NUS Referendum
On 15th November 2006, the SRC held a referendum on whether it should affiliate to the National Union of Students. The result was as follows:
Yes: 262 (6%)
No: 4065 (94%)
Spoiled ballots: 36
Total: 4363 (19.4% of all students at Glasgow)
The remainder of this section is archive material of the referendum campaign.
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The motion passed by Council on 11th October is available here (pdf).
For information about the referendum, and the arguments for and against, check out the following links:
General information, including the costs of affiliation and answers to some frequently asked questions
Yes campaign
No campaign
Voting in the referendum will be online, from any campus computer. You can click the “vote” icon on the desktop, or follow the link from the front page of glasgowstudent.net
Part of the process for this referendum is to offer all students the
opportunity to participate in an official “Yes” campaign group and
official “No” campaign group.