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Welcome to SUBU's Your Idea Platform!

This is where your ideas make real change!

 

This platform is for submitting ideas for change across SUBU, BU and Beyond. Below you can also vote and comment on other ideas, and popular ideas will be taken to our Student Meetings to decide whether it will become SUBU Policy!

 

Submit New Idea

Before submitting your idea

Before you submit your idea, consider what it is you want to change. This can be big structural changes or small amendments. They can call for change from within SUBU, BU or even the wider community. Your idea could be action based such as having SUBU lobby the university on an issue or your idea can be more ideological such as supporting a specific group or cause.

You can find out more about Union Policy, as well as viewing the current list of live policies here. Please ensure you look at existing policies before submitting your idea so we can avoid duplicates of policies.  

Please also note the Your Ideas platform is NOT for complaints.  

Example of what IS an Idea: 

For SUBU to lobby BU for lecture and seminar resources to be shared one week in advance.

Example of what IS NOT an Idea: 

Misleading packaging on food sold in SUBU shop.

This is not an Idea as this is something SUBU would action immediately for the health and safety of students. An Idea of this nature would not need to go to a SUBU Summit or Student Members Meeting to be voted upon.  

When submitting your ideas, you’ll be asked to answer the following questions: 

  1. What is the problem or idea? – what do you think needs to change, be amended, be introduced;  keep it concise and relevant and use research/data/feedback where necessary to back up your Idea 

  1. How is your suggested solution? – what steps should SUBU take to achieve this, what is the solution to the problem. 

  1. Which Full-Time Officer you think should lead on it?

    1. President 

    2. VP Education 

    3. VP Student Opportunities 

    4. VP Welfare and Community 

Once you have submitted your idea

We review ideas continously throughout the year, but an idea can only become policy at one of four democratic student meetings. Each meeting usually takes three ideas to be voted on by attendees but this may differ throughout the year. Additionally, some ideas may be easy to implement, already in policy or can be done without the need of an approved policy, in which case we will action these seperately.

Once students submit an idea, other students can vote and comment on this to indicate their support or lack thereof for the proposed ideas. Students will be able to  vote in favour of  the idea or to vote against the idea. Ideas require 15 votes in favour to be moved forwards to the discussions stage. Subsequently, ideas with 15 votes against will be rejected.

SUBU reserves the right to reject any Idea that poses a financial, reputational or legal risk to the Union. SUBU may also reject an idea if it does not align with our student-led and informed strategy found here.

Once an idea achieves the necessary votes the student who submitted the idea will be invited in by a member of the Democracy and Campaigns team to discuss their idea in greater depth, to provide further context and create a draft policy. This draft policy will then be taken to an agenda setting meeting where Officers will discuss and vote on whether to take the motion to either SUBU Summit or Student Members Meeting.  

If the idea is not selected by the committee to go to meeting, it can receive one of two outcomes; Decline – The idea is closed and updated accordingly but can be resubmitted without time penalty OR Revisit – The idea will be on hold and reviewed again before the next SUBU Summit where it will either be selected to go to meeting or will be Declined. 

If an idea that is made presented as a motion at either the SUBU Summit Meeting or Student Members’ Meeting it will be updated on ‘Your Ideas’ accordingly and made into Union Policy. 

All ideas on the platform will be kept updated accordingly .

Your Ideas

  • Ideas 60
  • Submitters 43
  • Last submission 23:41 on 03 Nov 2024
  • Voters 244
  • Commenters 25
  • Current 18
  • Locked 0
  • Passed 13
  • Rejected 4
  • Expired 25

Your Ideas

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  • 26 up votes 0 down votes
    26 voters

    More Social Areas - Lansdowne Campus / BGB

    Passed
      People do not stay at BGB campus because it is not a social environment like Talbot. We don't have many social areas other than a tiny room on the 3rd floor. Limited sofas / breakout areas where people can socialise - stuck in corridors on chairs with small tables. Other areas are in open environments which doesn't lend well to private discussions etc. We need more social areas and something like dylans would make the world of difference. We pay the same price as students on Talbot campus but get hardly any of the same facilities! I run a society and now have to run my group in a more conducive environment - Faith & Reflection centre because we don't have the same offering at Lansdowne campus. This is going to effect BU in the long run as people will not want to come to study if they know they aren't getting the same facilities as else where in the country let alone up the road!

      What is your suggested solution?

      By the uni treating health and social care students equally and prioritising the development of the Lansdowne campus. At the moment we are being marginalised ... out of sight out of mind.

      Which Full-Time Officer should lead on it?

      VP welfare & Community
    Zach Braid
    9:13am on 12 Dec 23 This idea has reached the necessary threshold for policy development and consideration. A member of the Democracy and Campaigns team will be in touch to help develop this idea in to a policy submission for consideration. In the the meantime, we ask that students continue to vote to express their views and thoughts on the suggested idea.
    Alexis Kidby
    7:24am on 14 Dec 23 - Community Kitchen - another example of something Talbot has on campus that Lansdown campus does not. Along with facilities such as : - Dylan's Bar - Union Shop - ironic as there is a distinct lack of a union between the two campuses. - Bus depot for students at lansdowne - The retreat centre - Faith and Reflection centre that is not the size of a postage stamp and can only accommodate a couple of people. Know private areas for individual practice. - Comfortable seating / Pods for collaborative working - More access to kitchens like at the Executive Business Centre
    Emma Young
    8:47am on 14 Dec 23 The student retreat is also really important new facility to BU. The statistics speak for themselves in terms of its use. However, the healthcare students over at Lansdowne campus do not have easy access to this facility. Especially when in crisis. as it’s coming from a collaboration with NHS funding, I’m sure it’s really important to the funders that the healthcare students have access to the facility too. We need to think with future development about making sure the healthcare students have more easy access the retreat support in the Lansdowne area
    Ahmed Ola
    11:42am on 20 Jan 24 We need a bus depot, a union shop, and Lansdowne's Dylan's Bar. Thanks
    Oliver Wildey
    6:39pm on 20 Jan 24 Instead of Dylans why not open TOFS during the day?