 you will probably will ignore. So on the app we are going to have an event planner so you can see what society is doing, well when they are doing it, how they are doing it, what campus are doing, how much are tickets etc. So that's going to make all society successful to all students across all campuses. On top of that I want to improve on storage facilities. We know next year that the hub won't be in place at DCU so we need to work with all campuses 30 seconds so finally I really want this job. I'm not doing this just to put it on my CV. This is something that I'm passionate about. I'd be proud to represent you. This is something I really want. My name is Luke Ereden. I forgot to mention a few things as I'm short in time so hopefully I can answer that in your questions. Thanks. Okay, perfect. Same again. Three questions. Anybody got any questions for societies? Yeah, Stephen. Right, so the question is do we have any plans in place or plans to be put in place for societies that aren't already on Pats? Yeah, Stephen, that's your question. Next year it's not saying Pats and not DCU. It's just DCU as a whole. So the societies, if they're down on Pats, they will be down on DCU. That's what I was talking about the app. That's how all societies will be accessible to everyone across all platforms. So regardless if they're not in place on DCU, they have the opportunity now to be in DCU next year. And voice over is that DCU societies will be down here next year because we are at DCU as a whole as of now. Regardless as well, on top of that, every society will have a level playing field. Regardless if they're one of the smallest societies with 50 members or one of the largest societies with 1,500 members, I will work my utmost best that not each society will be neglected regardless of their size or where they're from. So I hope you'll answer your question. Yeah, I have talked about this. Some societies down here will need extra work. I'm willing to put this in. They will need to be brought up at the same level because it will be harder for them. And they should be brought up. Every society next year should be equal. And I'm willing to work with this to make sure that every society is well known across both campuses and they have the members and the support that they need. Thank you. Okay, perfect. Any more questions? Yeah, and then we'll go to the back. Okay, so the question is that turnout was very low to society events this year and how they plan to combat that next year. So, come on. Yeah, it was a clear thing this year that side turnout was very low. This is what I want to learn from the same pattern of societies. Down here, it's such a community. Everyone goes through it. I want to look at this, see how this happens, why people go to engage with the events down here so much. I also want to, and next year it will be harder. I've seen that there will be no venue up in class 11 campus. So, I want to look at different venues, see which one people engage with, which one people go to and just look at different options, make them more exciting, more people to go to. Thank you. Again, to answer that question, the reason societies so predict this year as well is because a lot of society events clash with each other. There wasn't enough communication amongst societies. There could have been a similar event week after week, and that's alongside the SU as well. Some events even last year clash with around the same day that we're at a huge magnitude scale. So, what we're going to do with that app and that interactive events banner, you will be able to forecast what events are going on and how we can work with it. How, as well, each society, there are always forums set up for the event managers, the chairpersons, the puros to interact with the society officer. That this year has kind of been neglected as well. So, as your societies answer next year, I will ensure that I will work my utmost best to make sure that each society will have an equal opportunity with each other's society so that their events don't clash. As Callan said, the parts of the hope that we use will not be there next year. We have parts, this is part of our college as well, so we will bring society events down here. Make the most of what we've got. We have Jim Conger, we've glassed down, we've got Balibu and a lot of auditoriums. So, to answer your question, societies suffer this year because they clash a lot. We'll ensure that that won't happen next year. Thank you very much. Okay, one final question. Oh, yeah. Sorry. The question is what knowledge you have of society's current impacts. And as I said, last year I came down here every single time we had an event going on. We came down to interact with the students. We sell their tickets here. What do I know about societies? I was here on Freshers Day and Freshers Day. There's a community of those here, regardless of what kind of age bracket. I remember I stand beside, I think it was the Mother Teresa Society down there, and they were handing out rosemary beads. We were in exchange for handing out palace bands to them. It was something funny. There's a community down here that we can incorporate as DCOs at home. I know that some societies will clash. There are overlapping societies. They, from the best of my knowledge, will be brought together. We'll make a super society out of it. Make the best of what we have at both campuses. So what I know about the St. Pat's Society is that they have such a buzz down here. And I'm very much so looking forward to working with them next year. I really like the St. Pat's Society. They're big societies and they're just small ones. I know from last year I've been involved with Drama Society. Drama is one of the bigger ones. It's one that I know strongly. And I really want to work with them. Down here, all the societies are like community. People turn out to their events. People really engage with them. And I know that everyone gets involved with them much. So yeah, I really look forward to working with them. Thank you. And we'll just have a one minute summation from everybody. So, Luke's up first. Okay guys, as I said, my name is Luke O'Reilly. I probably haven't got to meet as much of you as I've really liked it. As I've come from Asia, I'm not around campus every single day at the moment. What I want to do is reintroduce and redevelop the DCOS app to make sure all societies are accessible. And interactive events, calendar, so that society events will not clash. And inter-society summer festival to bring all the societies together to play alongside the DC summer ball to give it the hype that it deserves compared to your Trinity ball or your UC ball. What I can bring to you is years of experience. I got the Individual Contribution Society Life Award last year. That is not unrecognised. I am passionate about this position. This, as I said, is not something I'm doing just to put down on my CV. This is something I really want to work with. As it's put down on paper, it's a part-time position. It would be a full-time position for me. I'll work my ass off of this. Thank you very much. I'm so passionate about studies. I'm hard-working. I'm dedicated. I have great time management skills. I know if I get this job, I'll be able to give my all to it. I've been a class rep twice. I know how the SU works. I know how society works. I'm being a chairperson this year. If I get elected, I'll work so hard and I'll work so passionately to make sure every society is equally represented across both campuses and there's no conflicts and everything runs smoothly. So please vote for me. Call in Commons for studies. We all have stocks in Commons. Thank you very much, lads. Good job and applause. We'll just have a minute's break while we get the Irish language ready. So catch between Alan Barra, please. First language officer. So catch. We're going to go first. Same again. Two minutes opening for each candidate. Hi, I'm Cotch. I'm studying German for Irish, and I really want to be an Irish language officer. So my whole manifesto is based around one point. The point is to incorporate the Irish language into every single part of our student union and therefore our student body. So I want to work with every single one of our new vice presidents. I want to work with every single class rep to make sure that it's in every part of our whole campus. I want to work with the different people that are going to be in the different campuses as well because it's really important that we are all together in this one because we're going to get something that we all have common ground with, one that we're going to send all down in the DC campus on the one that we have here. It's a pretty fantastic class. It's a brief session and you've really been using it well. And that brings me on to then the chalk and gray that we're going to get in Drunk Hunter as well. So you already have one down here in Drunk Hunter and then in class never getting one. I love the way that whenever you set it up you have everyone in it as ambassadors for the language. And that's amazing. You have people going around promoting the language and it's just so interesting. And it's not something that we have in class seven. So I really want to bring that up there as well. We already have the chalk and gray that is secured and I'd love to be the mentor for this. And lastly, I'm not sure if you're aware, but something that I'm really pushing for in the last few days is the fact that Ryan LaVallega up here is actually going to be moved to All Hallows campus. Now, this is also going to be mixed with the future students that are up in Glaston and campus as well. We can't let this happen. As it stands, the staff are definitely moving. The students aren't definitely moving yet. We need to stand up against them because if the staff are going, then they're going to try to push the students down as well. I've really been trying to campaign for the staff and we need to work together for this. So if the lecture or not, it is something that I'm working on and it is a matter of like it is really, really important for us. So it's very difficult to count on to make it even more joyful for LaVallega. I hate Irish. Irish is boring. Irish is only life because we're forced to learn it in schools. And Irish is useless. So that's as a student teacher. I'm here in Pat and that's something I hear a lot on placement from kids. I want to change people's minds. I feel so passionate about Irish. I love Irish, but I do understand that not everyone does. So I want to put on events that everyone can go to, but if you can just say Gigwit and Geron Makhud, that's all you need to come to these events. Currently, we have really strong coming weather here in Pat. I want to make sure that it's not just people who feel comfortable in the language that are fluent in Irish that go to those events. I want everyone to go. So we'll have events like Te Agus Play, Kaylee Heart, Erin Gavie, and things like Speed Dating where you only need basic Irish. Once you prove that you can speak Irish, that you are willing to speak Irish on a daily basis, I want to give you a whale card that doesn't mean that you will be able to get discounts in Java, hopefully in the canteen, hopefully in peters and downloads and stuff like that. That is what I want to do. I want to reward you for making that extra effort to speak Irish. I also believe that Irish isn't only for Shaxon and Grega. I want to put on events all throughout the year. I'll be working really closely with the Cubs Officer and Socks Officer to put on bilingual events like Daught to Daught that we had up on the stage a few weeks ago. I also believe that there are academic issues. I know there are academic issues such as the Beds Orals. They are on a Saturday and we all have a placement on a Friday, which isn't fair for those like me who are from EO. My name is Prasini Lobby, Prasini Lobby in Sarendom. We all have the Cupid Flucka next season. Yes, we should borrow a Scanlan. I can still not catch that first after getting a look. At the minute I'm doing a Rasmus in France, so that's why most of you probably... I've never heard of me, I've never seen me before, so I can have a chance to speak to all of you. This job is something I've been doing on an unofficial level for the past three years that I've been in DCU. When I came in 2013, as a passionator speaker, I was really disappointed. The Common Gala basically didn't exist. There was no way to meet like many people that were as passionate as me. So by the end of first year I took over the role as Cai Hela, our chairperson. In second year I kept doing it. And by the end of the year we had the most improved society in DCU and we even won an award at Glory Gala. So basically the point of Irish was unrecognizable to that point a year before. Also when last year it was like the African Angelica at the Class Red Council. So there I lobbied for, what we now have, the Schemeponia and DCU. I lobbied for the employment of an African Angelica by the University, which now we have Shivani who works between St. Pat's Campus and DCU. And I think that the lobbying that I have done has had a huge impact on the fact that these things are actually implemented. So my manifesto, I try to keep it really realistic because realistically we're not going to get campus speaking Irish overnight, it's not possible. So I want to get a Schemeponia Angelica in DCU which is something you guys already have here and it works really well. I also want to turn Schachter Angelica into a Félix cultured so I think we can expand it and make it more, not just about the language but also if we tackle the culture and the historical aspects and maybe get people more interested that way. And as well I just want to create more gestational awareness for you to speak any kind of Irish you have trying to incorporate it into sports classes. We're going to give free Irish classes on campus so that they can make it more widespread and available to everyone. I have concrete plans. I know exactly what works and what doesn't. I've done this kind of thing for the past two years and just because I'm abroad at the minute doesn't mean I've lost any of my passion for the Irish language and I can't wait to get back. So vote the Alpara, the Alpara, like it's Jenny Ma and what you've heard before. Okay, so this works. Three questions. One, two, so yeah. Sorry guys, sorry. It's a great question. I just can't share all the questions that come over and show it back to be more of a question, Nina. So it is a really great question that she's wondering how I'm going to make sure that Irish is alive and well here in Patsch. A lot of my policies are still to do in Patsch campus as well as CCU. So for example, I want to revamp the Sean McCardrave. It is a grave base for people with Irish but it is quite old fashioned. I want to give it a new fashion look. I want to redo it and make sure it's a real kind of trendy sheet case for people to hang out just like Java. As well as that, I want to organise shuttle buses. So I want Irish events to be on 50-50 on both campuses. But whenever there is an event on a CCU I would organise a shuttle bus up to the CCU from Patsch and right beside it to make sure that no one misses out on Irish whatsoever while they're in Patsch or in CCU. