Union Policy

This page lists all current SU policy as approved by Union Council. The student union abides by, and implements, these policy decisions. Currently, the SU has 223 active Council policies.

There are seven categories of policy:

Academic Issues (32 policies)
Activities and Activism (48 policies)
Communications (2 policies)
Democracy and Governance (37 policies)
Ethical and Environmental (32 policies)
Public Sector (5 policies)
Welfare (67 policies)

You can also check out:

Policy Precedent
Active Policy Archive

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ACADEMIC ISSUES

Year	Policy No.	Policy Name	What We've Done	Proposer	Renewed
2019	2430	Decolonise UEA
2019	2427	Defend Erasmus Funding		Roo Pitt
2019	2425	Transparency of Process and Communication for Associate Tutor Applications		Ben Pinsent
2019	2417	The real cost of being a student	Check back soon	Jenna Chapman
2019	2416	Proper Silent Spaces	Check back soon	Emma Moxon
2019	2411	Allow Associate Tutors to Supervise Dissertations at Undergraduate Level	Check back soon	Eddi Kernoghan
2019	2408	Making labs a better learning environment	Check back soon	Zinnia Bugg
2018	2338	Developing Teaching Skills program	Check back soon	Martin Marko
2018	2272	Library Book Loans	Check back soon	Roo Pitt	2019-2020
2018	2268	Investigating PGR Engagement with the Students’ Union	Check back soon	Madeleine Colledge	2019-2020
2018	2264	Meaningfully Tackling the BAME Attainment Gap at UEA	Check back soon	Thai Braddick	2019-2020
2017	2184	Going it Alone: Improving Dissertation Support	Check back soon	Madeleine Colledge	2019-2020
2017	2152	Employment Rights for PGs Who Teach	Check back soon	Madeleine Colledge	2019-2020
2017	2150	Academic Support at UEA	Check back soon	Mary Leishman	2019-2020
2017	2149	Student Finance	Check back soon	India Edwards	2019-2020
2017	2148	Transition at UEA	Check back soon	Cam Koosyial	2019-2020
2017	2026	Give students the right to fail	Check back soon	Theo Antoniou-Phillips	2018-2019
2016	1992	Assessment and Feedback	Check back soon	Theo Antoniou-Phillips	2018-2019
2016	1951	Market Reforms in Higher Education	Check back soon	Finn Northrop
2016	1897	Decent Conditions for HSC students on Placement	Check back soon	Juliet Donaghy	2019-2020
2016	1879	Lads in the Lab, Sexism in the Seminar	Check back soon	Philippa Costello	2019-2020
2016	1856	Why is my curriculum white?	Check back soon	Asia Patel	2019-2020
2016	1848	Prioritise Student Mental Health. Now! (NUS Motion)	Check back soon	Ruth Stone
2016	1835	Supporting the PAL Scheme	What have we done?	Hussam Hussein	2019-2020
2015	1823	Support HSC Students - keep the NHS bursary	What have we done?	Ruth Stone	2019-2020
2015	1772	Recorded Lectures and the use of technology	What have we done?	Jack Robinson	2019-2020
2015	1770	Time to sort out Organisation and Management	What have we done?	Connor Rand	2019-2020
2015	1744	Support when it is needed most	What have we done?	Dan Wrigglesworth	2019-2020
2015	1743	Student Fees Equality	What have we done?	Theo Antoniou-Philips	2019-2020
2015	1673	Merged schools	What have we done?	Connor Rand	2019-2020
2015	1669 (a)	Reduction of Taught Programme Modules	What have we done?	Liam McCafferty	2019-2020
2014	Emergency Motion	PG Loans	What have we done?	Liam McCafferty	2019-2020
2014	1602	Transforming the PG Student Experience	What have we done?	Liam McCafferty	2019-2020
2013	1358	Graduate students priced out of studying medicine	What have we done?	M Gabriel	2019-2020

