Vice President

No, not Joe Biden.

It's Yasmin Gasimova, Vice President of the University of Liverpool's Guild of Students. I found myself sitting next to her at a meeting this morning and very nice she was too. She was born in Baku, Azerbaijan and is currently studying Computer Science and Philosophy. She's passionate about environmental socialism and improving mental health services - all of which is music to my ears! (And here's some environmentally conscious music for yours... It's the Formidable Vegetable Sound System. Oh yes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSTFfKHJg4Y )

Incidentally, one of the things I discussed with Yasmin is that this year's Liverpool Mental Health Festival programme has now been officially announced. My colleagues and I have worked really hard for months to put together a fantastic fortnight of free events (starting on 1st Oct) and we're chuffed to bits about it. The full programme is available here if you fancy coming along... www.liverpoolmentalhealth.org/liverpool-mental-health-festival Everyone's welcome!