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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....

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Your idea will be reviewed by your Vice President Student Voice, and discussed at Executive Committee. In this meeting your idea will be approved or rejected, you will be notified by email....

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When your idea gets 930 votes, it will be acted on by the most relevant team. You will be notified in the comments on how the idea will progress.

 

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 a counsellor with specific remits in University’s Mental Health & Wellbeing Team (such as a Grief 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 BCU's Student Support Centre. 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 backing (+930 votes) to invest in a project like this

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  • 7 score
    7 voters

    More prayer spaces available on campus

    Current
    • General Rooms and Spaces
    • Student Community
    I believe currently across the BCU campus', there are not enough prayer spaces available to students at BCU. In Mary Seacole campus, a campus I previously has lectures at, the 'room' is not even a room, but a thin balcony. Therefore this limits religious expression on campus. As of present, there is only one multi-faith prayer space per campus, which predominantly targeted to a specific religion, which can often be uncomfortable for students of other religions. This is not an attack towards this religion, however I just want to bring to light a different perspective and reality of some students at BCU. If students have 9am lectures and live far from campus or are fasting on that day they may want to pray on campus during their breaks. Some students might have breaks longer than an hour and may also desire to use that time to pray. I believe that having more designated prayer rooms in each campus, this will benefit many students of faith in the university to freely express their faith and enable BCU as a university to become more inclusive. Having more prayer rooms, means having more space for students of different faiths to pray, as different religions may desire to pray loudly or quietly, so this gives space to everyone to pray as they desire. These rooms should be designed to ensure all students have a comfortable experience in these rooms, holy books, a prayer board for prayer requests and pictures and posters with key scriptures to encourage students as they pray. These prayer rooms can also be used for group prayer and other religious practices in the evenings.
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