Policy
What is policy?
It can be either specfic practical actions, a viewpoint or principle. Policy can be submitted to the Student Summit, a student members meeting, to be voted on. If successful, the Executive Committee who are also responsible for representation and campaigning work, will work on its implementation.
Policy from May 2024
Palestine-Israel Policy - passed, see statement below
Ethical Financing and Investments Policy - passed, see statement below
Statement regarding May 2024 Policy from SU CEO, John Valerkou:
The policies from May 2024 have not been updated, but after their presentation to the trustee board of the Students' Union we have arranged a series of actions to oversee their implementation. This includes the creation of a support group, statements from the Executive Officer team, and the recruitment of student volunteers for an Ethical Financing Group which will meet alongside key SU staff members.
Lapsed policy
Hidden Disability - lapsed Apr 23
Mental Health and Well-Being - lapsed Apr 23
NUS Affiliation - lapsed Apr 23
Sustainability - lapsed Apr 23
Mental Health and Well-Being - lapsed Apr 22
Sustainability - lapsed Apr 22
Good Speech - lapsed Apr 22
NUS Affiliation - lapsed Apr 22
Accessibility and Signage, lapsed Apr 21
Drug Harm Reducation and Education, lapsed Apr 21
Hidden Disability, lapsed Apr 21
TEF Off - ARU Against Marketisation, lapsed Apr 21
Erasmus The Fight for Funding!, lapsed Apr 21
Meaningful Mental Health, lapsed Apr 21
Mental Health Campaign Rep, lapsed Apr 21
Equal Access to Education, lapsed Apr 21
Tackling Period Poverty and Menstrual Accessibility , lapsed Apr 21
Food Poverty, lapsed Apr 21
Protecting Student Sex Workers, lapsed Apr 21
Sustainability Awareness, lapsed Apr 21
Against Education Cuts, lapsed Apr 20
Against NHS Cuts, lapsed Apr 20
Brexit Policy: Impact on Education, lapsed Apr 20
Drugs Harm Reduction & Education, lapsed Apr 20
Equal Access to Education, lapsed Apr 20
Sustainability Awareness, lapsed Apr 20
Student Sex Workers, lapsed Apr 20
Trans Inclusion in Sport, lapsed Apr 20
Wheels in Motion, lapsed Apr 20
Meaningful Mental Health, lapsed Apr 20
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), lapsed Apr 20
Against Cuts to Education, lapsed Feb 19
Against NHS Cuts, lapsed Feb 19
Democracy Review A Year On, lapsed Feb 19
Equal Access, lapsed Feb 19
Gender Neutral Toilets, lapsed Feb 19
Increased Equality for Vegan Students, , lapsed Feb 19
Keep Wednesday Afternoons Free, lapsed Feb 19
Liberate the Curriculum,, lapsed Feb 19
Meaningful Mental Health Campaigns, lapsed Feb 19
Reduced Printing, lapsed Feb 19
Save Our Space, lapsed Feb 19
Teaching Excellence Framework, lapsed Feb 19
Trans not Trans*, lapsed April 18
Up Your Grants, lapsed December 18
We Love the Living Wage, lapsed December 18
Wheels in Motion, lapsed December 18
Against Cuts to Education, replaced 6 Feb 18
Against NHS Cuts, lapsed 16 Nov 17
An Environmental Students' Union, lapsed 6 Feb 14
ATM on Campus, lapsed 7 May 14
ATOS Off Our Campus, lapsed 19 Feb 15
ATOS-MAXIMUMS Off Campus, lapsed 4 May 16
Changing the Structure of Loan Payments, lapsed 18 Feb 16
Childcare Facility (Chelmsford Campus), lapsed 19 Feb 15
Close Inactive Clubs and Societies Accounts, lapsed 4 May 16
