How does the Union decide what it believes in?

We often take a stance on key issues, both on and off campus. This can be a pledge to change something at the Union or a campaign to lobby for change at UCL or further afield.

Each policy starts with you. You can submit a policy proposal that will be debated at one of our three Policy Zones (Education Zone, Activities Zone, Welfare and Community Zone). Once passed at a Zone meeting, policies are then ratified by Union Executive. Our policies are set democratically, and are binding for two years.

You don’t need to be a member of a Policy Zone to submit an idea, and you don’t need to attend for it to be presented (the Chair can do so on your behalf). If you have an idea for a new policy or feel that we should amend one of our existing policies you should fill out the following form: https://studentsunionucl.org/forms/submit-idea

For more information on decision-making, you can view Amendments to Governing Documents which, when passed, form the Memorandum and Articles of Association and Bye-Laws.
Reference code Title Sort descending Lead officer Progress Origin Lapses
UP1921 Paid Teaching Opportunities for Doctoral Students Ongoing Union Executive
UP2211 Plant-based Food Policy President Ongoing Welfare & Community Zone
UP1813 Plastic Free Student Union Venues Ongoing
UP2202 Produce posters detailing emergency helplines and other support services to be put in toilet cubicles Completed Welfare & Community Zone
UP2107 Pronouns in Class Equity & Inclusion Officer Ongoing Education Zone
UP1904 Providing Subtitles for Students with Hearing Impairments Completed Education Zone
UP2204 Re-affiliation of RUMS Clubs Activities & Engagement Officer Completed Activities Zone
UP1903 Reduce Printing, Increase Digital Signage Completed Activities Zone
UP2006 Reduction of international student tuition fees Ongoing Education Zone
UP1914 Remote participation in SSCC meetings Completed Education Zone
UP2301 Scrutiny of Union Processes by Student Media Activities & Engagement Officer Ongoing Activities Zone
UP1916 Stop printing information brochures, resort to digital displays Completed Welfare & Community Zone
UP1908 Students Support the UCU Strike Completed Education Zone
UP1922 Students' Union UCL to be a pro-trans Union Ongoing Union Executive
UP2103 Students’ Union UCL Banking Completed Union Executive
UP2108 Support for UCU Strikes Education Officer Completed Union Executive
UP2209 Supporting Students in Sex Work Equity & Inclusion Officer Ongoing Welfare & Community Zone
UP2008 Supporting students in sex work Ongoing Welfare & Community Zone
UP2206 Supporting the campaign for a London-wide rent freeze Equity & Inclusion Officer Ongoing Welfare & Community Zone
UP2205 Sustainability Training President Ongoing Welfare & Community Zone
UP2003 Tackle Discrimination of Mature Students Ongoing Welfare & Community Zone
UP2208 The Union should bring all outsourced support staff at UCL in-house President Ongoing Welfare & Community Zone
UP2106 The Union should increase the number of days that students in UCL Halls of Residence are allowed overnight guests Completed Welfare & Community Zone
UP1917 The Union should openly promote Freedom of Speech and condemn malicious behaviour against students in the academic sphere aimed at stifling that right Completed Union Executive
UP1915 Toilet Transformation in the IOE Ongoing Welfare & Community Zone