Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg visited Sheffield Hallam University on 2 February to take part in a question and answer style event as part of a student project.

Design student Jasmine Welsh set up the event, held at Sheffield Institute of Arts, to support her project aimed at encouraging young people and students to show an interest in politics. Jasmine organised and hosted the ‘Question Time’ event featuring Nick Clegg (MP for the Sheffield Hallam constituency), alongside former Green Party leader Natalie Bennett, Labour MP Paul Blomfield, UKIP’s David Kurten and Spencer Pitfield, Conservative spokesperson for South Yorkshire.

Nick Clegg said: “Getting young people interested and engaged in politics is vitally important and Jasmine’s unique approach to the problem is refreshing. The event itself was a great idea and a way of seeing how we, as politicians, are perceived.”