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I would like to thank you for coming to the CCU and for coming to Patsch and for coming to the CCU and for being here and for being here. I would like to thank you for being here for the obviously triggers in this history with the fact that so many have come I say hello from Purswo I wish to thank them and I would also like to thank one of the inhabitants who came here for the給하기 and one of the guests for the exhibition. OOTD. told us that she could do a lot of things. So she was very happy with the way she was doing her job. ... ... ... ... ... like bacon to our shell, I just found them in a shell. Sorry guys, it was hard to hear what we're doing our best, so any more questions? Yep. Sorry guys, I have to get the question, please. It's a legal document that both universities have to comply with. I checked the last work that was done in DCU, in any case it was in 2003, there was a working group set up which clearly, everything legally applies, they have to make everything available in both languages which is not happening at the minute. I think we could set up another working group with representatives from the SU, from the university, from the Common Gala and the Africa Gala Gala, whoever it's going to be. And to lobby, the university needs to be pressured and pressured all the time and reminded that they have these legal applications. And in fact, I think it's the exact same, you guys have your own at Kutanga and the one that's officially provided by the government and a working group on both campuses is what I think it should be. Great question, I wouldn't be a very legal person myself but I'm really aware of that, that we have this at Kutanga. At the moment, if we translate the whole constitution to Irish, we have to take it over the English version. At the moment, we don't have enough Irish speakers. I've looked into this and we don't have enough Irish speakers to do that because it's just taken over it. We can do a complimentary translation of law rights but we can do it as a full official translation. I do believe that the signage around campus needs to be done more. We have the right to have that. I know our lectures are always pushing for that. There isn't enough done. And as I said before, if we're moving our school around the Belga and our school future to another campus, it's going to be pushed away even more. So we just need to prove our signage and just prove our awareness on campus and I think that's mainly what that's about. There's no more in all the biography but I think that just shows how much work that does need to be done. And I think that having enough, we're going to be able to get in DCU and in paths based on both the same scope between the both campuses is the first step in making sure that everyone is very aware of the rights in the Irish language that everyone is able to use the Irish language as they see fit and that everyone is aware that we do have another language and that it is very much proud of our culture. Okay, last and final question, Emer. Sorry guys, been a bit quiet there. So the question is how would you promote Irish to mature and foreign students? And we'll have Christina first. That's a really good question, Hank. So we already do actually have here in pass we have support systems there for the PME students but it would be such a great opportunity to be able to bring that up to DCU and spread that support there. That is one of my main points is that we would be able I want to be able to give support to everyone no matter how much Irish they have. I would be able to support them both academically and socially to Irish. For Erasmus students, I think that the events that I would organise like Kenya and Taylor's play, they are the perfect opportunity to explore and interact with students to learn the Cupidfucka that would be able to you know, there would be no pressure there but you would have the people who are fluent supporting the people who aren't as cultured in the language so that everyone can learn together and develop the language together. That's actually one of my main points in my manifesto. So I really want to work with the International Office whenever you know yourself, when you go abroad you want to learn about the culture of the country you want to learn the language and you want to know their dance you want to know everything about them and students who come over on Erasmus should have the exact same chance and it's really important that they do. So whenever they come in first I think it's really important that the Irish Language Officer is working straight with them and that they are aware that there is someone there that they are aware of the classes that we have going on because we have Irish Language classes we have Irish Language classes, we have everything but it's just a matter of getting the awareness out there which is really, really important. So I've been told to the International Office about that already and I do the same thing with mature students. It's just something that we really need to be proud of. We have a way to link them to campus but we just need to promote it, we just need to spread awareness out. Well actually at the minute, as soon as I'm spending time abroad and I am an Erasmus student, I know exactly what it feels like to go to a country and to not be able to mix with the students of that country. So I think we can get in contact with the International Office we can organise events specifically for international students and then bring them to the ones that are for all the students. We have a language culture space in DCU in the Henry Ratten which is a space where events are carried out through all European language but there's never, as far as I know, there's never been anything conducted in Irish there so that's something that we can all be into. It's part of the School of Languages and Society in DCU so it's something that we should definitely be using. And in terms of mature students, I suppose we're going to have a postgraduate officer on the next SU so I mean we can get in contact with them. It's not targeting all mature students but otherwise we just need to find out where they are, advertise and invite them to all the events so that they can use it for good. Okay, so now we'll have one minute summations from all the candidates and we'll start with Christine. Sorry guys, if we can keep it down a bit it takes a lot of nerve to get up here and talk in front of everyone at least we can do, it's happened and heard. Thank you. That's Mary Lortemake, Christine and I are in Saladum. I'm studying the B out here, I'm a first year so I am based in Papso. If you're worried about the amalgamation and the incorporation I get it, I am worried too and I would definitely do my best to make sure we do have our say up in DCU. So my main points are the modernisation of the show and record of here and Pat discounts on campus with the Guelph Arthur shuttle buses between here and Pat for common Guelph events and I want to also head a campaign, I didn't get a chance to say this but I want to head a campaign, a new campaign against Gales of Peace and I will not stop until they're either reduced or gone. Most of you know how expensive it is, you've just come back and you know how expensive the gift is they shouldn't need to pay. So voting is open now suelections.dcu.ie please vote for me, Christine and I love you we all have to keep it going next week. I'm from Calhoun and as I said I'm so endurance and turret I'm like a really bad public speaker so I get really really nervous so if you want to know more about my manifesto I'd say talk to you because I get in the nerves and crowds but I'm so passionate for the Irish language like from first year like as students I came in and I got really involved in the media production society and they had no award for the era short of being a so the Irish journalist of the year so anybody who wanted to do anti-dactry Irish they didn't have the opportunity so I brought to committee and we actually made a new award and we've had industry professionals judging it since it was a fantastic opportunity I'm used to incorporating the Irish into my everyday life and I really want to incorporate it into yours too so please give me your area of our hand cost you Calhoun. Especially Barra I guess look good at my face now because I'm leaving for France again in the morning you probably won't see me for the rest of the week this is something that I feel that this job has been made perfectly for me I have a maturity that I've got over the last couple of months from living abroad I understand how languages work how they work in society I've seen so much multi-lingualism over there that's really shocked me and how it is possible to have a bilingual campus as I said this is something I've been doing for a long time I've been working with Afrika and Egliga that's applied by the University the current Afrika and Egliga and I know what we have to do with the tourist scheme only that we're going to have next year you already have one in Petz we're going to have one in D.C. and I know that if it's not if we don't hit the ground only if we don't do as much work as possible the first year and get it off to a good start it's probably going to be strapped so that's something that I feel really passionate about I've been competitive about that since I started D.C. and if you don't know who to vote for if you're not passionate about Irish I definitely am so go to Albarna with your name if you're going to get a good vote. Okay, thanks guys big round of applause for everybody let's hope that we have the VP for Education for Engagement and Development so if all the candidates could make their way up let's say H4 you're welcome back so VP for Education and Development we have Jack, Steven, and Emer Keith, Evan, and Nisha they keep saying Education Engagement and Development so first up we're going to have Nisha for two minutes over in the statement it would work better if the duck was bigger but I'm cheap anyway, I'm not going to take a huge amount of time on my manifesto I'm Nisha McHugh the VP for Engagement and Development Education and Development Engagement and Development which one is it? anyway, it's a facilitator for everything extra curricular going on in the college and um so I feel that I'm suited for this role because I held seven different committee positions yes sorry Steve I've held seven different committee positions and I'm confident, I'm dynamic I'm sociable I am so so what was it? unconventional that when someone said to me election campaign I thought of ducks and so now there's ducks everywhere I want to bring in time management workshops I want to extend the campus bike scene I want to make it open to all students and I want it on every campus outside in Pat's I saw a bike maintenance maintenance station I want those everywhere and I want the clubs and societies fairs to be a week long I want it on every campus and those are the most pressing points on my manifesto in summation, I'm Nisha McHugh I'm not ducking around you can find my full manifesto online thank you I'm Ima McGuire and I'm a third year BA here in St. Pat's studying Geography and Human Development I have been hugely involved in societies across both DCU and St. Pat's so I am living proof that this amalgamation will work perfectly fine I know a lot of people are having a lot of issues with whether it work or not, but it will I am literally standing here telling you it will so basically the first thing on my manifesto is the UNI module and a lot of people are looking at my coasters thinking what the hell is that so the UNI module is up and running up in DCU at the moment and it's basically if you're involved in activities, extracurricular activities CV clinics, workshops any volunteering, like social projects here, ride run the Homer clubs, loads of different things like that that will basically you can get credits for that you can get actual marks towards your end of the year degree for being involved in college life so that would entice people to get involved secondly I also have the open badge system I want to make sure Kim has been working on it this year I want to make sure that it's established so basically if you're a class rep you can have an accreditation from DCU say on your LinkedIn profile saying I was a class rep for DCU I represented my class and I did a good job it's basically to say thank you to our class reps for their hard work and all their for turning up to all their meetings as well as that I also want to help establish a better system for our class reps class reps are so important especially for Beds which are way on placement you all need to be represented equally okay you all need to be represented equally and I want to ensure through the help of the USI that everyone gets public speaking courses as well as leadership workshops everything down again so I have loads of other ideas on my manifesto please check it out and please vote for Eamon McGuire for engagement and development good stuff for those of you that may not know me my name is Jack Brun I'm a third year student in one and only St. Patrick's College I'm running for the position of VP for Engagement and Development some of you may be wondering why I decided to go for this role after almost three years in college now I know how important it is to have someone with an approachable and friendly face during your college year someone who has experienced exactly what each student is going to be discovering each and every day that is why I am so passionate about getting this role I want to help these students I believe that is you have to compliment your academic pursuits with personal development and that is why if I get this role I will ensure that you have a full range of entertainment and social events so that you get the best from your student body what I promise to deliver if elected this year has been non-stop activities and events Student Appreciation Day Freshers Week, Christmas Week, Rag Week they are the events that I want to keep for Pats and I also want to introduce a DCU Rag Week the establishment of an ENSE committee where the students can have their say on the happenings in both colleges daytime activities which are commuter friendly and the aim is in participation participation is something I am hugely passionate about if elected to this role I want to make sure that I reach out and involve each and every student from each faculty and of course the class representative of councils I promise two training trips one for each semester so that the students elected to these roles know their role and any issues that may occur so vote all ever ahead my shit hole Hi, my name is Stephen Halonen I am also going for engagement and development for those of you who don't know the office for this job is actually going to be on Pats so it's great to be able to talk to everybody here I am a DCU student and I don't get to come down