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Democracy 23-24

Welcome to your Democratic System for the 2023-24 academic year. Here you can submit ideas, make policy and ask scrutiny questions to the Guild Officers.

4 score

4 voters

traitors finale viewing!

Submitted 1 week ago by Eva Lako-Tombe Expires on 28 Oct

Current
- Events
- Guild
0comments
4 score

6 voters

Make PhD and other Doctoral student emails more professional.

Submitted 1 month ago by Anonymous Expires on 28 Oct

Current
- Academic
- Community
- Guild
- Postgraduate
- University
0comments
10 score

10 voters

Reinstate University Alumni Email Accounts

Submitted 2 months ago by Hamza Chaudhry

Current
- Academic
- Community
- Guild
- University
- International
0comments
-1 score

1 voter

Student Initiated Assignment Marking and Feedback Review Process

Submitted 3 months ago by Anonymous Expires on 28 Oct

Current
- Academic
- Guild
- Postgraduate
- University
0comments
4 score

6 voters

"Learning Together” Language Exchange Sessions

Submitted 5 months ago by Mennatallah Shamma Expires on 28 Oct

Current
- Academic
- Community
- Guild
- Postgraduate
- Societies
- University
- International
0comments
5 score

7 voters

Improving the Community Pantry

Submitted 6 months ago by Anonymous

Current
- welfare
- Community
- Democracy
- Guild
- University
0comments
77 score

77 voters

Disabled Students’ Commitment

Submitted 8 months ago by Abby Kenrick

Expired
- welfare
- Academic
- Community
- Democracy
- Events
- Guild
- Liberation
- Postgraduate
- Societies
- University
- International
0comments
14 score

16 voters

Reduce Sports Fees

Submitted 10 months ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Democracy
- Events
- Guild
- Liberation
- Societies
- University
0comments
56 score

60 voters

Bring music back to the guild!

Submitted 11 months ago by Anya Simon

Expired
- Community
- Events
- Guild
- Societies
1comment
11 score

19 voters

Sell the Red Stack

Submitted 12 months ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Academic
- Community
- University
0comments
52 score

64 voters

Generative AI policy

Submitted 1 year ago by Fern Warwick

Expired
- Academic
- Community
- Democracy
- Environment
- Guild
- University
0comments
117 score

131 voters

Remove Starbucks from Joe's Bar

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Guild
- Liberation
0comments
102 score

124 voters

Officer Accountability & Transparency

Submitted 1 year ago by Antonia Listrat

Expired
- Democracy
- Guild
- Liberation
3comments
156 score

158 voters

Prayer Spaces in Vale

Submitted 1 year ago by Syed Khader Sadath Syed Khader Sadath

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Societies
- University
- International
8comments
67 score

71 voters

Tackling Food Insecurity on campus

Submitted 1 year ago by Antonia Listrat

Expired
- welfare
- Academic
- Community
- Guild
- Liberation
- University
0comments
107 score

117 voters

Anti-Apartheid Week

Submitted 1 year ago by Antonia Listrat

Expired
- Community
- Events
- Guild
- Liberation
0comments
117 score

129 voters

Right to protest on campus

Submitted 1 year ago by Antonia Listrat

Expired
- welfare
- Academic
- Community
- Democracy
- Guild
- Liberation
- University
0comments
23 score

25 voters

Vending machine in the computer science building

Submitted 1 year ago by Evie Wilson

Expired
- welfare
- Academic
- Community
- Democracy
- Environment
- Liberation
- Postgraduate
- University
2comments
14 score

14 voters

Secretary and Treasurer Network

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Community
- Democracy
- Events
- Guild
- Societies
1comment
21 score

23 voters

Anti Racism

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Liberation
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Greggs in the Guild

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Guild
0comments
18 score

20 voters

Lobby for More Reliable Public Transport

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Academic
- Community
- University
0comments
73 score

73 voters

Unsociable hours pay for Guild Student Staff

Submitted 2 years ago by Kieran Roper

Expired
- Guild
0comments
54 score

54 voters

Ban Conversion Therapy Policy

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Liberation
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Little Free Library

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Passed
- welfare
- Academic
- Community
- University
0comments
34 score

34 voters

Reduction to food prices: Library Cafe and Foof Fellows outlets

Submitted 2 years ago by Cameron Castle

Expired
- welfare
- Academic
- Community
- Democracy
- University
0comments
1 score

5 voters

Medic available in University Halls at all times

Submitted 2 years ago by Deepika Niroula

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Guild
- Liberation
0comments
-3 score

5 voters

Networking with the business people, especially UOB Graduates with now successful startups.

