Campaigns officer interview: Lee Bradshaw

Current part-time officer Lee Bradshaw spoke to Laura Wood about why he’s running for the newly created Campaigns officer.

Why do you want to stand for the position?

I’ve been actively involved with the Union for the past two years both on the students’ council and as a part-time executive and I just think I could do so much more with a full-time position. There’s so many things I’ve been involved with this year and I think I could do so much more if I was working full-time. It’s so frustrating sometimes when I’ve wanted to give so much more and I can’t commit because of my course and I want to be able to grow and develop from what I’ve done the past few years.

Campaigns officer interview: David Watters

Four candidates, one job, UCLan students will decide. Nafisa Sayani speaks to journalism and politics student, David Watters, about his position on top-up fees, what he plans to campaign on and why he’s the best person for the job.

Why did you decide to stand for this position?

Ever since I got here on Flying Start, I’ve really enjoyed the whole university experience, and it is a bit of a cliché, but I do want to give something back. I’ve had such a good experience, I want to make sure that people coming here have the same enjoyable experience. I think my personality quite fits the whole campaign – I’m quite open and I’d like to think I’m approachable. It’s just something that really interests me. I think it’s something I can definitely get my teeth into and I’ll really enjoy it.

James Gibbs out of Campaigns race

It’s been confirmed this morning that James Gibbs has withdrawn from the race to be Campaigns officer, this leaves four candidates left. He’s believed to have withdrawn citing mounting coursework deadlines as the reason.

Campaigns officer proves most popular as candidates announced

The candidates for the 2008 UCLan Students’ Union elections have been announced and already it’s shaping up to be a hard fought contest. The most popular position is the newly created campaigns officer with five candidates putting themselves forward. Four candidates are down to stand for media officer and president. Activities and participation did have four but one candidate has already deemed to withdraw after failing to hand in a manifesto to meet the deadline set by the returning officer. Only one candidate put themselves forward for education officer.

Our candidates section has the list of those running, with a separate page for each candidate. Information about each candidate will appear soon.

Most candidates turned up to the candidate briefing where a lot of questions were asked, with plenty about the new e-voting system and how it will work. The battle has already commenced on facebook with campaign groups popping up left, right and centre - let’s just hope that people don’t burnout before they’ve even begun.