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BIG BEN FOR DDO – It’s time for change
Twitter and Facebook: @BigBenForDDO
Priorities
- Improve the SU app
- Accessible democracy
- Better bus services
Experience
My experience lends itself to delivering on my wide-reaching manifesto.
- Politics Society President
- Democracy Exec Member
- SU Freshers’ Week Welcome Helper
- Passed a motion through ASM
- Host of a show on RAW
Better Bus Services
- Tackle bus overcrowding by lobbying Stagecoach to increase capacity
- Explore options to decrease prices and introduce a flexible payment plan
- Lobby for the return of convenient bus routes into Sydenham
- Fight for later services into Coventry to ensure all students can get home safely
Improve the SU App
- Simplify the app so it is no longer just an imperfect copy of the website
- Facilitate ticket transfers through the SU app
- Introduce a ticket tracker to easily check your purchases for SU events
- Advertise menus and specials at SU outlets on the app
- Streamline the process of joining societies and sports clubs on the app
A Convenient Campus
- Lobby for convenient storage lockers on campus
- Provide an on campus food bank donation point – which I have already secured a mandate for through ASM
- Continue the work of the existing sabbs to introduce sleeping pods
A More Convenient Campus
- Finally put a kettle in the postgraduate hub
- Install more water fountains across campus
- Make sure every new University building has purpose-built study spaces
Accessible Democracy
- ASM information sessions before every deadline to make sure the process is explained
- Easy-to understand policy-making descriptions and graphics to show how your ideas become policy
- Better publicised ‘Be the Candidate’ sessions so our SU reflects our diverse community
Increasing Turnout
- Work with candidates to put together achievable manifestos ahead of elections
- Harness the reach of societies to promote elections and encourage more participation
- Consistent efforts to better explain SU democracy so it’s easier to engage with
Working for Everyone
- Clearly publishing dietary requirements and allergens on all SU menus
- Making sure international students still receive support in the new Welcome Week
- Ensure gender neutral toilets in all University buildings
- Cheaper hot water in outlets on campus
- Fight for better vegetarian and vegan options in Rootes Grocery Store to match the range in SU outlets
It’s time for change
BIG BEN FOR DDO