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Making Cardiff a Safe Space for Trans Students, at AGM 2025

By Kani Abdullah Maria Pollard welcomed all attendees at the 2025 AGM of Cardiff Students’ Union. This year marks 50 years since the doors of the current building opened, Daniel Palmer CEO of the Union, stated. Many students expressed that Cardiff University is a community-like university for diverse groups of people. However, issues such as sexual violence, equality, pro-choice, freedom of speech and transphobia are … Continue reading Making Cardiff a Safe Space for Trans Students, at AGM 2025

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Kazakhstani Queer Rights Activists Arrested

By Aneurin Davies The arrests occurred in Astana, the country’s capital, where Cardiff University’s campus is located. Kazakhstan’s lower house passed an “LGBT propaganda bill” on November 12th. Meaning fines and up to 10 days in jail for anyone found to be disseminating “information containing propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation and paedophilia” (according to the UN). The goal of the bill is to uphold what … Continue reading Kazakhstani Queer Rights Activists Arrested

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Cardiff Students’ Union Passes Motion To Campaign For And Support Pro-Choice, Despite Concerns Over Neutrality

By James Burns The third motion on the AGM agenda, that re-ignites calls for the Students’ Union to campaign for and support pro-choice was passed. The annual event that took place on the 20th November, saw all four submitted motions passed by the meeting. The motion supporting the continued campaigning from a pro-choice perspective won the audience vote by a clear majority.  However, this did … Continue reading Cardiff Students’ Union Passes Motion To Campaign For And Support Pro-Choice, Despite Concerns Over Neutrality

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My Scrubs, My Choice: Equality in Healthcare Dress Code, Passed at AGM 2025

By Alicia Tariq The Annual General Meeting reviewed four agendas on Thursday evening. The second agenda ‘My Scrubs, My Choice: Equality in Healthcare Dress Code’, focused on students in healthcare that are required to wear scrubs but follow religious and cultural beliefs and require certain parts of their body to be covered e.g. arms. Lots of students at Heath campus raised concerns over not having … Continue reading My Scrubs, My Choice: Equality in Healthcare Dress Code, Passed at AGM 2025

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Time To Act’s Motion Passed Unanimously at AGM 2025

By Ella Simons The first motion of the evening came from Time to Act, with Becca Rumsey taking the podium, surrounded by fellow members. They stated that “the lack of mandatory consent and bystander training across the university and Students’ Union fails to create a safe and secure community for all students” and despite an apology statement from the Union, more needs to be done. … Continue reading Time To Act’s Motion Passed Unanimously at AGM 2025

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Students’ Union Finances, All is Well

By Oliver Hanlon In a speech to the AGM, Cardiff Student’s Union CEO Daniel Palmer delivered news that the Union’s finances were in improved shape, citing increased income and less debt as the contributing towards this. Income showed decent improvement from 2024 figures, having risen from £12,908,971 to £14,039,688. This has allowed for more savings and enabled spending to increase to £13,108,936 from £12,835,212 in … Continue reading Students’ Union Finances, All is Well

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