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Welfare & Community Zone

Contents:

International Student Welfare and Justice4Sanaz Proposed by: Shruti Iyer & Rachel Williams Date: 14/01/14

Hollaback! ULU Proposed by: Rachel Williams Date: 14/01/14

Orthodox Christian Proposed by: Nikolas Jovcic-Sas Date: 14/01/14

Re-Launch and Expansion of Draw Your Own Lines Proposed by: Shanice McBean Date: 14/01/14

Support the #copsoffcampus:National Day of Action Proposed by: Jamie Sweeney, Cedrick Kavanagh & Shruti Iyer Date: 10/12/13

Against the NHS Levy Proposed by: Sebastiaan Debrouwere, Shruti Iyer Date: 29/10/13

Support UCU, Unison & Unite Strike Action Proposed by: Samir Karnik Hinks Date: 29/10/13

Demonstration against KCL Delay Implementing Living Wage Proposed by: Samir Karnik Hinks Date: 29/10/13

Support the 3 Cosas Campaign Proposed by: Michael Di Benedetto Date: 29/10/13

Support the Students Assembly against Austerity Proposed by: Michael Di Benedetto Date: 29/10/13

KCL Accessibility Information Proposed by: Alex Holland Date: 29/10/13 KCLSU Disabled Access Information Proposed by: Alex Holland

To Call on KCL to Reject the G4S Bid Proposed by: Alberto Torres, Aysha Al-Fekaiki, Lawrence Taymani, Rohan Malik, Nadine Almanasfi, Dean Forrester Date: 29/10/13

Condemnation of ULU’s Remembrance Day Resolution Proposed by: Henrique Laitenberger, Benjamin Judge Date: 29/10/13

Previous ULU Grant Ring Fencing for Students Proposed by: Sebastiaan Debrouwere Date: 29/10/13

Improve KCL Living Bursary Proposed by: Ben Wood, Jamie Sweeney, Robbie Hirst, Sebastiaan Debrouwere, Nikolas Jovčić-Sas, Rachel Williams, Alberto Torres, Liam Jackson Date: 12/11/13

Improve KCL and KCLSU Ethical Investment Policy Proposed by: Alberto Torres & Liam Jackson Date: 12/11/13

Remove Lord Carey’s Image Proposed by: Robbie Hirst (Council Chair) Date: 12/11/13

Right to Pray Campaign Proposed by: Areeb Ullah, Shaheen Sattar, Ismail Jeilani, Ahmed Al-Jabir, Umair Khan Date: 12/11/13

Ban ‘Blurred Lines’ Proposed by: Rachel Williams & Cameron Bray Date: 28/11/13

Liberation Support Proposed by: Rachel Williams, Cedrick Kavanagh, Shruti Iyer, Solomon Olukoya, Alex Holland, Sebbastiaan Debrouwere Date: 28/11/13

Real Term Interest rates Proposed by: Ahmed Al-Jabir Date: 28/05/13

Against Private Halls Proposed by: Fran Allfrey Date: 28/05/13

Solidarity With Sussex Proposed by: Shanince Octavia Mcbean Date: 26/03/13

Greater Sex and Gender Equality for All Proposed by: Keshi Chung Date: 26/03/13

Support for Young Disabled People in Widening Participation Proposed by: Keshi Chung Date: 26/03/13

Improving Disability Facilities in KCL Libraries Proposed by: Keshi Chung Date: 26/03/13

Welfare Provision Proposed by: Student Officers Date: 14/03/13

Potential Hazards On And Around Campus Proposed by: Durr-e Maknoon Tariq Date: 14/03/13

Housing Quality Assurance Proposed by: Will Judd Date: 14/03/13

Recycling In Halls Proposed by: Will Judd Date: 14/03/13

Funding Crisis for Graduate Medical And Dental Students Proposed by: Faisel Alam Date: 26/02/13

Multi-Faith Room Proposed by: Areeb Ullah Date: 26/02/13

Food Pricing On Campus Proposed by: Durr-e Maknoon Tariq Date: 7/02/13

Faith Food Provision on Campus Proposed by: Paul Orlean-Taub Date: 29/01/13

Smoking on Campus Proposed by: Jean-Pieere Laake Date: 29/01/13

Syrian Students Proposed by: Areeb Ullah Date: 17/01/13

Condom Provision Proposed by; Lydia Gray Date:17/01/13

LGBT Sensitivity Training Proposed by: Natalie Reidy Date:4/12/12

Assault on Campus Proposed by: Shanice Octavia McBean Date: 20/11/12

Lord Carey Proposed by: Ben Jackson Date: 23/10/12

Disabled Access Proposed by: Keshi Chung Date: 23/10/12

KCL Health Centre Waiting Time Proposed by: Thomas Clayton Date: 28/02/12

Liberation Room Proposed by: LGBT Officers Date: 13/12/11

Eco-Hand Dryers Proposed by: Hannah Barlow Date: 13/12/11

Trans*ByDegree Proposed by: Michael Fanner Date: 13/12/11

Provision of Female Hygiene Facilities Proposed by: Fran Allfrey Date: 1/11/12

Liberation History Months Proposed by: Ana Sofia da Silva Date: 1/11/13 International Student Welfare and Justice4Sanaz Motion

Proposed by: Shruti Iyer, Rachel WIlliams

Student Number: 1213362

Zone: Welfare & Community Zone

Policy Lapse: 2 years

This Union notes: 1. The coalition government’s mandate to “get tough” on immigration has caused a decline in the quality of support given to International Students across the country. 1 2. We are also seeing more reported cases of International students facing racism and xenophobia. 2 3. A number of universities have resorted to xenophobic tactics to check the attendance of International students. 3 4. The Justice4Sanaz campaign is working to support Sanaz Raji, a former student at Leeds University.

