Younge beat his rivals by 262 votes. Liz Millward.
SSiN candidate, polled 179 votes; Matt Cole of the SDP, 160; and Tony Samthier of Communist StuNational Organisation of Students stood candidate.
Younge's victory is a vindication paign in support of black sell-organisalon Inal nas been waged in NUS. The fact that Socialist Students NOLS soou d calldidate against him is further proof of their opposinon in practice to this demand. Claim NOLS also claim to support the black liberation struggle. The fact that they look no posion on this election is a disgrace.
•We believe that it is important to give the liberaion campaigns the space they need to develop,' said the NOLS manifesto, Labour into the 1990s. 'We also believe that it is important that the liberation campaigns have representatives at all levels of the NUS. This is one of the reasons we do not stand for all of the positions on NUS executive.' Belief Interviewed by ComStudent. NUS president and NOLS candidate Vicky Phillips said: 'I do not believe that it Name Address 1 enclose c Action for E Begistered as a newspaper with the Post Office. Published by Cardindl Enterorises. PO Box 50. London N1. BLACK REPRESENTATION and self-organisation was given a tremendous boost at the National Union of Students Easter conference here in Blackpool on Tuesday evening, when Pat Younge was elected vice president-education. Pat was supported by the black student caucus and by Labour Party Black Section, as well as by Campaign Student. He is a member of the Labour Party Black Section, and will be the only Polly Vittorini of SOAS and Robin Laney of Kings (pluralism) is achieved by having a rep each party on the NEC is certainly a need for better representation for black students.' If NOLS believes what it savs. Come they didn't call for a vote for Pat Younge in the VPeducation election?
The same election also witnessed SDP students calling for a vote for Communist Student, whose candidate received the SDP's second preference votes.
Education was a key debate at NUS conference.
But the main motion passed was empty platitudes and devoid of campaigning content. The majority of amendments calling for action were defeated, including those calling for joint student-trade union acton on the campuses Another amendment calling for the opening of a constitutional which would allow NUS to call for a vote tor candidates and parties during out.
This debate took place in the context of NUS having submitted proposals to the Baker review. No censure of this was moved or passed.
However, the Baker review and the incorrect position of NUS were raised in the hustings for VPcaucanion. Pat Younge's platform was a model for NUS.
Younge pointed out SUBSCRIBE Inland that the NUS was wrong to make a submission to the No money for education was forthcoming from the Tory government, he pointed out.
In that context, negotiation was substitute for campaigning against Baker and the Younge explained calcull. NUS Wales, his own area, had used the Baker review as the springboard for student demos against education cuts.
The three NOLS candidates for NUS president, national secretary treasurer Vicky and Maeve Adrian Long, Sherlock have all been returned by conterence. No Labour candidates stood against nem, but the posts wer contestea by Tories anc 'pro-life' candidates.
"The of Vp. welfare, being held as we go to press and tor which no rested bet availa be. is contested LWU candidates. Jo Gibbons is supported by NOLS, the massacres refugee camps, NUS con ference has yet again failed to prioritise a speaker on A student from Bir-Zeit University present NUS conterence was not chosen in the ballot to select priority guest speakers.
Campaign Student however, will be giving this student a platform at its fringe meeting later in conference, with speaker from the General of Palestinian Students.
With the exception of Pat Younge's victory, takıng place between Sunday 15 Thursday 19 March has been a hollow affair.
students has failed take the steps necessary to develop the alliances campaigns need to mobilise students
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