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ACTIVITIES & ACTIVISM

Year	Policy No.	Policy Name	What We've Done	Proposer	Renewed
2020	2437	Student Rent & COVID: A Campaign Approach		Hamish Williams
2020	2436	Refund the tuition fee		Callum Perry
2019	2431	Adoption of official International Holocaust Remembrance		Daniel Burns
2019	2429	2429 Who Runs the World? GIRLS Womens+ History Month 2802		Sophie Atherton
2019	2423	Amendment to the bye-laws?4.22.3: Allow a delegated member of the postgraduate?committee to attend the Student Officer Committee		Ellie Nash
2019	2412	UEA SU-assistance in end of year on-campus/off campus accommodation collection	Check back soon	Rob Klim
2018	2270	End the Trade Federation Blockade of Naboo	Check back soon	Finn Northrop	2019-2020
2018	2269	Increasing our efficiency when supporting students lecturers and university staff	Check back soon	Finn Northrop	2019-2020
2018	2251	Sport for all	What have we done?	Camille Koosyial	2019-2020
2018	2247	Voter ID Pilots	What have we done?	Jack Robinson	2019-2020
2018	2196	Making good on the working class promise	Check back soon	Jordan Read	2019-2020
2018	2195	Norwich Stands Against 40 Days for Life	Check back soon	Madeleine Colledge	2019-2020
2017	2180	Defending and Supporting Direct Action	Check back soon	Abbie Mulcairn	2019-2020
2017	2084	UEA as a Sanctuary Campus	Check back soon	Lewis Martin	2018-2019
2017	2066	Reproductive Justice for All	Check back soon	Abbie Mulcairn	2018-2019
2017	2063	Only Fools and Horses: Stop the Student Debt Sell Off	Check back soon	Finn Norhrop	2018-2019
2017	2061	To develop and implement a framework setting out the responsibilities of University managment when engaging with student-led campaigns	Check back soon	Alison Graham	2018-2019
2017	2040	Diversifying our Student Staff	Check back soon	Malaika Jaovisidha	2018-2019
2016	2023	Affiliation to Students for Cooperation	Check back soon	Lewis Martin	2018-2019
2016	2008	Votes at Sixteen	Check back soon	Amy Rust	2018-2019
2016	2007	Say Yes to the NUS	Check back soon	Rhys Purtill	2018-2019
2016	2006	Remember - don't Repeat (White Poppies)	Check back soon	Finn Northrop	2018-2019
2016	1936	Shake your buckets!	Check back soon	Jack Robinson	2019-2020
2016	1935	It’s time to legalise Cannabis	Check back soon	Jack Robinson	2019-2020
2016	1925	Defend SUs	Check back soon	Connor Rand	2019-2020
2016	1922	Remain in the EU	Check back soon	Theo Antoniou-Philips	2019-2020
2016	1876	Protecting LGBT+ Refugees and Asylum seekers	Check back soon	Sharmin Hoque	2019-2020
2016	1875	Save Our Human Rights Act	Check back soon	Amy Rust	2019-2020
2016	1848	Solidarity with Migrants and Refugees (NUS Motion)	What have we done?	Chris Jarvis
2016	1840 & 1841	Student Sport at UEA Composite Resolution	What have we done?	D Morales	2019-2020
2015	1816	SWP Off Our Campus	What have we done?	Charlotte Earney
2015	1814	Provide the correct on campus facilities for Pool and Snooker club	What have we done?	Thomas Bulley	2019-2020
2015	1799	Come Fly With Me	What have we done?	Jonathan Gillespie	2019-2020
2015	1796	Let’s stand with our Junior Doctors	What have we done?	Connor Rand	2019-2020
2015	1768	Walk Out in Solidarity with International Students	What have we done?	Yinbo Yu	2019-2020
2014	1605	No to the Marketisation of Higher Education	What have we done?	Connor Rand	2019-2020
2014	1587	University/Union Partnership on sport at UEA	What have we done?	Yinbo Yu	2019-2020
2013	1400	Livewire Broadcasting on Union Premises:	What have we done?	Ross Attfield	2019-2020
2013	1183b	Defend the Right to Protest on Campus	What have we done?	SOC	2019-2020
2011	Emergency Motion	Students Supporting Strikes Should Not Be Disciplined	What have we done?	Chris Clarke	2019-2020

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COMMUNICATIONS

Year	Policy No.	Policy Name	What We've Done	Proposer	Renewed
2015	1709	Student media broadcasting in Union House	What have we done?	Rob Drury	2019-2020
2013	1419	Students are partners	What have we done?	Louise Withers-Green	2019-2020

