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Crowds celebrated Shakira Martin’s election victory by waving their hands rapidly to-and-fro instead of opting for the conventional round of applause at the NUS conference in Brighton. It comes after chiefs at the NUS warned too many people could be upset by “whooping” and clapping and asked people to wave their hands in their air instead. Delegates were also told they could face “consequences” for excluding deaf people by cheering, according to The Telegraph. Nonetheless, in the clip, the audience were still heard cheering among a muted round of applause with a large number standing up and waving their hands instead.

NUS Students celebrating the election win with "jazz hands"

Whooping is fun for some, but can be super inaccessible for others, so please try not to whoop! Jazz hands work just as well NUS Women's Campaign

The newspaper reported that Estelle Hart, an NUS elections committee member who chaired a meeting, had told students: “No whooping, it does have a serious impact on some delegates ability to access conference.” She then reportedly gave another “gentle reminder not to whoop”. Shelly Asquith, the NUS vice-president for welfare, also told delegates: “We’ve had a number of requests that people stop whooping.” The latest video follows an NUS request for people to use jazz hands instead of clapping at its women’s conference in 2015 in Solihull.

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NUS Shakira Martin was elected as the new NUS president