to Pats as much as often as I should and I know that a lot of people here are worried about the amalgamation so obviously with the job in Pats I am hoping that a main focus is going to be getting people engaged and developed throughout the both campuses as two campuses and one college the better I am all about getting people involved after hours later on so I want all the societies to have their events on at the evenings I am hoping to implement a 50-50 share of society events so though our involvement isn't actually in the societies we can't promote the fact that there is much more space here we are going through building change and DCU so hopefully half the events are going to be here and half the events are going to be there until we see a grounding and we see that the distance between the two colleges isn't as big as we thought it was I am also trying to implement the class rep system I am trying to completely turn that upside down I am trying to make it something that to be proud of something that everybody wants to be and I want to get people the more training days I want to make it a social event for your classes hopefully I will have them get involved I can even put funding towards things like that and basically our whole approach is trying to get rid of the whole cockiness of the SU some people think that people who are in the SU are the head hon shows they are kind of people in behind doors they are just doing office work so we want to completely get rid of whenever the office work is that is what comes second it comes before meeting so I am Stephen Hallen and thanks very much for listening Hi guys my name is Keith McGinty I am a fourth year Bachelor of Education student from St. Patrick's College I want to be your Vice President for Engagement and Development the reason why I am going for this job is the same reason why I want to be a teacher I want to affect people's lives if I started teaching next September I would have 30 children in a classroom from September to June if I got this job there is 15,000 students next year that I would be able to interact with and it is a big challenge but it is a challenge I really really want to do I really want to put myself forward for it for me engagement is the exact same thing as inclusion and anyone here that is taught in the classroom knows how much emphasis there is in inclusion including every single child in every lesson regardless of their personal interests their learning abilities or their physical abilities so next year it will be my aim to put on different events so you are talking about we are having more students next year so there is far more potential for clubs and societies for external development courses and for a wide range of both day time and night time events for me as well engagement leads to development that is what this job is tied in together for and I think back in first year I could have engaged an awful lot more in college life and I didn't and I don't know why I didn't but from the minute I started to get involved with clubs like Douglas Aaron that engagement it led to me I was just playing a bit at the start and we managed the girls for three years and we won the All Ireland this year down in Tralee it developed me so much for management skills, organization skills leadership skills I learned so much over that experience and I'd advise anyone to do it the first thing I'll be doing is a student engagement survey I'll be doing one this year and I'll be doing it over the course of next year to see if I'm doing my job I want to extend the inter-campus bicycle rental scheme to students and not just staff so we'll be able to go from place to place easily if you haven't voted already you've got a huge decision to make because you need someone who's going to represent you next year the students of St. Pat's will not get left behind if you vote keep me getting to number one Questions for our engagement How would you propose getting more students engaged considering they've had to travel to be translated So the question is how are you going to get class reps from tree campuses to class rep council reliably you've got a question Jack Obviously the engagement and promotion of the class representatives council is a huge part of this role I intend to make sure that the students know exactly what they're supposed to do with the training trip events I've been talking to James Donahue who's over the class reps this year and he's given me ideas as to what to do over the tree campuses Yeah it will be tough but we can easily do that I think I want the class reps I want to encourage them to engage with the students so that it's clear that they have a say in the student body and with the training trips I think that they'll know any ideas like any issues that occur they'll be able to deal with them I'd just like to mention as far as I know because it changes every time I check up to six campuses being incorporated there's DCU Glass Neven same paths over here, there's All Hallows, Matter Day there's Church of Ireland College of Education I have yet to find reliable source of information about where that is there's DCU Innovation and I think there's a DCU sport campus as well and a lot of this is really badly documented but obviously students from or class reps in fact from all of these campuses are going to need to get to the class rep council wherever it's held current when I was a class rep in 2013 we switched the room up all the time and it was to make sure that students would always have a chance to get there nowadays it's always held in the nursing building on Glass Net and Campus I'm not sure if this is the best way to do it but I will make sure that there is one of the Humanities Reps is talking about getting buses going on from between campuses so that's something I'll be pushing because if Humanities can be in a faculty rep and organise it a Vice President certainly can that's me a lot of people don't even realise that actually by DCU Constitution you can miss up to four class reps meetings throughout each semester so you're not going to even have four meetings throughout a semester so basically without even an apology you can just not turn up to class rep council if you're even going to be a class rep in the first place you should be passionate about it so firstly that's what I really want to change I also want to run a referendum to change that but you have to give an apology and then it should be at least if you can't miss more than two to be honest you shouldn't be representing your class if you're not going to attend it's up to yourself that you should be passionate about representing your class and the main thing would be to change the Constitution you need to give an apology within two you can only miss two rather than four because otherwise people are just going to not turn up you need to make sure that they are going to represent and that by the Constitution they have to represent or else they may just be getting a new class rep yeah that's a very good question just to bring it back to my point about the inter-campus bicycle rented scheme like we can't just say oh there's class 11 off you go we can't expect the students from St. Pat's to just be up there all the time we need to give them an incentive we need to make an easy access for them so my idea would be that there'd be bikes outside the front of the college there you could take them out and you have 30 minutes to dock them either in all Hallows or in Glass Neven or whatever and you have that system going so the bikes would be docked up there and you could come along again get them out and cycle back down here at your own ease you have 30 minutes for each one so that would be very important also for the class rep meetings I'd like to move them around as the guys are saying there not in the same place every single week put things on in Pat's, put them on in Glass Neven put them on in all Hallows give every campus a fair chance because if the incorporation is going to work and the amalgamation is going to work we have to start off on an equal footing regardless of the population so that would be one of my main aims for next year to spread out not only class rep councils across campuses but also events, daytime and night time and club societies meetings and all the rest of it thank you it's absolutely about the class rep wanting to be involved I think if they want to be involved they're going to make that distance and of course as Zed will move things around to fit everybody, some people will be travelling and others by thing it's about a class rep wanting to be leaders it's about class rep wanting to get involved they can know that they can make a change if they can be trained properly if they can have the weekends away so that would be a bonding thing as well I don't see why it can't be a social event as much as this is get work done and I want to see the class rep say the most trained people on campus that everybody wants to be going for class rep everybody knows the possibilities once they are a class rep so I think that once they have all that done everybody's going to want to do whatever they can get involved I think we have a question from Kim so the question is that this job actually has nothing to do with events what do you think the most important part of the role therefore is so let's start with what we did the class rep council class rep is effectively the senate of DCU or the Dole it's where policy begins so as a new development officer it needs to make sure class rep cancels doing its job class rep's a presence and engage in a way of what's going on in the council and make sure that they're trained I think that the most important part of this is being a good communicator finding the individuality of a person because everybody has thoughts everybody has ideas everybody wants to get involved it's just about being a listener someone that can actually communicate with that they're going to be on the ground where the people that are going to come to the students see what they want and even though it's nothing to do with events if it's something that people are going to get more engaged and people are going to get more developed through events I don't see why we can't go to the students see what events they are and get involved in somewhere like that the vice president for engagement development will be responsible for the development and the training of the membership that means whoever you elect from the stage up here is going to be responsible for your development next year for me obviously you come to college for your degree and that's what you leave with but for me I want to develop the students holistically and not just academically so putting on external development courses throughout the week that students can go to learn new skills, meet new friends and develop as human beings that will stand to them over the course of the year just one example of that would be peer listening courses that I'd be putting on so you go to those problems, something as simple like that can really enhance your life and the life of your friends so the development aspect of it for me is definitely the most important part of the role the key responsibility of the engagement and development role are the engagement and promotion of the class representative councils from the outset I want to make sure that the class reps are easily identified throughout both campuses through some simple like hoodies from the minute they are appointed so that it is seen and they're encouraged to engage with students so that it's clearly seen that they have advice in what's going on in the student agenda I also, if elected, want to be on the floor I want people to come up to me engagement and development, you have to be a people's person being able to talk to them if someone has an issue I want them to come up to me if I'm elected on the Pat's campus because there's no welfare officer in Pat's campus next year if anyone has an issue I want them to come up to me I don't want to be there for the students next year To be honest I'm actually delighted that that question was asked because this whole role is not about clubs and societies and it's not about events the whole I focus mainly on in my manifesto about class rep council being class rep for two years here in St Pat's we don't realise the amount of change that can actually happen up in DCU it's a completely different system up there it is so professional we need to develop ourselves both personally, holistically that's why I'm focusing on the UNI module I also mentioned about sustainability, no one here has mentioned sustainability yet which is also extremely important I would like to develop no one even knows that we have an allotment up in DCU which I would like to work to help both with education as well as creating a space that is great for our own personal meditation pilates, yoga, which is great for our own personal development there's loads of things that this role can do but focusing on events is not it one final question for education then so the question is how do you promote some positivity about the incorporation process and we'll start with Steven absolutely, I think that there is a bit of negativity around it and I think it's purely about the fact that we are so individual at the moment the fact that nothing from DCU goes on here nothing from Pat's goes on down in the other campus and it is completely about getting that share of events and society events and SU events and it's about actually communicating with the people, being on the ground, showing that we just have to mingle more because there seems to be some individuality one is taken over the other for some reason and whatever reason that is it's just about both campuses being the one college to be honest, I think St Pat's students have been given completely false information I, myself, am proof that their maledimation work, I travel to DCU three times a week to get involved in DCU music I was a class rep I've been DCU's St Pat's rep last year, I've been a chair here on Life Start Society it's basically just a false idea we just all need to realise that positivity through engagement everyone here is equal there is mature societies in DCU there is international societies everyone should be on equal power everyone should be working together to make this what it is we have no choice in this this is what's going to happen and we just need to embrace it and realise that we're going to gain all these wonderful facilities from DCU and DCU are going to gain our positivity and our community spirit so everyone's going to benefit from it in the end so you just need to embrace it I'm going to make this quick I'll focus on clubs and societies here I want to make a spotlight on the most interesting or exciting facility on each campus one of the theatres in DCU Glass and Evan or Sportswell here in Pat's any of those, make sure the clubs and societies know the exciting things they can get involved in and use around each campus and that is one of the ways I will bring about positivity or bad field cooperation the last four years I've lived a fairly sheltered