Meet the candidates

James Radcliffe – Accept Nothing, Challenge
Everything
My ambition as Vice-President of Campaigns would be to re-create the closeknit
community atmosphere that we had back in Burnley. The move to the
Etihad has been fantastic in respect of the facilities and the brand recognition
that it has provided UCFB, however moving to a city as large as Manchester has
left us spread all over the area. This has made it much harder to hold exciting
events that are in a convenient location for us all.
As a relatively small university, we are in a very unique position in which we can
try to create a real community environment. This is something which I believe
that we achieved during our time in Burnley but have yet to replicate in
Manchester. This is because we had an SU bar in which we would often meet up
for a few drinks and hold events. As Vice-President of Campaigns, I would look
to explore the options that we have here in Manchester of setting up something
similar so that all students have the opportunity to meet the other students on
other courses and in different years of our university.
By working with the current members of the Student Union, I hope that we will
be able to find some form of solution to this problem in order to make
Manchester feel like everyone’s home away from home.