Student advice on voting, General Election 2019

At the last IL CoP meeting (11th November), Lauren Smith from the University of Edinburgh spoke about work involving young people, IL skills and elections.

As an IL librarian at an FE college, this sparked an interest in doing something to encourage our students to be aware of the upcoming General Election, and to provide some practical information and advice on voting.

I pulled together a 6-point information poster and leaflet for our college students on voting (who can vote, getting registered, how to vote on the day). I drew on information from YoungScot and the Electoral Commission, and also highlighted The Ferret, Full Fact and Channel 4 FactCheck sites for looking beyond headlines.

It was well received by our Students Association who used to it to get students talking about their voting rights and to motivate them to get along to vote. The feedback from them was really positive, so I plan on adapting the materials again for future elections. I used Piktochart to create both a poster and an A5 leaflet.

If you would like to find out more about the leaflet/poster, follow the link here: https://create.piktochart.com/output/42446920-get-voting-2019-poster

Claire Roberts
City of Glasgow College Library Services