Make-A-Change is a tool designed to allow you to submit your ideas through the website without having to wait for a set meeting! Any student can submit a Make-A-Change, like or dislike ideas and discuss their thoughts on the ideas currently submitted.
Make a Change is simple to use! If you've got an idea, all you need to do is log in to the site and access the tool below.
When you submit your idea, you'll need to make sure that it answers a few key questions:
Example Idea
Cash should be accepted as payment across campus Campus shops and catering outlets should accept cash as payment. Cash is still an accepted form of payment across the local area and is widely used for individuals in the service sector, with many international students relying on cash when they first move to the UK. The use of cash would make it more accessible for students access the outlets on campus, ensuring that they have access to food and drink throughout the days when they are on campus.
Once you're idea has been added to the site, other students can then 'like' or 'dislike' the idea, add comments and discuss their thoughts on what you're proposing.
Your proposal will need to have at least ten likes and ten likes more than dislikes within six weeks of posting.
What happens next?
If you've recieved the required likes on your idea, it will be taken to our Executive Committee (made of up of The SU Presidents and Forum Co-Chairs). They will first sort the ideas into beliefs and actions:
- Actions are ideas that can be easily implemented and do not require a wider student discussion;
- Beliefs are ideas that require more debate and discussion before it can be adopted.
The actions will be assigned to a President, student or relevant staff member to take forward and work on whereas the (three most popular) beliefs will be taken forward to the next Forum meeting!
At Forum, you will be able to present your idea and students can discuss and vote on the next course of action for your idea. They may:
- pass the idea;
- reject the idea;
- or request more information or evidence to support your idea.
If your idea is passed, an Executive Committee will meet to discuss the best course of action for the idea and assign a lead person to work on it!
You can contact The SU team to find out more about how Make a Change works.
Update
The below suggestions have mostly been submitted in the academic year 2023/24. If you want to find out more about Student Forum click here.
Make A Change