existence on St Patrick's campus I wasn't in Glass and Evan all that often but this year was a big eye-opener for me so the sports facilities up there are absolutely unbelievable they're a different class to what we have outside we had to go up there to train the football team from January Armours this year, we wouldn't have won an All Ireland without it the facilities up there are absolutely top-notch the facilities there for the likes of the media society there's no college paper here, nothing, there's no hype like that they have radio, TV everything is going on up there the venue now, I know the venue is going to go up with the new bar there's so many facilities up there that the people of Pat's should be buying into and I think next year will be the year that we finally break down that boundary and they do that and as well on the other end of the scale you start to see the people from DCU saying well that attitude of the same Pat's students I like that idea that we'll all go to the same place I like that we'll all come in here and chill out for a couple of hours when you're nothing on we need to merge the best of both worlds with this amalgamation, I think we can do that next year if elected I think I can integrate the DCU activities and the Pat's activities by having certain DCU based activities down in the Pat's campus or Pat's activities in the DCU campus I want to I want to make sure that I involve each faculty so that it's clear to be seen that they are participating on the happenings of both campuses and... perfect, so it's fair with summations I'm going to have Keith again I mentioned earlier on in the speech but I just want to reiterate it if you haven't voted yet you've got a huge decision to make across all categories, please take your vote seriously it may only take a minute for you to do it but the people up on this stage would care so much if you went on your phone later on and voted for us it means an awful lot and it only takes a couple of minutes I think I'm the candidate you should vote for because I'm ready to walk into that job in the morning and do it I'm not going to be starting in June or starting in September I'll be starting next week, if I'm elected there's a couple of things I want to get done before this college year ends I want to put the surveys out so I'll know throughout the course the next year whether I'm doing my job properly or not I want to get in touch with whoever is elected for their education and placement position if it's Manus, me and Manus, we've already made our manifesto we're a ready-made team, we're ready to go in there and start working together as well as that I don't know, I just want to say that I feel like I could bring an awful, awful lot to this job if I don't get it, I don't mind because I know I've ran a good campaign but it's up to you now at this stage win-lose or draw, I want to congratulate everyone else on the stage for putting themselves forward and leaving it up to the people now, thanks a million guys, cheers I'm Nish Mekyu I'm not ducking around what's the quack, etc I am a good candidate, I am the best candidate for this role because I'm sociable, I'm confident, I am dynamic I am unconventional I have so much experience running clubs and societies I've experienced as a class rep I've experienced with career service I have so much experience ready for this job and I am so excited to take it on thank you, please vote for me Hi, I'm Stephen Halonen and I'm all about creating an SU that isn't the guy behind the door it's less about politics and it's more about life I want to create an SU that is involved with you I want to create an SU the whole idea of this new position is engagement and development I want to make an SU that can actually approach you, can get you involved can listen to you, can hear your ideas and can see what you have to come up with instead of someone that is kind of full of themselves or thinks they have all the answers I want to develop the answers I want to hear the answers and I want to hear the ideas thanks very much, Stephen Halonen I'm not going to repeat what I've already told you but the main reason why I ran for this role in the first place was I want to have an influence on students when they leave after next year if I get elected I don't want students to leave college with the words isolated depressed, I want them leaving with the words fun, had a great time enjoyed it kind of stuff that I want to hear from students because I had a great three years and I want to integrate that onto the students next year from each faculty from both campuses Hi guys, so just to finish off I just wanted to mention please check out my manifesto on my Facebook page I have loads of stuff that I haven't even got to mention I have done my research, I have looked into things I have not made empty promises I have not said things that I can't guarantee that I can give you next year to make sure that every voice is heard equally every single person feels engaged and feel that they can develop themselves as well as get involved in college life I know that getting involved in clubs and societies and volunteering has helped me throughout my three years and I want to make sure that everyone has the same experience that I have so please vote for Ima McGuire for engagement and development great, we're going to take a short break but before we go Kim has a very important announcement that she's going to make and we'll take just a five minute break and then we'll have McGuire versus Ditton sorry, we'll have the two jams Hi everyone, thanks a million for coming today I just wanted to mention that I just got an email back I've been working on things like library areas and I'm delighted to know that the library on this campus will now be open during exam period times at the weekends so on the 29th of April 30th of April, 6th of May, 7th of May 13th of May, 14th of May, 20th and 1st of May, 27th, they'll all be open for study so that's the kind of things that we're trying to do with the incorporation and I'd like to thank Dole and James and the rest of the team for helping me out it's on YouTube I have two jams two jams to make it to the stage please this VP for academic affairs we have Mr. O'Donahue Mr. Rowland, both James and so we're going with second names here so we'll have Mr. O'Donahue first how you going folks, my name is James Donahue I'm 22 years old and I'm from Wexford so that normally gets a cheer down here currently this year I'm the education officer in the students union so I already work in academics so I decided to run again as Kim said I've worked on things this year like library hours careers week, exam time tables all that sort of stuff why am I running again because there's a massive opportunity next year I'm good friends with Rory and Owen and I spoke to them about the campus down here I think the campus down here is absolutely brilliant the closeness, the nature the fun down here and the students union is really really respected so that's why I kind of want to get involved this year was an exciting year for me but next year is going to be bigger and better again across all the campuses a couple of things I want to do my busiest time of the year is exam results especially during the summer when people are away they don't know what to do so what I want to set up is a free headline for all students after exam results which you can access from anywhere in the world to get feedback and get your best course of action to go next thing is careers week so careers are extremely important to you as teachers and stuff like that you might want to work abroad, you might want to work here I want to roll out careers week across all the campuses for every student following up from that it's a massive experience for me I finished my degree last year I feel I'm the right person to sit down with any student chat to them I sit on appeals committee I'm on this campus too I want to be able to I want to be able to I want to be able to I want to be able to I want to be able to I want to be able to I want to be able to I want to be able I want to be able to I want to be able to I want to be able to I want to be able to I 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My mom is a teacher, she came from CICE and my cousins are also teachers as well. So I think I can represent you guys very, very well in terms of a teaching background because what you're going to need next year is you're going to need a student union that understands all campuses, all five campuses that are coming in. You're going to need a student union that understands both teachers and also the current courses that are open, the current issue as well. So what I'm looking at doing is I'm looking at improving three things, your library, your resources, and also for printing credit and the likes as well. So the first thing you might notice, so it's really good there that the library is now open during the exam here in St. Pat's. But at the moment the library opens here, a quarter degree is open from half eight to two a.m. So there's a big contrast between both, like your campus is open to 11. Secondly, it previously used to be with printing credit that you used to get five euro every semester for printing credit. Now you only get four euro for four years that you're here. You get a euro for printing credit a year. Some B-Ed students here might spend twenty euro or thirty euro on printing. There was one student that said they spent sixty euro on ink cartridges for printing. So what I want to do is I want to get better printing facilities here and also I want to get some sort of credit as well, if you guys as well, because you need more credit for printing. Last but not least, I also want to get the Irish element into your courses. B-Ed's do Irish, a module education triage. That's under threat. So what I'm looking to do is I'll protect that as well. If you give me the means, I'll give you the goods. So if you elect me, I'll give you the goods if I'm elected. Thanks very much guys and feel free to ask whatever questions you want to ask. Thanks very much. Okay, so questions, any questions? Academic affairs, no one has a question. Chance, that's sexy. Questions? Cat, for those plebs among us, what the hell's not in the job. So, yeah, so what exactly are you asking? You're asking for the Irish language? Okay, so basically, so you're looking for like kind of advice on, yeah, okay. So if you were to come with me to put an Irish issue, what I would do is I'd firstly look it up, I'd also link in with the staff here we have in student support and development, and I'd also link in with the Irish officer because I'd assume the Irish officer would know about this kind of thing as well. But an important thing, same hats here aren't in the USA at the moment. I think that's correct, isn't it? Yeah, same hats aren't in the USA. So, the USA have Irish resources as well. So what I would do is I'd pick up the phone if I didn't know myself and I'd ask them about that and would definitely be able to advise the students then on that then. So it's all about like, it's going from the computer backwards, you might, like the right people in the student union that won't know about this kind of thing, but we have resources available to us that we will utilise to answer a query inside that. That's a very good question as well. So that's what I do. I go to the USA and I'd also use the links that are available to me as well in the context. Thanks very much. Yeah, that's a really good question and part of our role as full-time sabats will be to engage with the part-time officers. So an understanding of things like that is really good. Also, we have solicitors working in the students union so we can link in with resources and stuff like that. In terms of the Irish officer, I would be very happy if they approached me on something like that because it's losing your knowledge to get the best out of them and get the best out of their role. So it's using that kind of knowledge and the contacts you have to make sure that they get the most out of their role and if they do have a nice understanding of something more kind of technical like an act like that, it's good that you can kind of incorporate with them and make sure they're more understanding. So the first thing I would say will be training for the part-time positions early in the year so that they know you're approachable when it comes to it. So the question is what's your position on the current funding model for third-level education and what reforms would you like to see put in place? So, I would start with the debt. Yeah, well obviously we were mandated to support that. Personally, I would be against the loan system. I don't think it's fair for students to have a lot of debt hanging out of them coming out of college. Especially seen as when you see the amount of students who are emigrating and stuff like that, having that debt hanging over them is kind of a slight turn off for students. Also, during national campaigns it's abusing your contacts and making sure that DCU are involved in those national campaigns and stuff like that. Our students have told us that that's not what they want, it was via vote. So my position is very strong on it, but student-led initiatives we should be supporting in increasing its answer. Yeah, as James said, they were mandated on that as well. Personally, I stand on that, the way I stand on that is I'm against having fees in place. Education should be free, especially when, you know, education is a very vital asset to the economy, so it should be free and that's where I stand on it. But for national campaigns, I don't think the shooting union has done enough over previous years nationally, especially I don't think it's done enough. So what I would do is I'd be out, if there was any campaigns or anything, I'd be out with USI and I'd be out with all the other colleges, some colleges like UCD that aren't in USI, I'd be out campaigning against that as well. We need to all band together and stuff with that. We are under threat from a loan system. We have a new government coming in. They might try to implement a loan system. We need to be against it. We need definitely to be against it. But as well as that, I think you need to look beyond your question. Fees here, there are 3,000 euro and then there's gale top fees and then you have other stuff on top of that as well. We need to be looking at, if we can't get the free fees initiative in, we need to be looking at lowering the cost of everything for college and lowering the cost of resources and materials that you use to get your education. So we need to look at lowering, get rid of the fees and also improve resources as well. Okay, perfect, now we have a final question from Don who's very, very eager. Sorry guys, a bit of quiet back there, I know it's... Our student union is the voice of every student union as we have an executive. We need to look for support during the summertime and protest against these kinds of things. And it's thing awareness on the internet. Raising awareness would be out there. I'm not going to be talking about support