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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, made up of fifty randomly-selected students each term.

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Submit your idea to the UEA50 system below

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

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

You will then be contacted by our team to fill in a more detailed document - please make sure you return this to the team as it will be brought to the meetings for discussion.

This page is for new UEA50 ideas: If you'd like to create a new society, or see what new societies are being proposed, please submit your idea here.

The deadline for submissions for the next UEA50 is 12th May 2026 at 12pm.

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Submit your idea here and we will bring it to the next UEA50 or the relevant subcommittee. If you like an idea, you can upvote it but ideas will be taken through UEA50 system regardless.

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Reduce the number of minimum members for societies from 20 to 15.

Submitted 3 months ago by Alex Platt Expires on 26 Apr

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Certain societies, particularly cultural ones, may not be large in size but are very important for the communities they represent. The minimum 20 members rule places an unnecessary pressure on these societies and thus is damaging for student communities at UEA.

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Name of proposal	Assigned Subcommittee	Status	Date taken to the UEA50
Restructure of Student Officer Roles at uea(su)	UEA50	Approved	13/02/26
Establishment of a Care Experienced and Estranged Students (CEES) Part-Time Officer	UEA50	Amended and partially approved (view minutes for clarification)	13/02/26
Sportspark booking access for societies	Societies and Sports Clubs Subcommittee	Pending	TBD
NUS: In or Out?	UEA50	Rejected	24/10/2025
The SU to stand against the stocking of Nestle products at the shop	UEA50	Passed	24/10/2025
PTO Invisible Disabilities Officer Terminology	UEA50	Passed	24/10/2025