STUDENTS COUNCIL. 5pm Thursday 23 rd March 2017 Agenda. Introduction and Welcome. Apologies. Approval of previous Council Minutes

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1 5pm Thursday 23 rd March 2017 Agenda Introduction and Welcome Introduction by Council Chair Apologies Apologies provided before the meeting. Approval of previous Council Minutes Updates on actions from previous meetings. Report from the President A chance to question the President on their report (attached). Ideas submitted as Policy Hygiene for Homelessness Divest for Palestine Pay All Working Students the National Living Wage Any Other Business As notified to Council Chair Final Message from Chair

2 Key Attendance List P Present Apols Apologies submitted Name Position / School President / Development Committee Council Meeting Nov Feb Mar Phoebe Dearden Chair of Council P P P Sana Iqbal President P P P Tasmia Salim Education Officer P Ed Evans Activities and Participation Officer P P P Renaye Roberts-Sinclair Campaigns Officer P P P Hannah Mason Media Officer P P P Anam Riaz Black and Minority Ethnic Representative P P P Hajar Alsafani Women s Representative P P Bhakti Vaidya International Representative P Apols Ollie Nield Trans Representative Apols Apols P Samantha Edwards Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Representative P P Position Vacant Environmental and Ethics Representative Emili Peake Postgraduate Representative P P P Richard Crake Disability Representative P P P Tayeb Mahmood Open Council Representative Apols P Apols James Hofstetter Open Council Representative Apols Apols Apols Fatima Awil Open Council Representative P P Apols Aalishaa Azam Open Council Representative Apols Apols P Aimee Turner Open Council Representative P P P Mike Floyd Burney Forum Representative Apols P Rosina Gordon School of Business Apols P Chloe Tse Ying Ng School of Management Apols Apols Apols Suntosh Kaur School of Social Work, Care and Community P P P George Swiers Lancashire Law School Apols P P Sara-Jane Patterson Centre of Excellence in Learning and Teaching P Reece Doonan School of Nursing Apols Alix Coole-Varlow School of Community Health and Midwifery P P Martin Ball School of Health Sciences Apols Alyson Douglas School of Sport and Wellbeing P P Megan Reynolds School of Psychology Apols Keeley Whitehead School of Forensic and Applied Sciences Apols P Nare Gusman School of Physical Sciences and Computing Michael Isaacs School of Engineering P P P 2

3 Fadi Obaid School of Art, Design and Fashion Callum Taylor School of Film, Media and Performance P P P Michaela D Mello School of Journalism, Language and Communication Shannon Bartholomew School of Humanities and the Social Sciences Serena Patel School of Medicine Position Vacant School of Dentistry Ali Miah School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences Apols Apols Rebecca Nixon Sports Development Comm. (Outdoor Pursuits) Apols Position Vacant Sports Development Comm. (Martial Arts) Zoe Chambers Sports Development Comm. (Indoor Sports) Apols Apols Apols Position Vacant Sports Development Comm. (Indoor Sports) Sophie Taylor Sports Development Comm. (Field Sports) Apols Rory McCormack Sports Development Comm. (Field Sports) Stewart Riley Societies Development Comm. (Faith) P Apols Bradley Procter Societies Development Comm. (International) P Apols Joe Young Sports Development Comm. (Political and Campaign) P P P Samantha Fogg Societies Development Comm. (Creative) P P P Aadil Kapadia Societies Development Comm. (Interest) P P P Steven Gough-Kelly Societies Development Comm. (Academic) Apols P P X students also were in attendance. 3

4 President s Report Topic OFFA Agreement Commuter students What I ve done so far Working with the University to write the OFFA Access Agreement 2018/19. This is an agreement introduced by HEFCE when the 9k fee rises happened I attended the Access All Areas conference in Manchester and got lots of ideas of how to improve student experience for what University of Manchester describes as Off Campus Students App/system for students I wrote a report for the Student Experience Committee with the following recommendations in relation to commuting students: For the Students Union to review car parking and child care on campus and find solutions to improve the student experience. For the University to collect information about whether a student commutes upon enrolment and share this information with the Students Union to improve segmentation and targeting information to those students. These recommendations were agreed and I will now be working with Academic Registry and staff within the SU to put these recommendations into actions. Burnley Campus Issues Masterplan Burnley students have complained about access to sports facilities. Myself and Gareth have been working very closely with the Vice Principal at Burnley to resolve the issues. Students at Burnley who require the gym for academic use now have full access to the new sports facilities at dedicated slots. We are continuing to work with the College to provide recreational gym facilities for all UCLan students. Oasis Consultation I spent a day consulting with students in the pop up shop about the layout and design of the new Oasis Faith Centre. The plans have now been approved by the project board. All comments made at the consultation have been logged and will be reported in due course pending further stages of the project. Q&A for all students Another successful session with various staff from the University in attendance. Next session is booked for 3 rd April 2pm. Student Voice I ve now successfully mapped out exactly how the Student Voice project will begin. There will be a series of workshops towards the end of this year with Students, Staff both in the SU and the University to review current feedback mechanisms of student voice and identify best practice across the University. 4

