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Democracy

Understand how you can get involved in UEASU’s democratic processes and decision-making.

democracy at uea(su)

uea(su) is a democratic membership organisation. What this means, is that our members direct what we do. We are run by students for students. To allow this to happen, we have various structures and meetings in place to enable our members; students, to direct us. The highest democratic decision-making body at uea(su) is the UEA50.

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  • When you would like it implemented by if passed by the UEA50 system

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    PTO Invisible Disabilities Officer Terminology

    Submitted 2 days ago by Matilda Nunn Expires on 14 Dec
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      UEA are already doing really well representing disabilities, being one of the few universities that have separate visible and non-visible disability positions. The term "non-visible disabilities" is recommended by DPTAC and the UK Government Disability Unit over "hidden" or "invisible" as the most neutral and accurate terminology. 'Invisible' can indicate the disability does not exist, and 'hidden' can indicate the disability is being deliberately concealed, implying it is something to be ashamed of. To make UEA more representative, updating the PTO invisible disability post name with different terminology may be an idea worth pursuing to bring UEA completely in line with the best disability practices. The only downside of this would be that non-visible may be slightly less familiar than invisible, but I believe clarity and inclusivity outweighs this.
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