Course Reps and Postgraduate Research Reps Should Form Part of SU Constitution, lapsed 19 Feb 15
Cruelty-Free Cleaning and Personal Hygiene Products, lapsed 13 Nov 14
Environmental and Community Rep, lapsed 19 Feb 15
Free Wednesday Afternoon, lapsed 6 Feb 14
Gender Neutral Toilets, lapsed 6 Feb 14
Gender Neutral Toilets, lapsed 18 Feb 16
Gender Neutral Toilets, replaced 19 Feb 15
Gender Neutral Toilets, replaced 7 Feb 17
Gender Neutral Toilets, replaced 6 Feb 18
Girls on Tour, lapsed 6 Feb 14
Inactive-Ineffective Course Representatives, lapsed 7 May 14
Increase Recreation Facilities in Anglia Ruskin, lapsed 13 Nov 14
Increased Equality for Vegan Students, lapsed 16 Nov 17
Initiations, lapsed 7 May 14
Introducing Audio Recordings for Lectures with Little or No Visual Aids, lapsed 13 Nov 14
Introducing Audio Recordings for Lectures with Little or No Visual Aids, lapsed 18 Feb 16
Introduction of a Mature Students’ Rep, lapsed 4 May 16
Introduction of Portfolio Reps for Welfare-Liberation, lapsed 13 Nov 14
Investigating and Providing Access to Sport for Disabled Students, lapsed 19 Feb 15
It's Time to Talk Mental Health, lapsed 1 Dec 15
Keep Wednesday Afternoons Free, lapsed 16 Nov 17
Liberating the Curriculum, replaced 26 Apr 18
Lower Accommodation Costs, lapsed 1 Dec 15
More, lapsed 24 Apr 17
Microwave in the Canteen, lapsed 13 Nov 14
No Platform, lapsed 13 Nov 14
No Platform, lapsed 18 Feb 16
No Platform, replaced 18 Feb 15
NUS Extra Cards for Staff, lapsed 13 Nov 14
Postgraduate Research Student Representation System, lapsed 7 May 14
Postgradute Funding, lapsed 7 May 14
Relevant Names for Clubs and Societies at Anglia Ruskin University, lapsed 2 Apr 15
Save Our Space, replaced 7 Feb 17
Save Our Space, replaced 6 Feb 18
Secure Storage of Marked Assessments, lapsed 6 Feb 14
Specific Trans Student Reps, lapsed 18 Feb 16
Support the Living Wage, lapsed 18 Feb 16
Teaching Excellence Framework, replaced 6 Feb 18
Trans Participation in Sport, lapsed 12 Nov 13
Trans Participation in Sport, lapsed 13 Nov 14
Trans Participation in Sport, replaced 4 May 15
Trans Participation in Sport, lapsed 4 May 16
Up Your Grants, lapsed 16 Nov 17
Up Your Grants, replaced 17 Nov 16
We Want The Living Wage, lapsed 8 Feb 17
What a ‘Bloody’ Joke, lapsed 18 Feb 16
Where My Rent Went?, lapsed 23 Nov 16
Zero Tolerance to Sexual Harassment, lapsed 18 Feb 16
Zero Tolerance to Sexual Harassment, replaced 19 Feb 15
Unsuccessful policy
#BoycottNSS, unsuccessful 7 Feb 17
A Campus Wide Boycott of Coca-Cola, unsuccessful 20 Feb 14
Allies Matter, unsuccessful 9 Feb 16
ARU SU Clubs and Societies Fundraiser, unsuccessful 14 Nov 13
Divestment from Fossil Fuels, unsuccessful 14 Nov 13
Full and Part-Time Officer Accountability, unsuccessful 2 Dec 14
LGBT+ Participation in Sport, unsuccessful 24 Nov 15
Meat Free Monday, unsuccessful 14 Nov 13
No Platform, unsuccessful 19 Feb 15
Postgraduate Research Student Representation System, unsuccessful 7 Feb 13
Representation Voting Accountability, unsuccessful 3 Apr 14
Socially Responsible Investments, unsuccessful 25 Apr 16
Student Bar on the Cambridge Campus, lapsed 7 May 14
Unrestricted Elections, unsuccessful 25 Apr 16
The Spirit of Accountability - unsuccessful 16 May 24