VOTE # 1 ELECTIONS: WEDNESDAY 14TH AND THURSDAY 15TH MARCH

BULLOCK FOR PRESIDENT I AM SUPPORTING :- SARAH MCCAFFREY FOR DEPUTY PRESIDENT - CIARNAN HELFERTY FOR VP WELFARE - STEFFAN RAFFERTY FOR VP CLUBS AND SERVICES

VOTE ONLINE: WWW.QOL.QUB.AC.UK **PLEASE RECYCLE THIS MANIFESTO** MANIFESTO

THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE

You pay your fees. You expect a service. Are you getting value for money?

I want to tackle the issues of:

 Oversized classes, cancelled tutorials and a lack of resources  Limited library opening hours, extortionate fines and a £3000 price tag.  A non-existent Fresher’s’ Week and inadequate Welcome Orientation for new students.

Just where exactly is all our money going?

We deserve the education we’ve paid for!

10 SEXUAL ASSAULTS ON UNIVERSITY PROPERTY IN 12 MONTHS IS 10 TOO MANY

I will ensure that the ‘Fight for Light Campaign’ is sustained to make sure the University is properly lit at night.

I will provide:

 Personal safety alarms to ALL students  Increase security on University grounds  Free self-defence classes at the beginning of each term

MAKE QUEENS GO ‘GREEN’

The protection of our environment is the single most important issue facing our generation. Let’s make sure that Queen’s carbon footprint doesn’t stamp on our environment.

As your President, I will:

 Install recycling points at the Students Union, Halls of Residence and the Seamus Heaney Library.  Ensure that the 2,000 bottles a week (approx) which are binned by the Union are instead recycled.  Promote an energy conservation drive to ensure lights are turned off and computers shut down within University buildings

Let’s truly make ‘Queen’s go green’!

VOTE ONLINE: WWW.QOL.QUB.AC.UK **PLEASE RECYCLE THIS MANIFESTO** THE CONTINUING FIGHT FOR FAIRTRADE

In 2006 Queen’s University gained ‘Fair Trade Status’. Over 2,000 students petitioned to see this to happen.

I will fight to:

 See this University honour the commitments it has made to its students and the Fair Trade Foundation  Ensure that private commercial services hired by this University adhere to Fair Trade standards that we students expect of Queen’s.  Encourage local coffee shops in the student area to stock Fair Trade products.

CELEBRATING DIVERSTIY

23% of students at Queen’s are from outside the UK. We should be doing more to support their needs.

I will lead the way in:

 Establishing a network of support through a ‘Buddy’ scheme for international students  Creating an ‘International Student Society’ which will provide weekend and evening events.  Improving the international student involvement in Freshers Week and Welcome Orientation.

As PRESIDENT I will:

 Continue the good work already done in reforming the entrance process for the Institute of Professional Legal Studies here at Queen’s.

 Oppose the unfair and rights limiting Student Contract that the University is attempting to introduce, as mandatory for all Queen’s students to sign up to.

 Make the Student Union a more democratic and transparent institution, where real issues not petty politics are on the agenda, and students play a more pro-active role in the governing of their Union.

VOTE ONLINE: WWW.QOL.QUB.AC.UK **PLEASE RECYCLE THIS MANIFESTO**