and representation. For me, the first one of those is about support for the students who come to the front, I've said it for a long time, the two for them, is support among those who want to lead these... Again, my name is James, I'm Amazon TV. From what I've seen on the summer and I understand that. So you need someone on the student union that is able to represent you and knows the issues that teachers have as well as their own. The three points I think are very achievable, library, through printing credit, and also Irish language protection as well. And also expansion of it. Some BAs want gay talk as well, and I'm pushing for that as well. Thanks very much guys. Sorry, I won't take long. I've said as much as I need to say I've covered everything I want to do my manifesto and stuff. But why should you vote for me? First of all, because I'm in the role already as education officer, I've experienced, I've finished my degree, I've done all that stuff. Secondly, because I have the right ideas to represent everyone. When an issue comes to me next year, I will know exactly how to feel it. Along with being able to represent across all campuses. I plan on spending loads of time down here next year. I've a high affection for this campus. I see that nature you have down here and stuff as well. It's a great campus. There's great tradition here. And that's the way we should keep it. We should keep St. Pat's campus the way it is. And hopefully you all give me your vote and I can help contribute to your campus. Thanks very much. Steven and Manus for Education and Placement. Real by now, two minutes, hopefully Steven and Manus is going to kick us off. Hi everyone, my name is Manus. I'm from the O and I'm a third year BN here. This year is going to break down some of that stigma. It's going to be the most refreshing year of past matter day, church of Ireland, the DCO I've ever seen. It's my job to provide you the students with enough academic events throughout the year. I plan to do so using themed weeks such as the following, careers week, careers abroad week, jump to J1 week, professional development week, placement and well-being week and much, much more. As well as that, I believe it's important as education and placement officer to realize that college life is stressful. So as college coursework, exams and assignments, as well as that I need to make sure that students are provided with social events. I'm not just talking nighttime events here. I've been daytime activities officer this year. And I plan to make sure that the students can get events so they can get out, have fun, provided to them during the placement for mental well-being were not adequate. Look, that's a huge 227 people. I brought that to the placement office and stuff being done. If we talk about it and say it and give out for maybe 200 people given out every year, nothing's going to change. If we use surveys, maybe courses and stuff will be changed. Look, I'm proactive, hardworking, experienced. I would love for you to place your trust to me for one more year. I've stood up here before. I've made promises. I followed through with them. Look, I'm asking you to place your trust to me for one more year. My name is Manus Murlach. I'm running for your education and placement officer. My name is Steven Rickson and I'm running for Vice President Education and Placement. I'm a fourth year B. Ed. And after four years of course, it is something I'm really passionate about. I'm also society's officer on the students' union, so I'd love to be around next year to support clubs and socks in the amalgamation. With regards to placement, one of the biggest things I want to fix across the board is placement tutor consistency. I want to make sure that there are team meetings at the start before you go on placement so that you know what your placement tutors want from you and you're not playing a guessing game wondering how do I do this for Susan Pike or how do I do that for Brian Rowan. You know exactly what your placement tutor wants from you. The next big thing I want to push for is financial support on placement, additional printing credits around the time of placement and as well travel expenses to be locked into. I've been placed in Tala. I've been placed in Knockline and you're not given any money or any help with having to go to these areas. So it's a big push. I also want to push for extended weekend library areas on placement because at the moment when you get home from placement if you're in Dublin you have no weekend library areas. So I had to buy my own printer to print anything at all. In terms of education I want feedback to be given on assignments so that students know exactly how to improve, what they've done right, what they've done wrong and how to improve on it. And the next big thing is to have all course material uploaded to loop. It's not an excuse to say that students won't go to the lectures. At the end of the day the students who are in the lectures are the ones who should be benefiting from those materials. For BA's in particular anyone that's applying for the PME I want to support. This year was absolute disaster and I want to make sure that's helped as well. Professional skills development so you know how to apply for jobs if you don't want to postgraduate course and as well referencing workshops that there's not a lot of waste of time around referencing. I do also want to continue the PATS events such as musicals, take me out, PATS go to town and stuff like that. I also want to bake cake full of rimbos and smiles but I'll eat them and be happy so please vote all rixie. Any questions? First hand up. Sorry, sorry go ahead. Okay so the question is how do you plan on supporting CIC next year? I suppose with only a hundred of them there it's going to be very difficult from the outside. With having us here in PATS we have 400 every year and having a number like that makes it easier for people to find interest amongst themselves. I've been asked very similar questions to this over the past few days. How am I going to integrate Erasmus? How am I going to integrate PMEs? I suppose yes they're all my under my job descriptions but all I can say is that appealing to their interests I suppose and making sure that their interests are at the key core of what they're doing because if we don't have something they're interested in there's no point to me saying I'll do this I'll put this on and hopefully they'll come but if you have what they're interested in and what the students want I believe that's the way forward. I do also think it's a very good question especially because all education and training courses are moving to St. Pat's campus. So one thing that I was thinking of is for any second or third years that had to come down that orientation would be put in place again if you're moving campus because next year there's going to be a lot of people moving around this because as well I do think it's important to remember that placement is also across faculties so it isn't just Institute of Education and that we should look after any students that have to go on placement. You've been asked, yeah? Sorry guys. So the question is how would you work to improve appeals procedures and results? A big issue this year was the fact that breakdown of module results weren't given to students we were just all of our grades clumped together so that's something I want to do get the breakdown of results so that you know exactly how you get on in each individual assignment or exam. In return to placement I want to push for us to get separate grade which I did not I'm just kind of guessing so I want to make sure that there's a breakdown of grades and then hopefully you'll only have to repeat the one element as opposed to having to repeat the ten weeks because it doesn't mean that you did bad in the ten weeks. I suppose more than ever this issue has surfaced as a major thing. Look there's a lot of people willing and hoping to appeal there. It's very difficult appeals in this college as we all know. As Stephen said maybe getting a grade for your placement day and your placement C because I know myself I did better than one than the other. As well as that getting a specific grade for placement in third year and placement in fourth year is also very useful but a lot of students who went in and appealed in the last few days told me that basically there was absolutely nothing written as to why they didn't get a one-one. There was nothing written as to where they fell down what was the problems what they need to work on. Basically the person who was ahead of placement said that you know there was somebody else's work and they didn't really know anything about it because the tutor filled it in and not to head a placement. You should be meeting with the tutor. You should be meeting with the placement heads and you should be getting it done. Thanks very much. I don't actually know much about the class that you mentioned. With regard to promoting them rocking in the Gale guys, I saw them go ahead as I was gone in the first semester. Thought they were an absolutely excellent idea. Heard they went very well. I did my first year to course to Irish for those of you don't know that and it was no easy task doing drama so I didn't come from an Irish background at all so look I plan to do the best I can for coming to Gale up next year. We need to make sure that. So the question was how to promote the Rock in the Gale guy. I know that I didn't attend them myself but I didn't have genuinely enough time but I'm not applying for the PME next year so I didn't feel that I needed to attend them. Especially for third year BAs or anyone who wants to do a postgraduate course whereby the interview process is off the Gale guy. But in addition to that because there are so many students on campus to one just to get them out there February so that students know that there is support in place for Irish. So I'm just going to have some issues and see who's going to kick this off again. I'll be passionate about I think that I do have some very good ideas in my manifesto especially big big placement issues such as placement tutor consistency. If placement tutor consistency was better there wouldn't be as many problems of people's grades there wouldn't be as many problem of people failing. Depending on necessary amount of time wondering how to reference instead you're confident in the content of your assignment itself knowing that you can reference. This is something I really want to I'd really appreciate your support if you check out my Facebook page the rest of my manifestos there as well as my videos. So please vote me number one education placement. Why should you vote me for education placement? Representing the students is no easy task and as a result my door will metaphorically speaking always be open. I know that you know and I know myself that we need people who are there for us when the school placement office closes. I will be there at 3 a.m. 1 a.m. 9 a.m. If you email me I'm saying right now that I will answer it if I'm not you can come to me next year and give out to me or even punch me in the face. Look there's a lot of people saying that if Manus would like to get selected he won't give back to the students. I have one particular example which I feel I gave back last year a student approached me saying they'd like to go to the LA Special Olympics. They said Manus can you help me raise even 100 200 euro. I said what are you thinking he said Valentine's ball. We've never done a Pat's Valentine's ball before it was a huge success. 2500 euro net profit was raised that night and the student in question is Jack Wheeler. As well as that this is my third year why am I running. For those of you who are wondering why I'm running the third year I want to be here when the DCU comes together the new DCU Student Union. I'd be a place of your choice to meet for one year. I'm proactive hardworking experience and I'm committed to you in the new DCU. So I'm going to have welfare and equality welfare and equality so just take a minute to get the candidates please. I'm just going to kick off so I've got VP for welfare and equality and then start with Alison ladies first. I'm a third year journalism student I'm 21 years old and this year I'm going to be your welfare and equality officer I'm really passionate person I'm really happy I love laughing I think because I kind of personally for this role but most importantly I'm a hard worker and if you look if you look at my manifesto it's not bull crap it's not as they're completely realistic and it's stuff that I know that can get done. So it's looking at the main issues that like face DC students no welfare. Number one has to be accommodation I don't know if there's anyone in this room who hasn't heard the troubles the students have had with accommodation this year. I want to set up an online accommodation advisory service now this isn't me building an app for coding a new website this is putting together information that is already out there and putting it into one source so basically just putting it into a place where you can find it and putting it all together this will be like putting lists of digs lists of landlords with houses that they're willing to rent lists of the student accommodation because you'd be surprised how many students don't actually know about places like gateway or schoolhouse corner things like that so I just want to put all that information together. Next up I want to reform Shagley Shagley because gas yeah condoms leave whatever but there's actually really serious issues there and for first years coming into college it can be really really intimidating and it's so important to have first years at these Shagley events. I want to introduce consent workshops I want first years and other years to know that you don't have to be having sex you can have it if you like it's grand but I want to give them basically information so that they know how to be safe and they know that they don't they're not expected to do these things. With regard to the quality side I think we've had some really passionate speeches on Irish now I'm not an Irish speaker and I've got being one of my leave and service accounts like I want to work with the Irish office and I think that's going to be really really important and I know that there's an Irish house here and say past campus and we're getting one on the glass nebbing campus and we're going to need the help of St. Pat's basically in getting this up and running and making sure that it actually works. You've got a show and record job here we need a show and we've got our campus Fjonte might be moved so we're going to need something on the glass nebbing campus that is going to balance out Fjonte being taken away from us and commuters as well a huge problem for us on the glass nebbing campus really really want to engage them we want facilities for them basically it's really expensive if you're commuter to come into college and buy food every day just simple things like microwaves that can make a huge difference My name is Shane Parsons and I'm a third year BA student at St. Pat's