Category Archives: Opinions

Censorship in the Guild

Posted on March 2, 2012 by wo

Today, a Women’s Officer candidate was asked – at the request of Guild Elections Committee – to remove some of her posters from around campus because they quoted statistics from the NUS Hidden Marks report about the prevalence of sexual … Continue reading →

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Lessons from NUS’ ‘Student Activism 2011′: Democracy at the University of Birmingham.

Posted on November 20, 2011 by wo

Yesterday I attended a set of workshops at NUS’ ‘Student Activism 2011′ in London: 1. ‘Where is HE (Higher Education) going? Understanding the White Paper. 2. ‘Understanding political apathy (and defeating it). 3. Campus democracy. 4. What’s the point of Feminism? … Continue reading →

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Why the Women’s Officer has a Responsibility to Campaign on National Gender Issues.

Posted on November 6, 2011 by wo

This is a note I posted on Facebook during my campaign. It was aimed not only my opponent (who responded, very well, and we had a good debate) but at students who I had been talking to on campus. Just … Continue reading →

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