KATIE SMYTH is your new president of the Newcastle Students’ Union!
She takes over from current president Raff
Katie Smyth is the newest president of Newcastle's Students' Union.
The Newcastle Tab headed down to the live results to find out who would take over from the current team.
There were five other candidates in the running to take over from current president, Raff Marioni.
Katie told The Newcastle Tab, "I can't believe it, I'm so so happy, I really wasn't expecting it!"
She will be joined in the other full time sabbatical positions by the following successful candidates:
Activities Officer – Eleanor Kilner
AU Officer – Joe Gubbins
Postgraduate Officer – Karina Sorrels
Editor of The Courier – Grace Dean
Welfare and Equality Officer – Sarah Elkhawad
Education Officer – Pablo Charro De La Fuente
The part time officers will be:
Chair of the Students' Union – Stephen Dawes
Disabilities Officer – Georgia Corbett
Faith and Beliefs Officer – Christopher Winter
LGBT+ Officer – Tobias Lawrence
International Student's Officer – Chinyere Emeka
Marginalised genders officer – Maria Marr
Racial Equality officer – Rabeeyah Cheema
Students, Parents and Guardian officer – Amani Alrossies
Scrutiny Officer – Alice Fish
A big well done to all students who have spent this week campaigning and we can't wait to see the difference made by the successful candidates!