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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 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.

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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....

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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

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    52 voters

    Gender Neutral Toilets on All Campuses

    Submitted 3 years ago by Maisy Neale
    Passed
      5comments
      The Students' Union should put pressure on the university to provide gender-neutral toilets across all campuses, these should be specific all-gender facilities, not all-gender signs on accessible toilets, and these facilities should be easily signposted. Gender-neutral toilets are important as they give individuals who do not feel comfortable using single-gender facilities a safe environment. This is especially important to the trans & non-binary students & staff at BCU, who face regular barriers to feeling included on campus.
    Sage Devereux
    9:52am on 22 Jan 22 As a nonbinary person this is so important to me. With students like me being signposted to the accessible toilets it makes me feel like I am using a toilet that someone needs more than me, especially if there isn’t another one nearby. gender-neutral toilets that aren’t just disabled toilets with an added sign are so important. Especially when there are posters asking students not to use those accessible toilets if they don’t have accessibility needs.
    Tee Wilson-Radcliffe
    9:50pm on 22 Jan 22 The toilets in the conservatoire section of millenium point were perfect, no gender split at all, and complete privacy in each stall. With the move to perry barr, then bourneville and eventually digbeth, the gender neutral toilets or lack thereof have not been the highest priority, but as a nonbinary student, they are incredibly important to me feeling safe and respected within university grounds, this needs to be addressed
    Grace Reynolds
    3:02pm on 27 Jan 22 This Idea has passed the 16 vote threshold and will now be discussed with the officer team at BCUSU
    Erin Dawson
    3:50pm on 24 Feb 22 As a Horology Student in the School of Jewellery, and founder and president of the BCU Horological Society, I cannot express in words my desire to see measures such as these implemented in our school. I am aware that such measures, or similar, have already been implemented in other areas of the University, however I have yet to see any news on plans to introduce ideas such of these to my place of study. I know for a fact, that I, and others, would most appreciate this courtesy being extended to our school, and support it wholeheartedly, not only to improve our time studying at BCU, but to improve the quality of life of students that would be negatively affected were these measures not introduced. In short, I, and several others, unequivocally support the motion suggested, and would move Heaven and Earth to the best of my ability to see them implemented.
    Jade Langton
    2:44pm on 5 Jun 23 The Students' Union has been continuing to collaborate with the university and engage stakeholders, including the EDI Team for the past 2 years, to implement policies supporting gender-neutral toilets. The forthcoming university staff Trans policy will further reinforce this commitment. The Student Experience Committee is actively pursuing updates on this matter, and efforts will be made to follow up with necessary information. In discussions with the university, considerations have been raised regarding the placement of gender-neutral toilets in buildings to ensure inclusivity for all individuals. The Students' Union acknowledges previous concerns about the comfort of Islamic women in relation to gender-neutral facilities and aims to address these concerns appropriately without compromising equality and inclusivity.