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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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student referenda

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When submitting your idea, please include the following context and content.

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  • Short reason for submission
  • Evidence in support of submission
  • When you would like it implemented by if passed by the UEA50 system

Once your submission has reached 20 votes it will be brought to either the UEA50 or one of its sub-committees according to it's topic.

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Deadline for submissions for the next UEA50 meeting on 24th October 2025 is 9AM 15th October 2025

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    NUS: in or out?

    Submitted 1 week ago by Christopher Kershaw Expires on 23 Dec
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      UEA(SU) should hold a referendum to decide if UEA(SU) remain members of the National Union of Students (NUS). Explainer The Student Union is a member of an organisation known as the National Union of Students (NUS). As with any democratic, representative body it is important that our members are willing and informed signatories of a national body that claims the legitimacy of our membership. It has been over five years since the last time our willing membership was reaffirmed, and it is a reasonable democratic standard to ask students if they wish to continue their association with NUS.
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