Samantha Lacey: Students backing under-fire Staffordshire University student union president Assed Baig have warned: “If he doesn’t win this vote the symbolic message would be harmful for the University.”
Supporters gathered today on campus to show their support. Mr Baig will find out this week if he has survived a vote of no confidence, after student Laurence Hardy brought the vote against him.
However, Mr Baig was confident of the outcome, he said: “I don’t know how the vote will go but it’s looking good at the moment.
“I’m pleased with the support …

Gary McNally: Chair of the Union Council

By Chris Jacobsen: Staffordshire University Students’ Union President Assed Baig will find out this week if he has survived a vote of no confidence.
Today sees the first round of polling after student Laurence Hardy brought the vote of no confidence against him.
Voting will run from February 9 to 11 and students can cast their vote in the Students’ Union.
Baig only needs one third of the students to vote in his favour to ensure he remains head of the Union.
Gary McNally, Chair of …

By Emma Glanfield: Staffordshire Student Union President Assed Baig plans to organise a gig to raise money for Haiti.
The Student Union has so far raised £400 for aid relief in the earthquake-stricken island.
A bake sale held outside the Student Union raised £270, and a collection box at the students’ weekly nightclub event Gobble bumped the funds up.
Baig is impressed with how many students have been forthcoming in ideas to help raise money.
He said: “It was a student’s idea about the bake sale. They emailed me asking if they could do …

By Neil Bracegirdle and George Woodward: Students from Staffordshire University joined an hour-long march to support calls for free education.
Demonstrators, led by Student Union President Assed Baig, marched around the Stoke Campus.
Student Union Education and Welfare officer Vanessa Brumby was delighted with the turnout.
She said: “Everyone who came along was really positive, so it’s nice to see that people out there support us.
“It’s only fair that everyone has a right to a free education.”
Student Hayley Vaughan, who took part in the march, said: “I came to show my approval …

By Andrew Stuart and Zubeda Mir: Banned police officer Keith Emery has gone head to head for the first time with Students’ Union President Assed Baig.
During a StaffsLive debate the two clashed over the officer’s exclusion from the union offices amid claims he had given students’ private information to anti-terrorist police.
PC Emery denied the allegation during the discussion hosted by StaffsLive presenter Zubeda Mir:

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By Faye Patrick and Zoey Mulliner: A Police officer says he has been banned from Staffordshire University Students’ Union for making students “feel scared”.
PC Keith Emery said it was “disappointing” to find out he had been banned from the Student Union offices at the College Road campus by President Assed Baig.
University Liaison Officer PC Emery told StaffsLive he was asked not to go into the Student Union offices as they are a safe zone for the students to relax.
He said: “It is disappointing that police officers have been excluded from …

By Faye Patrick & Kate Startup: The Staffordshire University Students’ Union President today backed his controversial move to post a link to a list of local BNP members.
Assed Baig told StaffsLive it was “the right thing to do” and vowed to stand by his “political principles”.
The BNP has lodged a complaint with the police after the link containing local members’ addresses was posted on the internet.
Many students complained after seeing the link on the website. The link was promptly removed.
The BNP has since contacted Staffordshire Police, calling the link …

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By Richard Taylor and Kirsty Bourne: Popular lads’ mags could be banned from Staffordshire Students’ Union, StaffsLive can reveal.
The union is proposing a campus-wide ban of publications such as Nuts and Zoo as they feel the magazines objectify women.
Union President Assed Baig said: “We are doing this to acknowledge that sexism exists within society and it isn’t just overt sexism, it’s sub-conscience.
“There were two members of the Union Council at the last meeting who referred to women’s breasts as ‘knockers’, which proves our argument.”
The union is also planning to get …