College I really really really feel that I am the best candidate for this job I'm passionate about this role why am I running for this role well first of all in my manifesto I concentrate on mental health and well well-being and students in Pat's are so stressed especially in the BA course with placement it's the only time in placement I know the third year is on placement for the first semester this year and then to come back in their second semester after living at home for that length of time I want to be that person who can lead you to the right place I want to be that person who can tell you where to go what student and support services are available what's the councillor's number what's the councillor's email and so on does everyone in this room know where to go if you have a problem where to go if you're feeling down I don't think so because I really don't know myself I really didn't know myself once I looked into it another point as well on my manifesto is accommodation it's so hard to get accommodation up around ECU and up around Pat's my app is called accommodation clarification basically this app makes its virtual way of getting accommodation students can log on to this app they can talk to students who are in 4th year who are in 3rd year across all courses I remember when I was in 2nd year we got our house to word them out well this is bigger better than virtual and as well students in 3rd year were on placement for the first semester students 4th year for the 2nd semester this app will allow students so let their houses I know it's very expensive students have to pay so much money for just one semester another one of my main concentrations in my manifesto is sexual health I want to look at sexual consent that's okay to say no my name is Shane Parsons please vote for me number one welfare and equality thanks a million people my name is Cody Byrne I'm a 4th year psychology student basically for those of you that might not be fully aware the welfare role is consistent of looking after the students physical mental and sexual health as well as their accommodation and the equality part is just making sure that we all basically have an equal say and that we're all being equally represented so from the physical perspective I want to ensure that we just have give the students the availability to engage in healthy behaviors so even if it's something as simple as at the beginning of every week giving out like student friendly diet plans because I know when I was in 1st year I thought that like white pasta and sausages was like treating my body but that's not the way it is and then even for mental health I'm a psychology student so I'm really really interested in mental health I feel like the stigma surrounding mental health has been diminished when you look at the counseling services on both St. Pat's and DCU campus and additional 40 students each week are acquiring the services so people are still they're willing to talk about the mental health but it seems that we don't have the resources or they give abilities to look after ourselves so basically I just want to ensure that we develop resilience tactics which can be simply done through campaigns and workshops from sexual health there's absolutely still the stigma surrounding it as a society in Ireland I feel that we don't talk about our sexuality or our sexual activity in an open normalized way basically I want to bring in just just conversations just talking about it in a normal way bringing in consent workshops as the other two said for accommodation as well taking it off that Facebook page because that's so ineffective people post and it gets pushed down and down and down I want to create an online website which is on the DCU platform where basically people can just go on if it gets updated and oh shoot okay bring in leave contracts educate people on lieutenant rights that sort of stuff in terms of equality for you guys I feel if I'm talking to you guys the biggest thing is that you guys think that you and me have forgotten about under no circumstances will a quarter of DCU students be forgotten about we need to embrace this in automation because it's happening whether we like it or not so like someone called me England today and that said that you guys are Ireland that's something that's like we need to address this we need to stop this us versus them by this happening and we just need to make sure that we're all mates basically so I'm Cody Byrne I would absolutely love a number of vote I know I would do a really good job thank you okay so the first question I have is from Donald here sorry guys can we keep it down a bit it's it's very hard even to hear the question thanks so the question is how are you going to balance being in the office as well as out in all the different galaxies with Sir Richard yeah well how do I deal with that is simply planning planning is so important when you have a job like that as in when you plan something you have it set out on a piece of paper you know what you're going to do you know where you're going to be and I think planning is one of the main things I do there to get around the place as well I'm working with Jack Brewton and the two of us the two of us will be working together and we can delegate work from each other so the two of us should and we'll do what we have to so I think in the first two weeks of the year it's probably most important to be on the ground so that the new students coming in and that the students in all campuses basically know who you are and then from after orientation week after freshers week you dedicate more time to the office hours because that's where you're going to be but it is about not being afraid for me to switch offices with someone on the Pat's campus for one week so that Pat's students have full access to me for a week I've now changed campuses but I'm still in my office and I can still do all that work it's not really like it is about getting out there and talking to students but it's communicating with them as well so it's using the SU Facebook page to say hey guys look I'm down in the science and health building now I'm going to be back up in the office from whatever time to whatever time it's also using the welfare phone that you're given and it's using your Facebook page so when students come in they're not afraid to add you on Facebook you're not someone who's above them it's peer to peer you're meant to be standing beside them and if they have that kind of comfortableness with you they're not afraid to contact you at any time and you have clearly laid out where you are at what time I don't think it's going to be a problem I think it's just about being collaborative like Shane said it's about planning but it is so important to get I think so your students know who you are and know where you are yeah so basically without sending cocky time management just like isn't really an issue for me I feel that like I will have jobs I'm a charity chairperson I enhance communication is absolutely key so just letting people know they're going to be in X office or X building and you're going to be there for the same time I do like the idea of maybe switching offices around for a week when you're on St. Pat's campus or a matter of day essentially my kind of tactic will be to spend maybe three days in D.C. campus and then one day here when a matter of day we'll switch it back and forth basically you just need to be sure that you're approachable let students know how to contact with you what they're contacting you for and that you're just giving reliable advice that you're being consistent and I don't think that would really be an issue I mean it's easy to say this now but I don't know what the workload is with the terms of administrative duties but essentially mobile and being mobile and enhance communication is absolutely key okay two more questions any questions for welfare on as we would meet back no longer she's reluctant at the best go for it sorry guys okay so what campaign do you feel you would most like to run next year and we'll start with COVID yeah so that's actually a very good question campaigning is part of my manifesto I think that we need more campaigns campaigns are a great opportunity to get out social messages I want to bring in a body satisfaction healthy eating week because there is kind of a growing trend amongst all Irish students that we're having increased bodies of dissatisfaction which is related to anxiety and depression and then just healthy eating in terms of like how to kind of have healthier food plans that sort of stuff disability week because there is a stigma surrounding learning disabilities and physical disabilities as well and when you're doing the physical disability campaigns if you look at like you can address certain issues with regards to availability and access and that sort of stuff I want to bring in a cultural and religious week I find that when people enter college they have to like suppress their religious identity which isn't necessarily healthy it's like not a cool thing to be religious but it absolutely is there's nothing wrong with being religious cultural weeks will enhance our understanding of different cultures will become less prejudice use less stereotypical convenience kind of everybody's those are the kind of campaigns that I was hoping to enhance or establish in addition to mental health and sexual health week there's a mental health and well-being on every year in St. Pat's but is that enough is that enough for two semesters to make the students aware of everything I want to bring in a mental health awareness day mental health awareness days through both semesters this mental health awareness day will involve guest speakers around both campuses and live music just a sign to state that it's okay not to be okay I want to instill that in everybody that's one of my main goals there's two that I mainly want to do one on the welfare side and one on the equality side welfare and the world health organization released statistics this year stating that Ireland are going to be the fattest country in Europe by 2030 if we don't change things so physical health week has to come in we look after our mental health or we're trying to we look after our sexual health let's bring physical health in there because it's just as important and it's not about going out for a run with your classmates they're playing in a basketball at lunchtime it's nutrition workshops it's people coming in doing cooking demonstrations it's teaching good habits when you're living on your own and physical health is becoming more and more important and then it's accessibility week in the Glass and Heaven campus I've noticed myself from where my people are intellectual disabilities people who are visually impaired with mobility problems that it is really really hard to navigate if your eyes don't work 100% if you're in a wheelchair you can't always fit through the doors in the Henry Gratton there's always stairs good and accessibility awareness so you people aren't always aware of it I want to bring that up okay and one final question for welfare and equality so the question is what are you going to do to ensure that St Pat's campus has the services of a welfare officer even though they won't be on campus so we'll start with Alice again so I think that's for every position that's the main question how are you going to be everywhere at once when you can't be unfortunately we're going to have to rely on our other St Pat's a lot because they will be too base to you and they're going to have to be our eyes and ears on the ground we have our phones we have our Facebook you can add us you can ring us we'll tell you about the students for development we'll hand out all the leaflets and send out all the emails about the counselling but the reality is most students don't read their emails and they just throw away the leaflets we have to find a way working with our St Pat's and working with our faculty reps to be on the ground in every single campus all I can say is that we're going to have to talk to the likes of DIT to the likes of Jordanstown to figure out how they do it and how they do it successfully because we're coming into this new and we have to work with the colleges who've done this already and that's really we're going to try our best but obviously it's going to take a little bit of time to get that formula correct yes that's a very fair point so for all so there's 13 positions this year coming up so there's five full time and the others will be part-time and all of us get training well for we all go through the same well for trading so the education and placement and the engagement development officer will also be essentially part-time to accumulate to be a full-time well for officer as well that in a sense and you'll also have the education officer so it'll be it won't just be myself there's a whole team of us working together so enhanced communication in that regard is absolutely key like we will be dealing primarily with all the students but they're kind of a backup as well so we'll just be working together in collaboration as well as being mobile and showing that we're consistent throughout so that would pretty much be my answer to that one don't worry Peter we look after them yeah we'll try and get two days down the path weekly it's so important you need to be around each campus as well me and Jack we're working together so we're going to delegate work to each other the SU is a team we want to work as a team in order to look after the well for the students in all campuses okay so same as before without summations I'm going to start with Kobe yeah no problem yeah so my name's Cody Byrne I am a funny or psychology student I kind of feel that I have the personal experience the education from psychology and basically the passion to be a well for officer I know I would do a really good job I would vote myself for something as daunting as this if I knew I wouldn't give it 110% with regards to same path specifically I feel the biggest issue that you guys are facing that we're all facing is like an us versus them kind of mindset which we need to nip in the bud right now because whether we like it or not we're all going to be one big community so we just need to embrace it and just start building start working on building breaking down those walls I want to have as much campaigns happening on all campuses at one time and I want you guys sort of maintain your sense of community while you're here because even walking around like at you it's it's like a nice it's just a nice little community that you guys have going on people are definitely more friendly and more verbal when they're communicating with you even though they don't know me which is nice I want to maintain all that we're not trying to change anything we just want to embrace it and we want to tell the mates essentially I would absolutely love your number one vote for well for an equal officer I know I would do a really good job and I would love to be here for each and every one of you and make sure My name is Shem Parsons and I'm running to be your next well for an