5 Ideas as Policy Policy Title Votes Proposed By Policy (if passed) Policy Lapse Date Hygiene for Homelessness Divest for Palestine Pay All Working Students the National Living Wage Votes (Likes 86, Dislikes 3) Votes (Likes 72, Dislikes 16) Votes (Likes 58, Dislikes 3) Hanna Latif Lobby the University to actively engage in the community to help students and people that impacted by homelessness Develop links to external organisations that help the homeless in Preston and provide volunteer opportunities for students Anam Riaz As students at UCLan, we want the University to commit to divesting from companies which A) Support, or are complicit in Israel s occupation of Palestinian territory due to their involvement in Israel s settlement industry, economic exploitation of the Palestinian people and their land and resources, or the control of the Palestinian population. B) Supply weapons, equipment or services to the Israeli military. In support of our Palestinian students here at UCLan, this idea calls for UCLan SU to stand in solidarity with NUS National Executive Council, NUS Black Students Campaign, NUS Scotland and the other 30+ Student Unions across the UK who have all passed motions in support of the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) campaign. Richard Crake To introduce the National Living Wage as a minimum wage to all of the UCLan Students Union staff. TO be implemented by either the next tax year, or academic year To lobby the University of Central Lancashire to adopt this policy for student staff 23/03/ /03/ /03/2020 Amendment: Submitted by Renaye Roberts- Sinclair. This amendment is to replace the both of the above points. The Students Council requests that on an annual basis the Trustees of the Union review the ability of the Union to 5

6 put into practice the commitment in the Union Plan. When the Union bids for funds to other organisations, it seeks to obtain funding for student staff opportunities on a Living Wage basis. The Union should continue to never offer unpaid internships and take an ethical approach to employment of interns and student placements to ensure that they are fairly rewarded for their contributions. Other Ideas that have passed: The following Ideas have passed and will be taken to the relevant staff department as decided by Council Chair Turnitin 72 Hour Advanced Upload Policy Proposal (Votes 51, Likes 49) Minimum 24 Hour Advanced Blackboard Upload Policy (Votes 53, Likes 51) Lockers for Commuting Students (Votes 53, Likes 51) The Option to Get Our Exam Papers Back (Votes 65, Likes 60) Optional Screening for Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Issues (Votes 48, Likes 6) Ideas that did not receive enough votes: The Students Union to Encourage Student Business and Entrepreneurship (Votes 26, likes 22) Pay Student Staff Weekly Again (Votes 45, likes 34) 6

7 Meeting Action Points Agenda Item Approval of Council Action Points from 18 th January 2017 Report from President Hygiene for Homelessness Divest for Palestine Pay All Working Students the National Living Wage (Amendment) Pay All Working Students the National Living Wage Actions Council voted to confirm the minutes from the last meeting as a true and accurate representation of the meeting s contents. Sana delivered her report to Council. This Idea was approved and has become Union Policy. Votes 24, For 23, Against 1 This Idea was approved and has become Union Policy. Votes 24, For 9, Against 4, Abstain 11 This Idea was approved and has become Union Policy. Votes 21, For 14, Against 4, Abstain 3 This Idea did not receive enough votes for it to become Union Policy. Votes 23, For 18, Against 2, Abstain 3 7

8 Voting Record Name Approval of Council Action Points from 18 th January 2017 Hygiene for Homelessness Divest for Palestine Amendment to Pay All Working Students the National Living Wage Pay All Working Students the National Living Wage Sana Iqbal No vote For For For No vote Ed Evans For For Abstain For For Renaye Roberts- Sinclair No vote No vote No vote No vote For Hannah Mason For For Abstain For For Anam Riaz For For For For Abstain Hajar Alsafani No vote For For No vote For Bhakti Vaidya No vote For For No vote For Ollie Nield For For Abstain Against Abstain Emili Peake For For Abstain For For Richard Crake For For Abstain For For James Hofstetter No vote Against Against For For Aalishaa Azam No vote For For For For Fatima Awil No vote For For For For Aimee Turner For For For Against For Suntosh Kaur For For For For Against George Swiers For For Abstain Against For Alix Coole-Varlow For For Abstain For Against Michael Isaacs For For Against For For Ali Miah No vote For For For For Callum Taylor For For Abstain Abstain For Bradley Proctor No vote For Abstain No vote For Joe Young For For Against Against No vote Samantha Fogg For For Abstain Abstain For Aadil Kapadia For For Abstain Abstain Abstain Steven Gough- Kelly For For Against For For 8