Submitted 2 years ago by Deepika Niroula

Expired
- Academic
- Community
- Events
- Guild
- Postgraduate
0comments
13 score

25 voters

Decriminalisation of Student Sex Workers Policy

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Guild
- International
0comments
7 score

15 voters

Creating a Safer and More Inclusive Campus Environment

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Events
- Guild
- Liberation
- Societies
- University
0comments
79 score

89 voters

Access to student healthcare

Submitted 2 years ago by Fern Warwick

Expired
- welfare
- Liberation
0comments
269 score

309 voters

Arms Trade Policy

Submitted 2 years ago by Amira Campbell

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Democracy
- Environment
- Guild
- Liberation
- University
- International
3comments
322 score

444 voters

Palestine solidarity

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Academic
- Democracy
- Guild
- Liberation
- University
8comments
0 score

0 voters

Creation of a Guild Accessibility Action Group and Action Plan

Submitted 2 years ago by Aoife O'Driscoll-Paton

Locked
- Liberation
0comments
65 score

71 voters

Change to out of hours parking

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Academic
- Societies
0comments
53 score

61 voters

Either reduced or no increase in parking charges for students come April 2024

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Environment
- University
0comments
59 score

71 voters

Joe's bar should remove upcharges on dietary requirement based foods

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Guild
- Liberation
0comments
67 score

77 voters

Stop food trucks disposing of perfectly good food for advertisement

Submitted 2 years ago by Oliver Clegg

Expired
- Community
- Environment
1comment
7 score

9 voters

Ladies nights at Tiverton Gym

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Community
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Put a bin in the disabled toilet upstairs.

Submitted 3 years ago by Imaan Iqbal

Locked
- welfare
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Scrutiny Panel: Question for Education Officer, Course Reps

Submitted 3 years ago by Dylan Gibbons

Passed
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Scrutiny Panel: Question for President, Openness and honesty

Submitted 3 years ago by Dylan Gibbons

Passed
0comments
6 score

12 voters

Equal Representation for women and non-binary students on University Senate

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Academic
- Democracy
- Liberation
0comments
-5 score

23 voters

Number format change

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Academic
- Community
- Guild
- Liberation
- University
5comments
0 score

0 voters

Engineers outside the engineering building

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Locked
- welfare
- Academic
- Events
- Guild
- Postgraduate
- Societies
- University
- International
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Let me send site feedback

Submitted 3 years ago by Samuel Braham

Passed
- Guild
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Update the locker security just so that the things we currently have in place actually work

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Passed
- Guild
- Societies
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Joes Bar hygiene Standard

Submitted 3 years ago by Jacob Dyke

Passed
- welfare
- Community
- Guild
0comments
7 score

19 voters

Bring back Vale Fireworks

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Democracy
- Events
- Guild
- University
2comments
2 score

12 voters

Coffee shop in the Guild

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Events
- Guild
- Societies
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Better food hygiene at Joes's, and stop silencing us about it

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Passed
- Community
- Guild
0comments
32 score

40 voters

A student-ran Black Hairdressers in the Guild

Submitted 3 years ago by Amira Campbell

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Guild
- Liberation
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Offer less variety in drinks at Joe's Bar in the hope that drinks will be cheaper

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Community
- Guild
0comments
4 score

20 voters

Postgraduate space in the Guild

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Community
- Postgraduate
1comment
0 score

0 voters

Open Mermaid Bar As Alternative Sensory Friendly Area During Events at Joes

Submitted 3 years ago by Hannah Wilson

Locked
- welfare
- Community
- Events
- Guild
- Liberation
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Put Coat Hooks in Disabled Toilets

Submitted 3 years ago by Hannah Wilson

Passed
- Community
- Guild
0comments
11 score

19 voters

University should rename their visa department (International Student Team). The new name should reflect accurately their responsibility to avoid confusion and difficulty to access support.