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DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Year	Policy No.	Policy Name	What We've Done	Proposer	Renewed
2020	2438	Amending the bye-laws for disability representation- introduction of a disability officer (open place) PTO for 2021-22 and mandate for review		Laura Taylor
2020	2434	Change protected places on Postgraduate Committee to reflect student diversity
2020	2432	Adoption of Option A as our new Democratic Structure
2019	2428	Amendment to the byelaw 10: The budget definitions 2801		Alicia Perez
2019	2423	Amendment to the bye-laws?4.22.3: Allow a delegated member of the postgraduate?committee to attend the Student Officer Committee	Actioned	Matt Gallagher
2019	2419	Amendment to Policy 2406 (Amendment to the Bye-Laws)	Actioned	Afia Khan
2019		Emergency motion - uea(su) response to TEF independent review consultation	Check Back Soon	Jenna Chapman
2019	2388	Advice/Housing Development Oversight Board (An Amendment to the Bye Laws)	Check Back Soon	Georgina Burchell
2019	2406	Amendment to the Bye-Laws - An Officer for Black Students	Check back soon	Thai Braddick
2019	2410	Amendment to the bye-laws - Course rep and convenor	Check Back soon	Jenna Chapman
2019	2409	Don’t want to attend Council? Don’t sit on Council!	Check back soon	Jack Annand
2019	2370	NUS Conference Motion - Fund Free Education by Expropriation	Check back soon	Josh Cole-Hossain
2019	2369	NUS conference motion: Fund the Postgraduate Committee	Check back soon	Charlotte Hallahan
2019	2353	Policy Lapse Policy (An Amendment to the Bye-Laws)	Check back soon	Sophie Atherton
2018	2339	Make Societies Great Again (An Amendment to the Bye-Laws)	Check back soon	Roo Pitt
2018	2337	Transform International?Student?Assembly into a?Subcommittee (An amendment to the Articles of Associations and to the Bye-Laws)	Check back soon	Mohaned Alhasan
2018	2336	Tidying up UEA SU’s Bye-Laws (An Amendment to the Bye-Laws)	Check back soon	Sophie Atherton
2018	2335	Subcommittees That Work (An Amendment to the Bye-Laws)	Check back soon	Sophie Atherton
2018	2334	Oppose the Roll-out of Universal Credit?	Check back soon	Hannah Murgatroyd
2018	2333	Emergency Resolution: Limousines and GoPro Cameras!? Condemn the UEA Executive Team for their Abuse of Expenses	Check back soon	Hannah Murgatroyd
2018	2316	Censure of Postgraduate Education Officer	Check back soon	Lewis Martin
2018	2287	No to Endorsement Culture	Check back soon	Sophie Atherton
2018	2265	Academic Union Councillor reform	Check back soon	Daniel Box	2019-2020
2017	2152	Making the Role of SOC Sub Committees and Executives Clearer on Council: A Change to the Bye Laws	Check back soon	Madeleine Colledge
2017	2151	SU Code of Conduct (An Amendment to the Bye Laws)	Check back soon	Cam Koosyial
2017	2086	There'a no I in BME - change is easier together	Check back soon	Tarun Sridhar	2018-2019
2017	2082	Amendment to the Bye-Laws: Code of Conduct: theft from the Shop	Actioned	Any Rust
2017	2081	Amendment to the Bye-Laws:Code of Conduct, Disciplinary Panels and cases involving Trustees or Officers	Actioned	Amy Rust
2017	2069	Communication Breakdown	Check back soon	Adrian Moore	2018-2019
2017	2068	Democracy Squad: amendment to the Bye-Laws, changes to the Democratic Procedures Committee	Actioned	Amy Rust
2017	2065	Amendment to the Bye-Laws: threshold for Bye-Law changes	Actioned	Finn Northrop
2017	2059	Advertising the Leadership race more effectively to International Students	Check back soon	Malaika Jaovisidha	2018-2019
2017	2039 i.	Amendments to the Articles of Association and Bye Laws: Student Leadership Review	Not yet active: awaiting approval by The University and the Trustee Board	Amy Rust
2016	2025	More effective and democratic Council	Check back soon	Chris Ball	2018-2019
2016	2010	Motions made Easier	Integrated into procedures	Emily Cutler	2018-2019
2016	1991	Amendment to the Bye-Laws: Complaints Procedure	Actioned	Thomas Howard
2016	1983	Listening to Students	Check back soon	Amy Rust	2018-2019
2016	1978	Lets make Council more Effective	Check back soon	Charlotte Earney
2016	1937	Emergency Resolution: Creation of EU and non-EU International Officer Posts	Check back soon	Malaika Jaovisidha
2016	1914	Amendment to the Bye-Laws: A Strategy for PG Representation	Check back soon	Liam McCafferty
2015	1796a	On the beautiful Guillotine	What have we done?	Aaron Hood	2019-2020
2015	1724	Making Council more accessible	What have we done?	Asia Patel	2019-2020

