Media officer interview: Andy Squire

Following on from the interview with Dean Barker, graphic design student Andy Squire is asked about his plans if he were to become Media officer (interview by Dejla Kadhim).

Why do you want to stand for the position?

Having spent many hours volunteering for Pluto and Frequency, I would like the opportunity to not only keep the media as strong as it is, but to expand and progress it too.

Media officer interview: Dean Barker

With two people having dropped out of the race to be Media officer, we thought we’d take a look at the remaining two candidates. TV production student, Dean Barker, was first up (interview by Ben Hobson).

Why do you want this position?

I think I’ve got a lot to offer, I’ve got a lot of experience with working in different types of media, I think I would be able to apply those skills to the job and hopefully learn new skills as well. I also want to share my experience with new people and pass on the skills that I have acquired.

Two drop out of Media officer race

Last week saw two candidates drop out of the race for Media officer. Steven Cookson and Mark Roles have withdrawn leaving Dean Barker and Andy Squire to battle it out. It’s not clear whether any Cookson/Roles followers will switch allegiance to other candidates.

Both candidates withdrew citing personal reasons and the build up of course commitments that would limit their campaigning ability.

This is the first time the role has been contested (it was previously Communications officer) since the 2005 election with Mark Hudson beating one other candidate.

Note: Apologies for the lack of updates, been away at NUS Annual Conference. All candidate interviews will be posted up over the week beginning April 7.

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.