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Community
- University
- International
0comments
83 score

91 voters

The Guild Should Introduce More Accessible Gender Neutral Toilets

Submitted 3 years ago by Robin Hayward

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Guild
- Liberation
3comments
65 score

79 voters

Refugee Reach: Empowering Higher Education Equality

Submitted 3 years ago by Anastasis Mauriac

Expired
- welfare
- Academic
- Democracy
- Liberation
- University
- International
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Start a new Women's Association

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Liberation
- Societies
0comments
-5 score

15 voters

Coffee in the Guild!

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Community
- Guild
2comments
18 score

24 voters

Remove obstructive advertisements from Guild reception

Submitted 3 years ago by Matthew Widdop

Expired
- Community
- Events
- Guild
- Societies
0comments
0 score

0 voters

The Guild must support the Unison industrial action in accordance with its own policy (Please note I wish to remain entirely anonymous)

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Community
- Democracy
- Liberation
0comments
0 score

12 voters

Open Book Exams

Submitted 3 years ago by Georgia Waughman

Expired
- Academic
- Guild
- University
2comments
26 score

32 voters

Remove upcharge for dietary requirement based alternatives from Joe's bar

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Guild
- Liberation
0comments
23 score

27 voters

Reusable containers from Joe's

Submitted 3 years ago by Nathan Bell

Expired
- welfare
- Environment
- Guild
0comments
8 score

14 voters

Zero waste food store on campus

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Environment
1comment
0 score

0 voters

Mr Akshay Sharma

Submitted 3 years ago by Akshay Sharma

Rejected
- welfare
- Environment
- Postgraduate
- University
0comments
11 score

13 voters

Paying Part-Time Officers

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Passed
- Democracy
- Guild
1comment
0 score

0 voters

Understanding and appreciating Officers' workload and student communication

Submitted 3 years ago by Dylan Gibbons

Locked
- Democracy
- Guild
- University
0comments

0 score

0 voters

Offer less variety in drinks at Joe's Bar in the hope that drinks will be cheaper

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Community
- Guild
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Put a bin in the disabled toilet upstairs.

Submitted 3 years ago by Imaan Iqbal

Locked
- welfare
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Understanding and appreciating Officers' workload and student communication

Submitted 3 years ago by Dylan Gibbons

Locked
- Democracy
- Guild
- University
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Start a new Women's Association

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Liberation
- Societies
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Greggs in the Guild

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Guild
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Open Mermaid Bar As Alternative Sensory Friendly Area During Events at Joes

Submitted 3 years ago by Hannah Wilson

Locked
- welfare
- Community
- Events
- Guild
- Liberation
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Engineers outside the engineering building

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Locked
- welfare
- Academic
- Events
- Guild
- Postgraduate
- Societies
- University
- International
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Creation of a Guild Accessibility Action Group and Action Plan

Submitted 2 years ago by Aoife O'Driscoll-Paton

Locked
- Liberation
0comments
0 score

0 voters

The Guild must support the Unison industrial action in accordance with its own policy (Please note I wish to remain entirely anonymous)

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Community
- Democracy
- Liberation
0comments

11 score

13 voters

Paying Part-Time Officers

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Passed
- Democracy
- Guild
1comment
0 score

0 voters

Scrutiny Panel: Question for President, Openness and honesty

Submitted 3 years ago by Dylan Gibbons

Passed
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Let me send site feedback

Submitted 3 years ago by Samuel Braham

Passed
- Guild
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Better food hygiene at Joes's, and stop silencing us about it

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Passed
- Community
- Guild
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Scrutiny Panel: Question for Education Officer, Course Reps

Submitted 3 years ago by Dylan Gibbons

Passed
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Update the locker security just so that the things we currently have in place actually work

Submitted 3 years ago by Anonymous

Passed
- Guild
- Societies
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Joes Bar hygiene Standard

Submitted 3 years ago by Jacob Dyke

Passed
- welfare
- Community
- Guild
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Little Free Library

Submitted 2 years ago by Anonymous

Passed
- welfare
- Academic
- Community
- University
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Put Coat Hooks in Disabled Toilets

Submitted 3 years ago by Hannah Wilson

Passed
- Community
- Guild
0comments

0 score

0 voters

Mr Akshay Sharma

Submitted 3 years ago by Akshay Sharma

Rejected
- welfare
- Environment
- Postgraduate
- University
0comments

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