equality officer I've had three fantastic years in Pats in Pats we have a great sense of community a great sense of spirit I want to keep that spirit and community going I want to integrate that into DCU and I want I am I am the Pats candidate for this job I'm passionate my manifesto is realistic and I want to make a change so please don't show hesitance vote Jack and Shane as your vice president thanks very much I've had three fantastic years in DCU but I'm not running because I'm scared to leave or I want to come back for another one I'm running because I've looked at this job I've looked at the roles I've looked at the responsibilities I have the skills to do it I know I can I'm not the best woman for the job I'm actually the only woman for the job I really really think that I could do a fantastic job as your well friend equality officer and I don't want there to be this DCU I'm the Pats rep on the DCU rep we're all together let's get a new enemy DIT, Trindy, whatever I'm going to be on the ground I'm going to be approachable I look like a first year so don't be scared to come up and chat to me okay I'd really really like your number one vote and failing that I'd love your number two votes my name is Alison Ring and I run the position of well friend equality hey guys thank you very much have the presidential debate which I'm sure will roll okay guys do you have any candidates president candidates up here please and as soon as I find Ayo he's gone Ayo all day okay guys settle down this last one we'll get through it as quick as we can so we're going to start off with Elora who's going to speak for Ivan who can't be here so we'll have Elora great friend of the family over the weekend but I'm going to read his speech as he's written it so it might sound a bit weird but I'll give him my best shot okay so hi guys my name is Ivan Hines I'm 21 years old I'm a final year chemical and pharmaceutical student from Ayo I am the current science and health faculty rep of DCU SU Executive Council a former events officer and treasurer for the DCU music music society former board member of the DCU society life committee and I now hope to be next year the next student union's president I believe that a college education is there more than sitting in lectures for three to four years I have immersed myself in student life since I started in DCU and I am passionate about this institution its students and our union I have spent this past year representing my faculty and I'm now ready to stand up for the entire student body one of the most important changes facing our students union this coming year is its full incorporation with St. Patrick's College matter day institution institute all hollows and the CIC in line with the performance of a new DCU throughout my election campaign I have spoken with the number of students here at St. Patrick's College who are concerned about what it would mean for them a lot of students were not aware that they would have full time representation on this campus for the next year or others that will even happen we as students voted for the changes in our union so it was up to us to make it work if elected I vow to work closely with the two symbolic officers based on this campus and all the students to ensure the incorporation happens smoothly and that our new student that our new union structure has a strong start for the years to come it is important that the students union has a strong presence on each campus and that each student is in the know and feels like they are adequately represented and supported this summer we'll also see the beginning of the construction work to our new student centre unfortunately there is set to be a certain level of disruption to life on the class 7 campus as this as to accommodate as this happens I will work with every club society class group or individual affected by the building work to accommodate events meetings and gatherings of any sort so that the construction period passes as little disruption as possible but on a positive note I believe that this is an exciting opportunity for us to possibly centre some of our events around this campus mental health issues are an epidemic of our generation while a lot of it has been done to break down the stigma associated with poor mental health there is a lot further to go the counselling services are extremely helpful and positive to us as students as they may but they are often extremely busy counselling isn't a symbiotic for everyone I wouldn't be the person I am today nor go from DC without societies I join the circles I am part of okay well by working with the welfare officers on year-round campaigns and also collaborating with groups such as mental health and walk and talk societies and their aims are positive for welcoming attitudes with issues to every mental health library issues surface every year particularly in relation to opening hours I have successfully worked for the class 7 library staff this year to expand the services to science and health students and help cover the engagement with realistic aims for extending the opening hours only at the weekends leading up to exam periods the library on this campus lacks pictures such as soft bits and blinds where we will not be used for the installation of these that are collected these are some of my immediate concerns but my full manifesto including my ideas on issues such as accommodation, gailgit parking facilities and sustainability can be further found on my Facebook page Ivan Hines for DCU SU presence please give me your first preface first preface vote before 5pm on Wednesday thank you okay guys that was Laura's got a little bit of extra time because Ivan won't be here to answer questions so we'll start now two minutes again with Sean it's Mr. Sean Cassidy and I'm running to be the next students union president of DCU for me I'm running because of the stories I hear week on week whether it's the postgrad student who turns around to me and says because of the pressure I'm being put under it's a good week if I only break down crying twice or the second year student who turns around to me and says I gotta find 175 euro for being two weeks late for paying my fees that person gets no suzie maintenance grant that person has to pay the 3,000 euro contribution charge that person works 40 hours a week from the summer to pay their fees that's not good enough other things I want to look at is so the cost of food on campus when a student turns around to me and says of a Tuesday I only have five euro left in my pocket for the end of the week that's not good enough what I want to introduce is free microwaves across the campuses so students can bring in their own food and heat it up I want to introduce renters rights workshops so the students know their rights regarding accommodation too often I hear that students lose their part or fully their deposit because the landlord turns around and says well you've done this this and this and more often than not it's the landlord abusing the students lack of knowledge so I want the workshop at the end and the start of the year so students have that information and I suppose for me these are the type of issues I want to address with regards to the incorporation I would argue I've done quite a lot so when we reformed our students union constitution I made sure there was a line in it that made sure that in our aims and objectives all students have equal rights to access to union services and facilities so if you feel next year that your students union isn't doing good enough for you you can turn around and say I have a right to this you need to provide this for me my name is Sean Cassidy I'm running to be your next student union president please ask as many questions as possible thank you my name is Cormac Kilty I'm 21 and I'm a final year of DCU studying multimedia for me the main thing about being president is breaking out the walls between the students union and the students themselves I think it's so important that we're not they're not the guys upstairs in the office but they're more your friends and your peers and to me I think people everything in my manifesto revolves around putting yourself up and believing in yourself and being the best person that you can be and living up to your potential because I think too much people spend too much time you know building a character in a game or putting up their social presence up they don't build their own potential up to the fullest so I think that's really important for everyone to put themselves up everything I focus on is focused on you because I think if the students are happy the college is going to try take care of the students and the college will take care of itself in that same way yeah so as far as what's on my manifesto I've got loads of things to actually incorporate this and include the students in I've got competitions to run events to run things for app design everything that'll benefit the college any ideas students have they can put them forward once a month and other students will put out on them so that way we have an accurate reflection of what the students themselves want I mean there's a reason why there's you know politicians doctors Picasso's everyone has a role in society so whoever you are you're supposed to be that person and I want people to realize this and build themselves up in that way I think it's so important for everyone to just realize who they are and as far as people as far as people with issues who want to come and talk to people in my first two and a half years I didn't I didn't have anyone I didn't know I didn't even know the SU existed and to be honest in the first two and a half years of being here and we all have issues in our heads I know I have for the last three years but I still I still feel like there's no one up there I could go and talk to for these things so I want to really write that down and I want the students themselves to just feel more confident around college and I think that I'll have a better time my name is Paul McHilty and that's about politics and more about life so I really appreciate number one vote in this presidency afternoon everyone my name is Dylan Kew I'm a final year communication student and I am really really really passionate about this job and I'm even more so passionate about you guys down here in PAX one of the big things for me is not changing you guys I know what you guys want you don't want this DCU team coming in and taking over I'm not here to take over I'm here to take part and I want to have you guys all your events that you love and know so well I want to keep that I want to keep that community atmosphere that PAX is famous for and I'm telling you I'm looking from a DCU perspective and I'm jealous of how good you guys got it and your events they're so engaged everything I want to keep every one of them if I'm going to try to get the bus tour the rag week the nights in Dremkondra across the board I would be there for you guys it's not about DCU campus and in PAX all hallows matter of day as a subsidiary you guys are just as part of DCU as anyone else and I want that so one of the things that my manifesto are the J1 workshops so barista training cocktail workshops bar training so you guys are more upscaled and then you're better off and it's easier to get the interview for a job therefore easier to get the job get the visa and then you're over in the states to have a great summer and I'm also working on linking up you guys with these jobs over there because it's a very hard thing to do now is getting your J1 visa also I want to bring in two festivals DCU is lacking events they're going downhill every year so October fest in semester one and here pride festival in semester two and there's great scope to have those on this campus next year as well I've got a lot of other things I'd like to do guys but look I want you to answer the questions I want to be able to answer the questions you may have seen my video that was me walking through a field with some sheep I went through a lot of my stuff there but ask away because I really am passionate about this campus and I'm giving you guys the greatest year next year because I do believe this incorporation is the best thing to have happened at DCU cheers guys thanks a million thank you thanks to you Pashir I'm currently my final year studying chemical and pharmaceutical studies so there's three main things I stand for first of all is representation trauma in five years at DCU I've been working directly with students I've been mentoring first year students come into college I've been I've been helping them sell into college life I've been helping them with studies for the last two years I've been promoted to being a head coordinator where I organize orientation week but also supervising mentors doing their jobs I'd like to say that I've been representing a lot of acts of students for the last five years and I want to do the exact same for the whole student body second thing I stand for is opportunity like Dylan was saying he wants to bring in J1 J1 workshops I want to set training programs to help students train them in practical skills I want to do this to help them just not just J1s but part-time jobs I want to help them get certificates in manual handling training food and health safety certificates and also barista skills third thing I stand for is community I want to build a bigger and more more diverse community in DCU 22% DCU students are international ranging from over 110 different countries I want to introduce an international week in the DCU calendar to represent all these students and build a bigger more diverse community everything I focused on my manifesto wasn't for Pat's campus or DCU campus it was to give students a better better college experience 30 seconds I wonder what will happen if I do 10 seconds you get an Oscar team soon so yeah so everything I focused on my manifesto helped the students give them better opportunity so hopefully you guys give me a normal vote thank you okay so first question I'm going to go to Dylan first so any questions for President? there's only four of them so you know it's not that intimidating any questions? those came to have a question? they're out here they're really okay so the question is what promises from another candidate's manifesto will you implement next year do you think it's a good idea so Dylan's first yeah obviously I'm not well versed on every single manifesto but I think at Ube's point 22 percent of students in this year international week I've seen international fairs like one day kind of things but an international week there's a hell of a lot of scope there for a really good campaign very diverse from nationalities all across the world and I've been a part in a few societies like Islam sock and Africa sock I've helped them at some of their events out this year and they are really cool and really interesting so I think the international week fully supported by ESU could be a really creative and amazing opportunity to have on all of our campuses cheers and yeah I'd like to see myself as a bit of a blank canvas so you know I take experiences