SWANSEA University students took part in the first student forum of the academic year with the new voting system in place.
The system allows students to vote on proposed changes on the students’ union website in a 24 hour period after the forum has ended.
The outcome of the forum has seen students voting to stop lectures taking place after 5pm, which has been an issue for hundreds of students on campus this academic year.
The motion, which was proposed by Swansea University students’ union education officer, Zahid Raja, passed with a landslide victory of 407 votes to 10.
Further motions to keep Wednesday afternoons free for sporting activities and to ensure that the students’ union holds paperless forums in the future also passed with an overall majority.
The motion that was proposed to decide whether Swansea University would support the NUS demonstration passed with 54 votes to 38, making it the most closely contested motion.
Another motion passed was to make Zahid a ‘Super Education Officer’, and made it compulsory for him to wear a super hero costume at least twice a week. This motion passed with 72 to 33 votes.
CORRECTION: Since the publication of this story, the motion relation to Zahid Raja dressing as a superhero has been voided and declared invalid because President Tom Upton chaired the motion and was the proposer of it.
