Vote now
It’s your chance to decide what RUSU should campaign on for the next 2
years.
To see more about each of the ideas click on ‘manifesto’ when you go
to vote.
Voting is open from 10am Monday 17th May until 5pm Friday
21st May.
If you have a new idea
submit it to Change It.
Recent Results
Each term, students submit ideas for what RUSU should do. Campaign and
Policy ideas are voted on in an All Student Vote. The Spring 2021
Change It vote was held between 8th to 12th February 2021.
4 ideas competed as Campaign ideas. Up to two ideas can pass, if they
achieve over 200 ‘winning’ votes.
360 students voted in a single transferrable vote system. The results
for each idea (in the first round of the preferendum) were as follows;
- RUSU to lobby the university for free printing credit (213)
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RUSU to lobby the university to introduce a placement bursary for PG
students (112 – excluded at stage three)
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RUSU to lobby the university to roll over meal plans in catered
halls (21 – excluded at stage two and votes transferred)
-
RUSU to lobby the university to change search engine to Ecosia (11 -
excluded at stage one and votes transferred)
This means that the following ideas passed as they achieved the 200
‘winning’ vote threshold;
- RUSU to lobby the university for free printing credit
Suggest your own ideas at Change It!
If a campaign idea is passed by Student Voice, it will be sent to an
All Student Vote where our members, the students registered at the
University of Reading, will decide which campaign idea should win. An
unlimited number of campaign ideas can go to an All Student Campaign
Vote at the same time.
RUSU uses an STV (Single Transferable Vote) system for Change It
campaign votes because it provides you with the most choice and
influence. When voting, you can list the campaign ideas by order of
preference (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) and you can vote for as many or as few
ideas as you like.
There are two winning campaigns. RUSU will treat the winning campaigns
as priority campaigns for two years or until the campaign aims have
been achieved, whichever is the soonest.
CAMPAIGN VOTE – MINIMUM VOTING THRESHOLD
For a Campaign Vote to be valid, an individual idea must receive a
minimum of 200 ‘winning’ votes. A maximum of 2 ideas can
be passed during each voting period. The winning campaigns are those
with the most votes.
ALL STUDENT POLICY VOTE
If a policy idea is passed by Student Voice, it will be sent to an All
Student Policy Vote where the student body will decide whether it
should become RUSU Policy. Unlimited number of policy ideas can go to
an All Student Policy Vote at the same time.
All Student Vote on a policy idea will be conducted by a cross-campus
ballot. When voting, voters can vote either for, against or abstain
for each policy idea.
RUSU will adopt any passed policy ideas for two years, after which the
policy expires. If a student wishes to renew a policy after it
expires, then they must submit an idea to renew the policy via the
usual Change It process.
POLICY VOTE – MINIMUM VOTING THRESHOLD
For a Policy Vote to pass, it must receive a minimum of 200
‘for’ votes and more students must vote ‘for’
the policy than ‘against’ it.
An unlimited number of policies can pass in each round.
All current students at the University of Reading should be able to
vote in Change It If you're having problems voting, please email
changeit@rusu.co.uk.
3 ideas competed as Campaign ideas. Up to two ideas can pass, if they
achieve over 200 ‘winning’ votes.
230 students voted in a single transferrable vote system. The results
for each idea were as follows:
Air-drying facilities for laundry on campus (99)
Improve sports facilities on campus (147)
Online campus building maps (157)
This means that none of the ideas passed as none achieved the 200
‘winning’ vote threshold.