The world’s media has lept on coverage of the SU’s motion to replace audible clapping with BSL “jazz hands”, a story The Mancunion first broke
Following national media attention, the Students’ Union seeks to clarify the misunderstanding that they’ve voted through a new policy which bans clapping from all Students’ Union events
Sophie Marriott and Cachella Smith argue the implications of the SU’s motion to encourage jazz-hands over clapping is “short-sighted” and instead Senate should seek to “create an atmosphere where people feel safe and comfortable enough to raise such an issue and ask for a quieter environment”
The SU resolved to ban audible clapping in events and lobby for remote exam resits, in their first Senate session of the academic year
