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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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  • 29 score
    29 voters

    Campus Maps Online

    Submitted 3 years ago by Sophie Tully
    Passed
      4comments
      Finding rooms on any BCU sites can be a struggle. Having the complete floorplans of each floor in every building on the iCity app or website could help so much. Buildings such as Millennium Point are almost impossible to navigate especially for first year students. Even students who are familiar get confused. Having access to site maps that are updated regularly would be incredibly helpful.
    Ali Noorani
    6:02pm on 3 Mar 22 floor plans on the iBCU app would be really useful. The app could implement a feature like highlighting the room the student is supposed to be in by looking at their timetable. It could help many people be on time to lessons, especially to first years that are just getting around to learning the routes of the campus.
    Grace Reynolds
    10:51am on 21 Apr 22 This idea has been passed by the Officer team and they have agreed to work with our Marketing and Communications team on getting it implemented through the BCU website or app.
    Grace Reynolds
    10:42am on 31 May 22 Interactive campus maps were discussed at a series of University Transition workshops led by Julie McLeod so it could be something the University work on. We will know more when we get the feedback from the final workshop/
    Jade Langton
    2:46pm on 5 Jun 23 Current progress is that the campus maps have been uploaded onto icity, and the university and officer team is currently working hard to update out-of-date campus information and provide the most accurate and up-to-date information. The President had discussions with BCU Estates regarding the update of floor plans and their subsequent upload onto the app. However, it was noted that current difficulties exist as the floor plans cannot be zoomed in on the app. Nevertheless, efforts are being made to explore alternative options and find a viable solution to advance this idea.