New Student Association Elected
Posted on Saturday 29 March 2008
Single transferable vote system used for first time
Students elect new team
Seventeen year old Theo McCusker, of Ridgewood Drive, Frimley, formerly of Tomlinscote School, has been elected to the prestigious role of Student President at Farnborough Sixth Form College. He will lead a 12-strong committee of students which plays a significant role in the development of the Beacon College, recognised as one of the country's leading sixth form colleges.
Theo said, "It's a great honour to be elected President of such an excellent student body as we have at Farnborough Sixth Form College. I look forward to even more success for the College in the coming year". Theo is in his first year studying Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, German and Classical Civilisation at AS level at the College.
Theo’s Vice President is Stuart Rowland, 17, who is studying Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Italian. A former student of Kings International College in Camberley, Stuart sees his role as supporting the President and the rest of the committee. He said, "I am extremely proud to have been elected Vice President of the Student Association. I hope I can I fulfil all my responsibilities supporting Theo and contributing to the further success of the College".
Both Theo and Stuart will be appointed to the College’s Governing Body as full voting members from April 2008, giving them invaluable experience serving on a statutory corporation answerable directly to the government.
Each of the student committee members has a particular responsibility, none more important than that of Environmental Officer for the students. The post was won by Kerry McIntyre, 16, of Church Crookham, who is studying Philosophy, Economics, English and Photography. Kerry, formerly of Court Moor School in Fleet, said, "I am looking forward to working to develop more sustainable approaches to the running of the College and trying to reduce the carbon footprint".
Speaking after the election, College Principal, Dr John Guy, said, "Everybody took a lively interest in the elections and for the first time we used the single transferable vote system, following the advice of the College’s politics students”.
Dr Guy added, "All the voting was done on-line and the computer analysed the results within seconds of the voting closing. This represents the modern face of democracy, which I am delighted to say, is alive and well among the young people studying at this College".
President Theo McCusker said, "Nearly everybody in the College voted in our elections - it would be good to think that the electorate in the coming local elections will beat our turn-out!"
