together. Although I have some regrets that we haven’t involved Venturers enough in the planning and design of the camp I hope it will still be a great success. We today launched the almost complete website…
Well this was almost the accusation that Security put against me when they tried to take me to disciplinary at the University of Bradford. I have been to out spoken about appalling figures of security guards on petrol against sitting in the video room. I have not cooperated when they have tried to shut down…
Education Not for Sale (ENS) and its incarnation as the broad platform is something of much debate at the Reclaim the Campus conference at Birkbeck College.On Saturday about 50 students from around the UK representing radical students from up and down the college gathering to work out the terms of engagement for their next steps…
Well, what lovely weather we are having at the moment! So in a glee, hop and a skip students have been heading down to the University of Bradford’s Amphitheater (seen here on the right had side) Students traditionally have always enjoyed a BBQ, camp-fire and playing football, cricket or other sports during the day. It’s…
I’m finishing of my reflection of my conflict resolution course which I take. Does reflection work? The course that uses many of the methods that would be used in traditional non-formal educational systems. My content thought is can you use non-formal methods in the formal systems of University or structured state education. Does formalising non…
Hello everyone, well here goes with the latest instalment for camp. The camp site has been now at last (yes I know that its taken ages) booked the camp will take place at Drum Hill the site is the one that was used last time and is not only out the way from noise and…
Well we have arrived back from the NUS Annual Conference. I will write later on I’m more detail about it all but the basics are that the Governance didn’t pass! What review I hear you cry! Well that my be exactly the point. The NEC (or well the Labour and OI part of the NEC)…
Thank you everyone who voted for me. I was elected with over 50% of the vote. It was a good race, and for all those who got involved you will know that there were problems. They have been sorted now and I hope to go in to the year ahead making the Union relevant, radical,…
Hello, I’m Lloyd, at present an Officer at the Union. I am re-standing for Union Secretary-Treasurer because I believe that we need to keep on track to win our Union back. I have a track record for reform, renewal, and reinvigoration and have reclaimed our union for students not factions. I am the Vice-Chair of…
Well I’ve just started the job at the University of Bradford Union I’m the new Internal Affairs officer for the union. For this job I have to do the democracy of the union. Starting at the union has been interesting. While other sabbatical starting are learning the ropes find this prolonged hand over useful. However…
Well just got back from Galsto this year it was as wet as ever. My first glasto, I thought that i would be volenteersing for a few hours a day (5 to 6) and then getting fre entry, driniks and food. Well this was the plan and it seemed like a good one. However when…
Evan and I went up to a potential site for the Woodcraft Folk‘s Venturer Camp 2008. The project initiator (Evan) and the finance initiator (I) looked around what is new site that had been identified to other comrades (Jess and Owen) who in their search for a site had identified this as a potential goer.…
The Climate Mobile had been launched, It’s great and everyone visiting the “face your elephant” tent at galstonbary will be able to download a version on to their phone. The Climate:Mobile calculator will estimate the annual greenhouse emissions using a series of twenty youth life style questions divided into sections such as the home, transport,…
This is the second time this I have sat through a farewell speech at a retirement. Fist of all it was this years annual gathering of the Woodcraft Folk. At this annual meeting of delegates of the Woodcraft Folk I stood down from the board after 2 years sitting on general council. I have been…
After us managing to get the gender equality (trans) motion though our union council I have posted a letter to all staff explaining the implication these changes. I’m sure that over the following weeks the changes will be put in place and we will be able to not only claim to compile fully with the…
The motion that last night got passed is passed bellow, this is a real step in the right direction, at last the union is responsive to the needs of the minority’s I’m chuffed seeing the problems that this motion faced when it was originally before council that we got this though, thanks to everyone that…
Sitting here in the bar, I‘m pretending to do my work. Despite having a deadline tomorrow, I’ve turned to writing this month’s column for Kinetic. Well, there’s been some major changes to the university since the last issue. Shearbridge Green has been eaten up by the giant lizard they call Godzilla and the atrium has…
Bellow is an extract of the letter I today wrote to the UBU student union newsletter, Kinetic Mag Everyone in your Union works hard to ensure that we meet the needs of every student at the University. I believe strongly that we must fight for people’s right to choose how they live their lives. Freedom…
In November I went to the People’s Republic of China for the IFM – SEI to represent them at that Inaugural Conference for Young Political Leaders in Asia and Europe. Around 100 delegates attended from the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) countries, that’s all the EU countries plus Brunei, Cambodia, PR o China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos,…
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