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ETHICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Year	Policy No.	Policy Name	What We've Done	Proposer	Renewed
2020	2439	Universal Access to Medicines & COVID		Cinthu Vivehananthan
2020	2435	Whats really on the menu		Ellie Armstrong-Mortlock
2020	2433	Keep SU policy in University outlets
2020	2432	Divest Barclays SU Motion 2020-21
	2421	UEA on Ecosia	Check back soon	James Bell
2019		Emergency Motion: Striking for a future: Support the Climate Strike	Check back soon	Lewis Martin
2019	2414	uea(su) to demand that the university declares a climate emergency	Check back soon	Alice Wheatley
2017	2181	Meat Free Mondays	Check back soon	Rob Klim
2017	2164	Support the People and Planet Day of Action	Check back soon	Lewis Martin	2019-2020
2017	2043	Safe Student Sex	Check back soon	Jo Swo	2018-2019
2017	2040	Diversifying our Union staff	Check back soon	Maliaka Jaovisidha	2018-2019
2016	1989	Welfare of animals on campus	Check back soon	Daniel Newland	2018-2019
2016	1988	LED lighting in Union premises	Check back soon	Veronica White	2018-2019
2015	1802	No to Paper Library Receipts	What have we done?	Sam Jones	2019-2020
2015	1774	Union Procurement Policy	What have we done?	Chris Jarvis
2015	1753	Supporting student action on climate change	What have we done?	Helen Mallett	2019-2020
2015	1747	Water, water everywhere and nor any drop to drink	What have we done?	Alex McCloskey	2019-2020
2015	1746	#RefugeesWelcomeHere	What have we done?	Dan Wrigglesworth	2019-2020
2015	1714	In support of international law and human rights in Palestine	What have we done?	Alex Bustos	2019-2020
2015	1713	Decriminalising Sex Work	What have we done?	Holly Staynor	2019-2020
2015	1688	Dodgy Sugar in my dodgy Coffee (Starbucks and Tate&Lyle Boycott)	What have we done?	Sam Jones	2019-2020
2015	1671	'No More Nukes' - Support the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament	What have we done?	Josh Wilson	2019-2020
2015	1398	Amendments to Sun Boycott	What have we done?	Rachel Knott (amended by Asia Patel)	2019-2020
2015	1653	Ethical Investment Policy for UUEAS	What have we done?	Chris Jarvis	2019-2020
2015	Emergency Motion	Emergency Resolution Recycling	What have we done?	Heather Baker	2019-2020
2014	1636	Vegan Food	What have we done?	Vraj Patel	2019-2020
2014	1558	Sweatshop Free UEA - Electronics Watch	What have we done?	Rosie Rawle	2019-2020
2014	1515	Amendment to 1304 Fair Pay Campus	What have we done?	Chris Jarvis	2019-2020
2013	1436	No platform for unethical companies	What have we done?	Elliot Folan	2019-2020
2013	1398	Sun Boycott later amended to include Daily Star	What have we done?	Rachel Knott	2019-2020
2013	1393	Ethical Careers Fair	What have we done?	Elliot Folan	2019-2020
2013	1365	Ethical Banking Policy	What have we done?	Rosie Rawle	2019-2020
2013	1361	UUEAS and RBS	What have we done?	Rosie Rawle	2019-2020
2013	1285	Sustainable Transport (Amended)	What have we done?	Benjamin Brown	2019-2020
2005	659	Ethical Investment and Labelling (Nestle Boycott)	What have we done?	[Unknown]	2019-2020

