Editing Cardiff University (section)

===Students' Union===

The [[Cardiff University Students' Union]] is a student-run organisation aiming to promote student interests within the university and further afield. The Cardiff University Students' Union building is near [[Cathays Park]], next to [[Cathays railway station]]. It has shops, a night club and the studios of [[Xpress Radio]] and [[Gair Rhydd]], the student newspaper. It is democratically controlled by the student body through the election of seven full-time officers, who manage the running of the Union.<ref name="Union Officers">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cardiffstudents.com/404/?url=/about_cusu/your_officers/|title=|website=www.cardiffstudents.com|access-date=29 June 2022|archive-date=22 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022104128/https://www.cardiffstudents.com/404/?url=%2Fabout_cusu%2Fyour_officers%2F|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Union provides a range of services, including a number of cafes, bars and shops, as well as advice, training and representation. The Union is an affiliated member of the [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|National Union of Students]].<ref name="NUS member">{{Cite web |title=NUS member |url=http://www.cardiffstudents.com/about_cusu/nus/ |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=9 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109235209/http://www.cardiffstudents.com/about_cusu/nus/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Groups and societies====
The students' union supports over 200 societies across a wide range of interests<ref name="Cardiff Societies">{{Cite web|title=Cardiff Guild of Societies|url=https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/societies/|access-date=20 June 2024|website=Cardiff Students' Union|archive-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620172839/https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/societies/|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as 70 sports clubs through the athletic union.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/au/|title=The Athletic Union|access-date=20 June 2024|website=Cardiff Students' Union|archive-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620172837/https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/au/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Student activism====
Student activism at Cardiff University has included protests about the university's investments in arms companies in 2009, as part of a larger student movement in the UK at that time,<ref name="2009 Student Occupation">{{Cite web|title=Wales Online 2009 Student Occupation|date=27 February 2009 |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/power-student-action-forces-university-2126263|access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> and participating in the [[2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses]].<ref name="2024 Cymru Students For Palestine Encampment">{{Cite web|title="2024 Cymru Students For Palestine Encampment"|date=28 May 2024 |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/students-been-camping-out-weeks-29251727|access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> An encampment was established outside the Cardiff University Main Building on 14 May 2024 by students from Cardiff University, [[Cardiff Metropolitan University]], the [[University of South Wales]] and the [[Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama]], joining the Cymru Students For Palestine umbrella group that also included protestors at [[Swansea University]] and [[Bangor University]].<ref name=Cardiffian>{{cite news|url=https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/thecardiffian/2024/06/20/in-gaza-none-of-the-universities-are-still-there-why-cardiff-students-have-set-up-a-protest-camp/|title='In Gaza, none of the universities are still there': Why Cardiff students have set up a protest camp|author=Murthaza Ali-Hassan|date=20 June 2024|work=The Cardiffian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Cardiff Uni students are camping outside the Main Building in solidarity with Palestine |url=https://thetab.com/uk/cardiff/2024/05/14/cardiff-uni-students-are-camping-outside-the-main-building-in-solidarity-with-palestine-71743 |work=The Tab |author=Charlotte Wright|date=14 May 2024}}</ref> The encampment dispersed on 17 July 2024 after the university confirmed that it already met some demands and committed to address some of the others.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement from Cardiff Students' Union |url=https://www.cardiffstudents.com/news/article/secret/Statement-from-Cardiff-Students-Union-Datganiad-gan-Undeb-Myfyrwyr-Caerdydd/ |website=Cardiff Students' Union |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref>

====Media====
[[File:Nickcleggcutv.png|thumb|[[Nick Clegg]] at Cardiff University Students' Union conducting an interview with CUTV in 2010]]
The Union provides facilities and support for several student media groups, including: ''[[Gair Rhydd]]'', an award-winning, free student newspaper that is released every Monday of term;<ref name="gair rhydd paper">{{Cite news |title=gair rhydd paper |url=http://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/gairrhydd/ |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=27 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427081330/http://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/gairrhydd/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Quench'', a monthly arts and lifestyle magazine that specialises in the local music scene as well as original investigative feature articles;<ref name="Quench magazine">{{Cite news |title=Quench magazine |url=http://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/quench/ |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=17 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117200708/http://www.cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/quench/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and CUTV, the student television channel.<ref name=CUTV>{{Cite web |title=CUTV |url=http://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/cutv/ |access-date=15 May 2013 |archive-date=13 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813105952/http://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/cutv/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Xpress Radio is the [[student radio]] station.<ref>{{cite web |title=Xpress Radio |url=https://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/xpress/ |website=Cardiff Student Media |publisher=Cardiff University Students' Union |access-date=16 August 2021 |archive-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713043207/https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/studentmedia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It broadcasts daily during term from studios in the Students' Union building, with programming such as comedy panel shows, new music showcases, local music showcases, and film reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=listen |url=https://cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk/xpress/listen/ |website=Xpress Radio |access-date=13 April 2022 |archive-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713043217/https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/studentmedia/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Xpress Radio Membership |url=https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/society/xpress/ |website=Cardiff University Students' Union |access-date=13 April 2022 |archive-date=13 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713043215/https://www.cardiffstudents.com/activities/society/xpress/ |url-status=live }}</ref>