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Anonymous submitted on
Friday 26th October 2018
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What is being done about the recent racism and sexism, from the student Union president?
Being a member of both parties she seems to think don't deserve a place on our universities walls, I don't feel valued or represented. In fact I don't think that she should be our president.
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Steve Gore submitted on
Thursday 20th December 2018
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Hi Anon,
Thank you for your suggestion, and apologies for the length of time it has taken to conclude this You Make Change.
The Students' Union has always been clear that we do not support Emily's comment in question as we recognise that it was deeply insensitive and inappropriate. Following on from the incident, SUSU carried out an internal investigation into whether there was a breach of our HR policy at which point Emily made the decision to resign from her post. Unfortunately due to the confidential nature of these proceedings this is all I know and this is also all I am legally allowed to disclose. We will always challenge extremist or inflammatory language where we find it, in line with our rules and procedures.
If you have any further concerns regarding this please feel free to email me at aupres@soton.ac.uk.
Best wishes,
Steve Gore, Acting President