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PUBLIC SECTOR

Year	Policy No.	Policy Name	What We've Done	Proposer	Renewed
2016	2022	Every Click I'll be watching you (computer surveillance)	Check back soon	Aaron Hood	2018-2019
2016	1980	Close Down Yarls Wood Detention Centre	Check back soon	Abbie Mulcairn
2015	1789	Don’t Judge The Jury	What have we done?	Yan Malinowski	2019-2020
2013	1396	Motion to Support Norfolk People's Assembly	What have we done?	Cal Corkery

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WELFARE

Year	Policy No.	Policy Name	What We've Done	Proposer	Renewed
2019	2426	Mental Health Toolbox for Councillors		Roo Pitt
2019		Emergency motion - UEASU for a People’s Vote	Check Back Soon	Sophie Atherton
2019	2387	We’re Bugging You: Equality and Diversity training for all Students Union Council Reps	Check Back Soon	Emilia Bugg
2019	2386	True accessibility is already there, we shouldn’t have to ask: Alternative text	Check Back soon	Emilia Bugg
2019	2390	Amendment to 2373 A Smoke-Free UEA	Check Back Soon	Lewis Martin
2019	2407	Give us peer support groups!	Check Back Soon	Thai Braddick
2019	2415	No to rent hikes	Check Back Soon	Thai Braddick
2019	2413	LGBT+ Policy	Check Back Soon	Liam Deary
2019	2372	Support the Fight for Marriage Equality in Northern Ireland	Check Back Soon	Georgina Burchell
2019	2374	A generation of lifesavers	Check Back Soon	Roo Pitt
2019	2373	A Smoke-Free UEA	Check Back Soon	Roo Pitt
2019	2355	SWP off our campus	Check Back Soon	Lewis Martin
2018	2303	Providing Benefit Information to Students	Check Back Soon	Hannah Murgatroyd
2018	2302	Make the SU Shop Accessible	Check Back Soon	Hannah Murgatroyd
2018	2301	Creating EDICt, a new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee	Check Back Soon	Thai Braddick
2018	2250	Care AND Car Parks	What have we done?	Lewis Martin	2019-2020
2018	2246	Financial support for disabled students	What have we done?	Emily Cutler	2019-2020
2018	2243	Responsible Alchohol Consumption	What have we done?	India Edwards
2018	2198	RPI'ing us off	Check Back Soon	William Richardson	2019-2020
2017	2182	Working to End Student – Staff Sexual Misconduct	Check Back Soon	Abbie Mulcairn
2017	2168	Making the library and LTS accessible again	Check Back Soon	Emily Cutler
2017	2167	First Bus? More like Worst Bus...	Check Back Soon	India Edwards
2017	2165	Cheap as Chips	Check Back Soon	Lauren Moreton
2017	2085	UEA Parking	Check back soon	Louise Rudd	2018-2019
2016	2028	Sanitary Products are not a Luxury	Check back soon	Abbie Mulcairn	2018-2019
2016	2009	Scrap Prescription Charges	Check Back Soon	Kate Snape	2018-2019
2016	1986	World Mental Health Day	Check back soon	Chris Ball	2018-2019
2016	1982	A Housing Policy that delivers for students	Check back soon	Amy Rust	2018-2019
2016	1958	Adequate Office for Nightline	Check back soon	Alyssa Girvan	2018-2019
2016	1933	Standing up for Survivors Abroad	Check back soon	Abbie Mulcairn	2019-2020
2016	1932	Tackling the Care Crisis	Check back soon	Juliet Donaghy	2019-2020
2016	1930	Student Friendly Parking	Check back soon	Emily Cutler	2019-2020
2016	1923	Identification Card Scheme	Check back soon	Malaika Jaovisidha	2019-2020
2016	1931	Student Sex Workers' Rights at UEA	Check back soon	Jo Swo	2019-2020
2016	1927	Flexible Leases for Postgraduate Students	Check back soon	Charlotte Earney	2019-2020
2016	1899	BME Inclusive Elections	Check back soon	Hussam Hussein	2019-2020
2016	1873	Unnecessarily gendered products	Check back soon	Amira Izeboudjene	2019-2020
2016	1848	Prioritise Student Mental Health. Now! (NUS Motion)	What have we done?	Jack Robinson
2016	1839	Stand By Me	What have we done?	Jo Swo	2019-2020
2015	1815	Guarantor Scheme	What have we done?	Theo Antoniou-Philips	2019-2020
2015	1812	Hepatitis C Awareness	What have we done?	Louise Rudd
2015	1800	Campaigning for a Title IX equivalent in the UK	What have we done?	Asia Patel	2019-2020
2015	1794	Standing up for Students that Stutter	What have we done?	Jo Swo	2019-2020
2015	1793	Student Mental Health- from Service to Strategy	What have we done?	Dan Wrigglesworth	2019-2020
2015	1792	Provention, Protection, Education	What have we done?	Emmanuel Agu	2019-2020
2015	1791	Wheels on Campus - making UEA more accessibility friendly	What have we done?	Jo Swo	2019-2020
2015	1790	Access to Personal Assistants or Carers Tickets	What have we done?	Kate Snape	2019-2020
2015	1779	Ace and Aro Awareness Week	What have we done?	Eliott Simpson	2019-2020
2015	1777	Union Access for All	What have we done?	Max Levene	2019-2020
2015	1741	Ending discrimination in the blood service	What have we done?	Dan Wrigglesworth	2019-2020
2015	1740	A Transgender and Non-Binary Students Policy for UEA	What have we done?	Elliot Folan	2019-2020
2015	1657	No to Islamophobia on Campus	What have we done?	Holly Staynor	2019-2020
2015	1656	Anti Counter Terrorism Bill	What have we done?	Holly Staynor	2019-2020
2015	1652	Student Housing Co-op	What have we done?	Helen Mallet	2019-2020
2014	1634	Equality in HE	What have we done?	Holly Staynor	2019-2020
2014	1633	Access is Not the Only Issue	What have we done?	Connor Rand	2019-2020
2014	1553	Don't let Loansharks Bite	What have we done?	Dan Wrigglesworth	2019-2020
2013	1443	Police in Union House	What have we done?	Bintu Foday	2019-2020
2013	1417	Provision of Halal and Kosher Food on Campus	What have we done?	Bintu Foday	2019-2020