from other people and paint them on and throw them back so it's pretty much in the spirit of my manifesto to take ideas off people not rob ideas but just take the take the best bits I mean it's a bit petty if I if I wasn't to incorporate some really good ideas just because it wasn't my original idea but if there's enough backing behind it we can do anything so that'd be my answer yeah like Komi said there's a lot of good ideas and if we elect the president obviously we all have the same goal so obviously look at all everybody else's manifesto but two things that catch my eye is first of all what Sean said about student fines that's I think that's a big deal and I love the fact that he mentioned it also providing providing microwaves for students he mentioned in the last I think providing microwaves for students that's a great idea and that's something all students should have other things October fest these events have been lacking and October fest would be a great idea yeah no I think all the candidates bring a diversity of ideas to this campaign I've said it before I have said there's 22 percent of our student population is from the international community and more often than not our audience at events and campaigns are a lot paler than they should be Dylan talking about libraries that's an issue Cormac talking about breaking down walls using better and easier and more accessible language and Ivan in particular with his approach to mental health I think they're important issues and I think that every candidate has brought positive ideas to this race and absolutely I'll be investigating every manifesto during and afterwards to make sure that your students union incorporates the best ideas into next year thank you okay so hopefully another question will be easier to find sorry guys can we just have a bit of quiet for a bit okay so the question is how will you make yourself known to Pat's students and on the Pat's campus thanks you yeah I can't move mountains and I can't make the the campuses come any closer but I can get on a bus I can get on a taxi I can get on the bike and I will be doing this a lot I'll be coming I have no problem at all I commute an hour and a half every morning and every night coming in to the class 11 campus so I have no problem being on both campuses it's just as easy for me to get to one of the other so I'll be just as available here as I'm in any of the other campuses thanks so yeah this is an issue and I talked earlier on about access to officers it's a key point in my manifesto so I think what we should be looking at is we should be breaking down a five-day week into a morning and an afternoon I believe every officer should be on both campuses at least 30% of the week so I'll be down here for at least three days there's a reality that the president's office the president's job incorporates a lot of meetings with academic staff at governing and authority level at a national level so wherever those meetings are that's where the demand is but particularly with orientation and engaging programs like what I want to introduce class addresses I think that's where we engage students and make sure that they know who their officers are and that they're approachable and that they can access them at all times so yeah that'll be my answer to that question thank you so I believe being a good SU president is having a good relationship with the students and you can't do that if you're based in one campus I know there's two officers that's going to be based in its past campus next year and I want to suggest spending like two days at least spending here spending your time at the past campus I think students need to get to know who the SU president is to feel comfortable if you're going to represent all students so that's my plan I talked to Rory about this and I think spending two three days in past a week that's a great idea yeah look everybody's saying two or three days across campuses fully agree I want to spend as much possible time on this campus as I can definitely at least two days if allowed I'm known for and I think I'm definitely the best candidate for being known just on the ground on campus engaging with every student I can you'll see me everywhere on campus if you're in this year like you couldn't walk in the on campus and I'd see me somewhere organizing something and that's something that I stand for and over the first few weeks this semester one that won't change I will be that SU president that anyone will come up to anyone and anyone will know as the engaging guy who's always out and about and I want that to be down here it's like I said I'm so so passionate about this campus and the community that you have here it is second to none it's unbelievable and I want to be a part of that I want to be immersed in all of that cheers thank you guys thank you might allow an extra question for these if we have anyone yeah sorry guys can we just hear the question please in the past like there's been a lot of interesting points in a lot of life news and manifestos the students will get behind but we've also seen a lot of museums and not topics for example Kenneth Graham said there'll be an actual musical festival for some of us and that never happened for whatever reason do you think there are points in your manifesto that might not happen and do you think that it's like do you think that you should be like being more realistic about the points or I repeat you should be addressing different areas being different okay so the question is do you think there are any points in your manifesto that you don't believe you can carry out and we go maybe over to this no I am before I wrote my manifesto I worked I talked to a lot of students asking them what they want and before I wrote it down before I submitted I talked to a lot of officers and stuff in ECU to find out if you can do this and you cannot do it there's a lot of things in my manifesto that I took out because I know it wasn't realistic and it wasn't achievable I think three main things in my manifesto have an international week introducing a sport day at ECU and set up setting a recommendation site for helping students get accommodation I think they're really realistic and I don't I don't think there's anything in my manifesto that's that's not realistic and that I won't try to do at least actually I looked into this and the reason that Kenneth Brown at summer festival didn't work he had clearance that was good to go that could have happened but because the spring break festival was such a flop the ECU lost all the money and I think because we go venue next year the events are going to be so refreshed so refreshed that it's going to be very hard to flop as hard as that and as hard as the Netflix and jail ball and that's a big thing for me is making these events happen across all campuses off campus I've looked into all the venues and there are three options there I fully believe everything on my manifesto is achieved 100% and I've seen that I've met that happen before Big Bar of Steel that was just a simple idea from Dublin to Cork and last this year we went from Dublin to Berlin and raised 50k on the way this is what I'm passionate about and it's hitting these targets it's being innovative and that's what I want to do for you guys I want to give you guys the most brilliant year possible with some really cool events Cheers thank you too man every single thing on my manifesto can and will happen that's it thank you so yeah manifestos are interesting for me my manifesto is broken down into three parts a president operates within three spheres it operates within the students union operates within the university and it operates within the national students union USI I think broadly speaking a lot of the ideas in my manifesto and everyone else's manifesto are quite quick and easy fixes where you need to advocate and have the right approach and advocating quickly with getting changes into the university I suppose for me like for example with the fines like that's a big ask but we have had success on that so a couple of years ago I introduced a policy that students are fined 25 euro during exams to get their student card we introduced a policy that saw that registry now opens a half an hour before all exams students can get a temporary ID for a man avoid the fine that's a smart way of approaching things and I think my manifesto is very geared towards smart approaches to pick the ratio so thank you for your question okay and as I've said I have one more question so Asia sorry guys can that be in quiet please yeah no we might might skip that okay so the question is by the end of next academic year what do you want every student on the campus is to say that the president of the SU did for me. So it's a good comment. Next year I want people to be able to say that guy helped me become who I was supposed to be, that guy helped me follow the feeling in my stomach, helped me follow the things I obsessed over and made me feel comfortable in college. I think that's the most important thing. Sure, I'll do some great events, we'll do all that but first and foremost it's the students and if students are enjoying themselves after college then I'm a happy president and I've done everything I can in my power to make that happen. So, thank you. It's quite a simple answer. The SU has done so, so much for me and what I really want is I want to engage across all campuses with all students and I want to give them the year of their lives in the SU. The SU has been amazing for me. I've had a crack in time, I've had such a crack in time and I want the students next year to be able to look back and say yeah, Dylan Keoh, Karlolab, he gave me a really great year in regards to what since, whether it was events, whether it was educational health, academic health, careers health, welfare health. Across all campuses and boards, I want people to say yeah, that was a good year in the SU because not many people do, not many people go forward and are actually a rage of pride and other people are, other universities are and Pat's here as one of them and I want that to be the SU next year and I want to give the world a lot more. I'm so passionate about that. So cheers, thank you, thanks a million. I think everyone is going to have, like if ever elected I think everyone is going to have a different thing to do and leave a different legacy I suppose. I could say like I want to be the guy who introduced International Week to the SU but next year this time I want students to say that is your president, are you, he was my friend. Yeah, by the end of next year I want every student to feel inspired. I want every student to feel empowered. I want every student to feel pride in their students' union. For me when I look at how we connect with students and make them feel that way is when we work for them. The nurses this year feel an awful lot of pride in their students' union because we got them a wage increase. The LGBT students, and by the way this is a fantastic year for LGBT students because there are six LGBT candidates running across the race which is a fantastic thing. But on top of that, they feel an awful lot of pride in their union because students got out there and campaigned for them and supported them and inspired them and made them feel proud. That's what a student's union does when it delivers and works well. Thank you. We'll just have a summation now a quick one minute for everybody and I'll get started. So why use your phone for me? Like I said I'm approachable I've been involved in a lot of different societies in DCU, in lots of different activities and in 2013 I was the first black Irish student to represent Ireland and DCU at the European Championship and I'll be the first black president to represent DCU and Pat. I can't force any of you guys to vote for me but all I can ask for is that when you go to vote you go with the flow. Thank you. Yes, it's like I've been saying all along when I've been here I am so passionate about this and I really want this to happen. Being a part of this campus and making you guys a part of DCU is what I want to do and I want to keep you guys happy I want to keep the paths that you know and love so well I want to keep that tradition I want to keep that atmosphere and community I really, really am mad to do that I've spoken through, I've spoken back Jack, Shane, Manus, Keith I've sat down for hours with these guys and I want to make this happen A lot of people are worried about being incorporated with DCU Trust me, if you vote to the CUL number one for president you will have nothing to worry about you will have the greatest year I fully believe next year with this incorporation will be the greatest year of DCUSU Guys, thank you so much for listening to me I really appreciate it If you could vote me in number one I will only in a while Thank you so much, cheers Thanks a million One thing I've learned in my life is that it's not fair your people are afraid of but it's often success People are afraid to get everything they want which is always on the other side of fear but if you vote for me I'm going to make everyone friends I'm going to make people believe in themselves again and I want you to become the best that you can be So, as far as involvement and stuff I'm going to get everyone involved I've got an open match in two classes ready and waiting for everybody who wants to learn DCU self-defense, it's great and it's a good way to get involved things again, healthy again but most importantly it's about your potential as a person you make a living by what you get but you make a life by what you give so vote for CULT is a vote for life Thank you I suppose for me I want your support I want your vote because I'm running because I believe I'm the most experienced I believe I have the most understanding I believe I have the best idea but more than that the students union I lead next year is the type of students union that will catch a concern and issue in semester one to make sure it doesn't become a problem in semester two I've been going around and I've been saying one simple thing fundamentally it's the difference between an SU and a students union an SU is events it's a bit of crack it's fun a students union is all of those things but fundamentally force and foremost it works hard to play hard so please if you have time before Wednesday at 5pm please vote Sean Cassidy number one for president thank you very much for listening to us all my name is Ivan Hyde I'm sorry I can't be here today but I hope to be the next students union president I've been highly involved in student life since I first started in DCU I am passionate about our union and give 100% to everything I do I am concerned about the incorporation and how it affects every student at each campus I have had amazing years I have helped faculty rep having achieved quite a number of my goals and more but I know I have much more to give I believe that I am the best candidate as I have the right experience skills and know how to lead our union into the new DCU please give me your first preference vote before this Wednesday at 5pm thank you go home