Motion to Adopt a Union Social Class Policy
📅 Passed: 24 Mar 2025
⏳ Expires: 24 Mar 2028
🎯 Area: Education / Wellbeing / Community
Union Council adapted a Social Class Policy; setting out the Union’s commitment to tackling socioeconomic inequalities on campus and nationally. It builds on existing policy mandating universal access to higher education.
Renationalise Go-Ahead Bus Routes
📅 Passed: 6 Feb 2025
⏳ Expires: 6 Feb 2028
🎯 Area: Community / National Affairs / Wellbeing
UCDSU advocates for the transfer of Go-Ahead-operated bus routes back to public ownership.
Union Housing Policy and Action Group
📅 Passed: 30 Sept 2024
⏳ Expires: 30 Sept 2027
🎯 Area: National Affairs / Wellbeing / Community
UCDSU has adapted a Housing Policy to guide advocacy efforts over the coming years and to establish a Housing Action Group to implement this policy.
Supporting Drug Decriminalisation and Cannabis Legalisation
📅 Passed: 17 Apr 2023
⏳ Expires: 17 Apr 2026
🎯 Area: National Affairs
Following strong student support in a consultative referendum, this motion mandates the SU to campaign for a health-based approach to drug use, advocating for the decriminalisation of all drugs and the legalisation of cannabis for both recreational and medical purposes.
Mandate for Gender Affirming Products
📅 Passed: 15 Apr 2024
⏳ Expires: 15 Apr 2027
🎯 Area: Wellbeing
Ensures ongoing provision of free gender-affirming products to support trans students.
Toilet Brushes at UCD
📅 Passed: 20 Feb 2024
⏳ Expires: 20 Feb 2027
🎯 Area: Wellbeing
UCDSU is mandated to call for improved hygiene standards, including providing toilet brushes in all campus bathrooms.
Data Collection for Accessibility Purposes
📅 Passed: 20 Nov 2023
⏳ Expires: 20 Nov 2026
🎯 Area: Wellbeing
UCDSU is mandated to collect data and insights to better understand and improve accessibility for students on campus, and to deliver better representation for these students.
Ban the Sale of Disposable Vapes
📅 Passed: 20 Nov 2023
⏳ Expires: 20 Nov 2026
🎯 Area: Wellbeing
UCDSU advocates for banning single-use disposable vapes in line with health and environmental concerns.
Consent Training
📅 Passed: 4 Nov 2024
⏳ Expires: 4 Nov 2027
🎯 Area: Wellbeing
UCDSU supports the delivery of inclusive consent education programmes for students in partnership with relevant campus and external bodies.
Motion to Maintain an Updated Trans Handbook
📅 Passed: 17 Feb 2025
⏳ Expires: 17 Feb 2028
🎯 Area: Wellbeing
UCDSU is mandated to maintain an up-to-date Trans Handbook; providing ongoing resources and support for trans and non-binary students.
Recognising and Encouraging Sunflower Lanyards
📅 Passed: 27 Jan 2025
⏳ Expires: 27 Jan 2028
🎯 Area: Wellbeing
UCDSU will endeavour to promote awareness and recognition of the sunflower lanyard system to support students with invisible disabilities across campus.