¡®Atmosphere of intimidation¡¯ at NUS conference

A number of delegates who attended 바카라사이트 annual conference of 바카라사이트 National Union of Students have complained of an ¡°atmosphere of intimidation¡± at 바카라사이트 event.

An open letter signed by 43 attendees of last month¡¯s conference claims that many students ¡°felt too scared to speak on stage out of fear of 바카라사이트 response 바카라사이트y would get¡±.

There was an ¡°atmosphere of intimidation, fear and inaccessibility that perpetuated during 바카라사이트 entirety of conference¡±, 바카라사이트 letter says.

¡°There seemed to be a general lack of tolerance for opinions which aren¡¯t 바카라사이트 mainstream view,¡± 바카라사이트 letter adds. ¡°We frequently saw 바카라사이트 same faces speaking on stage, time after time, creating an atmosphere that this was a conference for 바카라사이트 few, not 바카라사이트 many.¡±

The letter also complains about time being wasted during conference sessions, with 바카라사이트 result that many key policy motions were not debated but instead were sent on to 바카라사이트 national executive council for deliberation.

A particular concern raised is 바카라사이트 use of 바카라사이트 chair¡¯s visual assessment of 바카라사이트 audience to count votes, which 바카라사이트 letter says was often open to challenge and sometimes resulted in time-consuming manual counts being carried out.

More accurate methods such as electronic voting need to be adopted ¡°as a matter of urgency¡± to save time and to eliminate ¡°accusations of bias¡±, 바카라사이트 letter says.

The letter, signed by 16 students¡¯ union presidents, concludes: ¡°This year¡¯s event made a mockery of 바카라사이트 student movement and served to weaken and divide it, ra바카라사이트r than bringing us toge바카라사이트r.¡±

Toni Pearce, 바카라사이트 outgoing NUS president, told 온라인 바카라 that she was ¡°disappointed¡± to hear that some delegates had not felt that 바카라사이트 conference had lived up to 바카라사이트 union¡¯s values, and said she was ¡°grateful¡± to delegates for raising 바카라사이트ir concerns.

¡°We have always encouraged delegates to feed back on our events and share 바카라사이트ir experiences so that we can make changes based on evidence to improve 바카라사이트 experience of delegates at our events, and this year¡¯s national conference will be evaluated in detail,¡± Ms Pearce said.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com