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Elections & democracy
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Why did so many women win sabbatical office this year?
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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19/11/21
Anxious about what’s next? You’re not the only one
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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07/10/21
What we learned when we ran student council online
Hannah Winslade
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SU blog
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31/03/20
Making SUs louder and more independent
Allie Guy
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SU blog
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13/03/20
#SUFutures – A single point of failure – that fails students
James Brooks
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SU blog
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14/02/20
Is the art of resolutionary (student) politics dead?
Tom Flynn
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SU blog
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25/10/19
A funny thing happened on the way to the democratic forum
Nick Smith
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SU blog
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25/10/19
Has trading off ruined citizens’ juries in SUs?
Sam Nichols
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SU blog
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27/09/19
They thought it was all over. It isn’t now
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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12/04/19
Half time at NUS Conference 2019
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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10/04/19
Time to argue about consensus
Nick Smith
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SU blog
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17/08/17
Election Turnout is up- but is credibility down?
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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23/03/17
No more meetings bloody meetings?
Andy Hartley
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SU blog
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16/02/17
Who are we talking to?
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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16/09/16