Students' Union Policies


What is it?

Policy is made by debating and passing a motion though Student Council, the annual student meeting or referendum. Bye-Law amendments are also proposed, debated and passed in the same way.

Policy outlines what the Students' Union’s stance on a particular issue and what actions the Students' Union should take to attempt to resolve it.

The Officer Lead is the Elected Officer who is working on the policy. You can contact them for more information or to get involved in working to achive the policy. This page will be regularly updated and Officers will report back on progress at Student Council, where you can also ask them questions about policy.

QMSU also has embedded policies, which are policies that have been active for more than two years and which Student Council has voted to make permanent. You can find these at the bottom of this page.

Our policies are debated and passed at our Annual Members Meeting or by our Student Council, find out more and submit your own ideas for change below.

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  • All Policies

Active Policies:


Policies
Free legal guidance on name change for trans students

Date lapsed: March 2025

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Policies
QM Name Change Policy

Date lapsed: February 2024

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Policies
QMSU should lobby the University to distribute free menstrual products on campus

Date lapsed: October 2025

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility welfare

 
Policies
The Union should introduce sustainability training for all SU staff

Date lapsed: October 2025

sustainability

 
Policies
Should QMSU Lobby QMUL to install sanitary bins in all male toilets around campus?

Date lapsed: October 2025

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Policies
Impartial Pastoral Care

Date lapsed: February 2024

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Policies
Should the SU lobby the University to abolish the £50 instalment fee for international students?

Date lapsed: February 2024

education Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Policies
QMSU should publicly acknowledge it's own issues of racism and lobbying for the Uni to do the same

Date lapsed: November 2025

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility SU operations and development

 
Policies
QMSU should lobby the University to provide subtitling on Qreview videos

Date lapsed: November 2023

education

 
Policies
QMSU should declare a climate emergency, and lobby the University to do the same

Date lapsed: October 2025

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility SU operations and development

 
Policies
QMSU should lobby the University to improve the accessibility of affordable student housing

Date lapsed: October 2023

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Policies
Talk about Discrimination and Harassment

Date lapsed: March 2025

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
 


Embedded Policies:


Embedded Policies
Toilets to have provisions for the purchase and disposal of individual sanitary products

Date embedded: October 2025

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Should all staff and student officers include their name pronunciation in their email signature?

Date embedded: October 2025

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Embedded Policies
All Queen Mary Students' Union staff should undertake suicide awareness training

Date embedded: October 2025

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility welfare

 
Embedded Policies
Disability Awareness Week

Date embedded: December 2022

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Embedded Policies
Clarity and Communication for Postgraduate Research Students

Date embedded: December 2022

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
No crown on BL clothes

Date embedded: March 2022

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Should QMSU live-stream student council and AMMs?

Date embedded: March 2022

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
The Union should set indicative dates for Student Council & AMM

Date embedded: March 2022

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Should the SU establish an anti-Semitism awareness month?

Date embedded: March 2022

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Embedded Policies
Should the Union’s Executive Committee Vet Student Group Affiliations and External Bookings?

Date embedded: February 2022

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Should the Union send the agenda to all students?

Date embedded: February 2022

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Should the BLSA Association President attend the College Council?

Date embedded: February 2022

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Should the Union Diversify the Food Choice on Campus?

Date embedded: February 2022

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Should the SU reserve the Blomeley Rooms from 12:30pm to 2pm for Friday prayer?

Date embedded: February 2022

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Should the Union label Vegetarian and Vegan Food in all of its Outlets?

Date embedded: February 2022

SU operations and development sustainability

 
Embedded Policies
Should the Union play Quest Radio in all Outlets?

Date embedded: February 2022

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Election financial incentives

Date embedded: February 2022

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Rites of Passage should be held in St Paul’s Cathedral again this year

Date embedded: October 2021

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Provide training and perks to BL non-reps

Date embedded: October 2021

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
QMSU should pay student staff for compulsory training

Date embedded: October 2021

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Should the union impose a ban on songs that stigmatise, glamorise or minimise mental illnesses?

Date embedded: October 2021

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Embedded Policies
Should QMSU change references of BME to BAME?

Date embedded: November 2021

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Embedded Policies
Profit free periods

Date embedded: February 2020

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Embedded Policies
Student-led Welcome Fair Allocation

Date embedded: February 2020

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Large Print and Braille Menus in Union Premises

Date embedded: February 2020

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Embedded Policies
Union to standardise grab and go prices

Date embedded: February 2020

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Disabled & SLD - Setting a higher standard

Date embedded: February 2020

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Embedded Policies
Should the Union have student council on different days in the week?

Date embedded: November 2019

SU operations and development

 
Embedded Policies
Should the Union celebrate Islamophobia Awareness Month every year?

Date embedded: November 2019

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Embedded Policies
Compulsory attendance of Student Organisation committee members to consent workshops

Date embedded: November 2019

Liberation - inclusion - accessibility

 
Embedded Policies
Should students donate unwanted items?

Date embedded: February 2020

sustainability