BCUSU | Ideas Board

How the Ideas Board works

Submit

Do you have an idea that can improve the experience for students at BCU? We want to hear it! Submit your idea so other BCU students can vote for or against the thing you want to change....

Review

Your idea will be picked up by Kristina Patel, Vice President Student Voice. She will discuss your idea at Executive Committee, with your Officer Team and BCUSU Senior Management. In this meeting your idea will be approved or rejected, you will be notified directly with the outcome. See below for how decisions will be made.

Vote

If your idea is approved, it will be published live on our Ideas Board. Students can vote to agree (👍) or disagree (👎) and you can comment to add your thoughts on the idea....

Action

When your idea gets 930 positive votes from BCU students, the Executive Committee will allocate ownership of the idea based on who’s role is more suitable. You will be notified in the comments on how the idea will move forwards.

What makes a good idea?

Idea	Appropriate (yes/no)	Reason
Changes to the process for applying for the Financial Assistance Fund	✔️	Would require working with the relevant team to streamline a University process. Or could involve implementing a new process which may be a long-term project that required investment and resources
More breaks in engineering lab sessions	❌	This is a course specific idea, which would be best resolved by contacting your Course Rep, who would then add it to the Feedback Hub
Request to have more counsellors with specific remits in University’s Mental Health & Wellbeing Team (such as a sexual abuse counsellor)	✔️	Isn’t something which BCUSU have control over, as the team is managed by the University. This idea getting 930 votes would give our Officer Team a strong argument to give to the University for extra funding for this type of role`
Requesting to rearrange their individual timetable	❌	This is a student’s individual academic issue, which would be handled by department/school staff. Our Advice Team could support if they’re struggling with handling the issue
Calling for more social spaces on campus	✔️	This is something that would require involvement from multiple areas across the University and funding. The University may require a high student mandate to invest in a project like this