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Policy Precedent

These are old policies that have expired, but are kept here to provide a non-binding indicator of student opinion.

2016	1836	Better Extenuating Circumstances for victims of sexual assault	What have we done?	Emily Cutler
2016	1838	Mummy's Ill - Better Extenuating Circumstances	What have we done?	Emily Cutler
2016	1929	Ableist Language Review	Check back soon	Emily Cutler
2013	1366	Funding of UEA Counselling Services	What have we done?	Kim Jenkins
2014	1604	An Accessible Campaign	What have we done?	Max Levene
2014	1608	Sleepy Time	What have we done?	Liam McCafferty
2018	2244	Tacking Invisible Disabilities	What have we done?	Emily Cutler
2013	1397	Motion to become a Zero Tolerance Union	What have we done?	Rachel Knott
2016	1898	Black History Month	Check back soon	Hussam Hussein
2014	1441	Fossil Free UEA	What have we done?	Benjamin Brown
2015	1674	Fair Trade University	What have we done?	Josh Wilson
2015	1754	Sombre-no: clarifying the equal opportunities policy	What have we done?	Asia Patel
2015	1755	Food Waste	What have we done?	Helen Mallett
2014	1526	We need some more girls in here' Women in Leadership	What have we done?	Rachel Knott
2014	1577	UUEAS: A Democratic Workplace	What have we done?	Josh Wilson
2015	1797	Automatic Voting Registration on Campus	What have we done?	Alex McCloskey
2015	1707	More than just a Rainbow Flag	What have we done?	Dan Wrigglesworth	2019-2020
2016	1880	Reclaim the Night in Norwich	What have we done?	Jo Swo	2019-2020
2018	2248	UEASU must recognise Holocaust Memorial Day and support Jewish students	What have we done?	jack Robinson	2019-2020
2018	2266	It’s More than Just a Space: Use of the Graduate Centre	Check back soon	Madeleine Colledge	2019-2020