Demi Smith

3 pieces

Newest first, since August 2019

1. 19 March 2026 · SUs

   Turnout is a lagging indicator, not a measure of democratic health

   With SUs still treating voting week as the headline test of student engagement, Demi Smith argues that turnout reflects a year’s worth of invisible failures – not a single moment of apathy

2. 29 November 2019 · SUs

   Why do SUs need officers anyway?

   You know the questions. They seem to be everywhere and nowhere all at once. They’re grumbled by world-weary academics who “don’t see what the SU has to do with me”. They’re whined by officers in their second year who don

3. 6 August 2019 · SUs

   Partnership, data and a “personal touch”

   We all know the cycle of student feedback. Representatives deliver it to staff, staff take actions from those points they deem most important, and the feedback itself isn’t looked at again until the next SSLC, a whole se