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Ideas Board

Share ideas, suggest improvements and create change
Your Students' Union

Want to submit or vote on an idea?

How the Ideas Board works

 

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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....

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Approval pending

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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Vote

If approved, your idea will be published live. Students can vote (👍) and comment on the idea....

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Action

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

information pointHave a question about an idea? Contact VP Student Voice

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  • 4 score
    4 voters

    Change the required amount of votes for Ideas to be passed

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    I would like to propose a review of the current requirement for ideas to reach 900 votes before they are considered. While this threshold may be achievable for larger faculties based on the main campuses, it is not realistic for students within the Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences (HELS). Many HELS courses are delivered on smaller or specialist campuses, and the BCUSU presence and engagement within these areas is extremely limited. As a result, students are far less likely to even be aware of the ideas board, let alone participate in voting. This creates a structural disadvantage for HELS students. Issues that directly affect us struggle to gain traction, not because they lack support, but because the voting threshold does not reflect the size or engagement level of our campus communities. Additionally, HELS students currently do not have active representation on the BCUSU board, which further contributes to the feeling that our concerns and priorities are overlooked. Reducing the vote threshold, or introducing a proportional or campus-sensitive threshold, would ensure that students across all faculties and campuses have a fair opportunity to bring forward ideas that can be considered and acted upon. The current system unintentionally favours larger campus populations. Adjusting it would allow BCUSU to better represent the full diversity of its student body, including those studying in smaller faculties and specialist programmes. This proposal is not about lowering standards, but about making student representation more equitable and accessible for everyone at BCU.
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