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Here you can submit new ideas, vote on live ideas, see which ideas have passed and which have been rejected. To submit a new idea, policy or question - you must be logged into your Guild Account. the 'submit your idea here' button will then appear below".

You can also view which current Ideas and Policies are live at the Guild of Students.

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.

73 score

73 voters

Unsociable hours pay for Guild Student Staff

Submitted 5 months ago by Kieran Roper

Expired
- Guild
0comments
54 score

54 voters

Ban Conversion Therapy Policy

Submitted 6 months ago by Anonymous

Expired
- welfare
- Community
- Liberation
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Little Free Library

Submitted 6 months ago by Anonymous

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

34 voters

Reduction to food prices: Library Cafe and Foof Fellows outlets

Submitted 7 months ago by Cameron Castle

Expired
- welfare
- Academic
- Community
- Democracy
- University
0comments
-3 score

5 voters

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

Submitted 7 months ago by Deepika Niroula

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

25 voters

Decriminalisation of Student Sex Workers Policy

Submitted 7 months ago by Anonymous

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

15 voters

Creating a Safer and More Inclusive Campus Environment

Submitted 7 months ago by Anonymous

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

89 voters

Access to student healthcare

Submitted 7 months ago by Fern Warwick

Expired
- welfare
- Liberation
0comments
269 score

309 voters

Arms Trade Policy

Submitted 8 months ago by Amira Campbell

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

444 voters

Palestine solidarity

Submitted 8 months ago by Anonymous

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

71 voters

Change to out of hours parking

Submitted 8 months 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 8 months 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 9 months ago by Anonymous

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

77 voters

Stop food trucks disposing of perfectly good food for advertisement

Submitted 9 months ago by Oliver Clegg

Expired
- Community
- Environment
1comment
0 score

0 voters

Put a bin in the disabled toilet upstairs.

Submitted 12 months ago by Imaan Iqbal

Locked
- welfare
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Scrutiny Panel: Question for Education Officer, Course Reps

Submitted 1 year ago by Dylan Gibbons

Passed
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Scrutiny Panel: Question for President, Openness and honesty

Submitted 1 year ago by Dylan Gibbons

Passed
0comments
6 score

12 voters

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

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

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

23 voters

Number format change

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

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

0 voters

Engineers outside the engineering building

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

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

0 voters

Let me send site feedback

Submitted 1 year 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 1 year ago by Anonymous

Passed
- Guild
- Societies
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Joes Bar hygiene Standard

Submitted 1 year ago by Jacob Dyke

Passed
- welfare
- Community
- Guild
0comments
7 score

19 voters

Bring back Vale Fireworks

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

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

12 voters

Coffee shop in the Guild

Submitted 1 year 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 1 year ago by Anonymous

Passed
- Community
- Guild
0comments
32 score

40 voters

A student-ran Black Hairdressers in the Guild

Submitted 1 year 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 1 year ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Community
- Guild
0comments
4 score

20 voters

Postgraduate space in the Guild

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Community
- Postgraduate
1comment
0 score

0 voters

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

Submitted 1 year ago by Hannah Wilson

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

0 voters

Put Coat Hooks in Disabled Toilets

Submitted 1 year 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 1 year ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Community
- University
- International
0comments
83 score

91 voters

The Guild Should Introduce More Accessible Gender Neutral Toilets

Submitted 1 year ago by Robin Hayward

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

79 voters

Refugee Reach: Empowering Higher Education Equality

Submitted 1 year ago by Anastasis Mauriac

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

0 voters

Start a new Women's Association

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Liberation
- Societies
0comments
-5 score

15 voters

Coffee in the Guild!

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Community
- Guild
2comments
18 score

24 voters

Remove obstructive advertisements from Guild reception

Submitted 1 year 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 1 year ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Community
- Democracy
- Liberation
0comments
0 score

12 voters

Open Book Exams

Submitted 1 year 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 1 year ago by Anonymous

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

27 voters

Reusable containers from Joe's

Submitted 1 year ago by Nathan Bell

Expired
- welfare
- Environment
- Guild
0comments
8 score

14 voters

Zero waste food store on campus

Submitted 1 year ago by Toby Grier

Expired
- Environment
1comment
11 score

13 voters

Paying Part-Time Officers

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

Passed
- Democracy
- Guild
1comment
0 score

0 voters

Understanding and appreciating Officers' workload and student communication

Submitted 1 year ago by Dylan Gibbons

Locked
- Democracy
- Guild
- University
0comments

0 score

0 voters

Understanding and appreciating Officers' workload and student communication

Submitted 1 year ago by Dylan Gibbons

Locked
- Democracy
- Guild
- University
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 1 year ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Community
- Democracy
- Liberation
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Start a new Women's Association

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Liberation
- Societies
0comments
0 score

0 voters

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

Submitted 1 year ago by Hannah Wilson

Locked
- welfare
- Community
- Events
- 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 1 year ago by Anonymous

Locked
- Community
- Guild
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Engineers outside the engineering building

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

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

0 voters

Put a bin in the disabled toilet upstairs.

Submitted 12 months ago by Imaan Iqbal

Locked
- welfare
0comments

11 score

13 voters

Paying Part-Time Officers

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

Passed
- Democracy
- Guild
1comment
0 score

0 voters

Put Coat Hooks in Disabled Toilets

Submitted 1 year ago by Hannah Wilson

Passed
- Community
- Guild
0comments
0 score

0 voters

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

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

Passed
- Community
- Guild
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Joes Bar hygiene Standard

Submitted 1 year ago by Jacob Dyke

Passed
- welfare
- Community
- Guild
0comments
0 score

0 voters

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

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

Passed
- Guild
- Societies
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Let me send site feedback

Submitted 1 year ago by Samuel Braham

Passed
- Guild
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Scrutiny Panel: Question for President, Openness and honesty

Submitted 1 year ago by Dylan Gibbons

Passed
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Scrutiny Panel: Question for Education Officer, Course Reps

Submitted 1 year ago by Dylan Gibbons

Passed
0comments
0 score

0 voters

Little Free Library

Submitted 6 months ago by Anonymous

Passed
- welfare
- Academic
- Community
- University
0comments

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Your Officer Team
2024-2025

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Syed Sadath

Guild President

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Ravikiran Rajashekar

International Officer

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Hope Aquilina

Welfare & Community Officer

A picture of the Activities and Employability Officer

Devansh Jhamnani

Activities and Employability Officer

A picture of the Postgraduate Officer

Ritakshi Maheshwari

Postgraduate Officer

A picture of the Sports Officer

Lara Parker

Sports Officer

A picture of the Education Officer

Alex Keen

Education Officer

A picture of the Sustainability Officer

Max Williams

Sustainability Officer

A picture of the Women's Officer

Mimia Islam

Women's Officer

A picture of the LGBTQ+ Students' Officer

Trinity Barson

LGBTQ+ Students' Officer

A picture of the Disabled Students' Officer

Abby Kenrick

Disabled Students' Officer

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Ethnic Minority Students' Officer

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Abi Pain

Trans and Non-Binary Students' Officer

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