Dan Hilton

Long, long time no blog.
It’s been a long time people, I know too long almost 6 months since last entry. Why so long? A variety of reasons, moving out of Swansea (to cardiff no less), new job (working for Jenny Randerson AM in the Welsh Assembly), living with Lauz (who’s journalism blog and output has increased exponetially) and I guess just stuff. Cardiff is a lot more lonely than Swansea as I don’t know that many people and it seems quite difficult to meet many people as well. Being inside the walls of the Assembly is quite weird as well, understanding now how the institution works and also the non-public face of many, has been a revelation. I won’t be blogging about the Assembly that much because it might get quite depressing! Christmas should be good, looking forward to the break.

Today, Well Today was a very good, good day!

Today saw a vote at the Welsh Assembly over student top-up fees in Wales. After only just realizing what was going on in time (it helps being a net geek sometimes!), we rallied the collective lobbying power of Cardiff, Swansea and Aber Student Unions to full force upon the Welsh Assembly members. We worked hard contacting the political groups, giving them the information they needed to win the argument and we also made saw that the key people were spoken to. We did everything pretty much we could think of in the time. And we won. There will be no Top-up fees in Wales in the near future.

Today was why I ran to be President of Swansea University Students Union. Job Done.

The next step must be about how we progress forward with a funding system that helps all students and also ensures that Welsh HEI’s are not disadvantaged in terms of their funding.

But that’s tomorrow’s problem. Today we celebrate. And giggle as we get on tv! LOL

You know you’re famous when (part 2)…

When you help 6 Music Breakfast DJ Phil Jupitus and Phil Wilding do an Outside broadcast from Swansea’s very own Xtreme radio 1431am!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/phill_jupitus/galleryswansea.shtml