This Union Believes: 1. All International students should be treated with respect. o This includes providing proper academic support as well as taking the welfare of International students into consideration. o This also means that International students should not have to face racism or xenophobia when dealing with their educational institutions. 2. All students, including International students, should be able to challenge their university if they feel that it is not meeting the right academic standards or providing the right support. 3. All students, including International students, should be able to see the aforementioned enquiries through to their completion. 4. Raji’s scholarship was unfairly revoked after a dispute with the Institute of Communications Studies. More details on this case can be found in the accompanying notes.

This Union Resolves: 1. To commit to working with the International Student Association to provide better welfare and support for International students at all levels of study (undergraduate, postgraduate etc). 2. To lobby the college to ensure that the method of monitoring attendance of International students for visa purposes is clearly stated on the King’s College London website and during enrolment. 3. To provide current and prospective International students with more information on visa changes and requirements.

1 “London Metropolitan University to launch legal action against UK Border Agency (From The Telegraph).” The Telegraph. Web. 7 Jan 2014. < http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9519476/London- Metropolitan-University-to-launch-legal-action-against-UK-Border-Agency.html/>

2 "Student stabbed in face in racist attack (From The Argus)." The Argus. Web. 7 Jan. 2014.

3 Matthews, David. "Biometric scanners used to keep tabs on overseas students." Times Higher Education. Web. 7 Jan. 2014. . 4. KCLSU officially supports the Justice4Sanaz campaign, which aims to ensure that Sanaz Raji’s visa is extended so that she is able to legally reside in the United Kingdom until her case with the OIA is completed. 5. KCLSU to lobby NUS to support the Justice4Sanaz campaign.

Hollaback! ULU Motion

Proposed by: Rachel Williams

Student Number: 1213362 Zone: Welfare & Community Zone

Policy Lapse: 2 years

This Union notes: 1. Hollaback! ULU is a London wide cross campus program to tackle sexual harassment on campuses. 2. Of the respondents to the Hollaback! ULU survey who were students at King’s, o 71% had experienced or witnessed harassment on and/or around campus venues, halls and/or educational buildings within the last year. o 27% had been personally harassed on campus within the last year. o 19% who had personally experienced harassment or witnessed someone else getting harassed did not report the incident to anyone. o 59% of students answered “Disagree” or “I don’t know” to the question “The system in place for reporting incidents at my university makes me feel confident in reporting sexual harassment”, while only 8% of students answered “Agree” and 2% answered “Strongly Agree”.

This Union Believes: 1. Sexual harassment on and around campus is totally unacceptable – no student should feel at risk of harassment on campus. 2. The current reporting and disciplinary procedures provided by the college and the union are inadequate and fail to provide proper support for survivors of sexual harassment and violence. 3. Further steps need to be taken to address the problem of sexual harassment on campus.

This Union Resolves: 1. To work with the college to join Hollaback! ULU in order to combat sexual harassment on campus, implement a zero tolerance culture and encourage survivors to 'hollaback' using clear and accessible reporting systems. 2. To ensure that all students are aware of any reporting system and disciplinary procedures in place by providing clear information on the KCLSU website and via the KCLSU Advice Service as well as lobbying the college to provide clear information at the Compass, and KCL Health Centre. 3. To pledge to follow up all reported incidents of sexual harassment and violence and to take all reported cases of sexual harassment seriously. 4. To sign the Hollaback! ULU charter which declares a zero tolerance stance on sexual harassment, pledges to provide clear and accessible reporting and disciplinary systems and says no to victim blaming and yes to supportive student services. 5. To purchase the Standard Hollaback! Package at a one of cost of £60 (excluding VAT) to cover registration on the Hollaback! ULU website, Hollaback! ULU Staff Training, 1 Hollaback! Workshop, policy consolation and promotion design. Orthodox Christian Motion

Proposed by: Nikolas Jovcic-Sas

Policy Lapse: 2 years This Union notes: 1. During the January exam period this year, exams fell on the 6th and 7th of January 2. For many Orthodox Christians (Eastern, Oriental and Coptic) who follow the Julian calendar, this is when Christmas is celebrated. The date also occupies a significant role in the ritual calendar of other Christian denominations, most notably Catholicism and certain faiths related to Protestantism.) 3. This is a day of celebration for Orthodox Christians, spent in part at Church but importantly also spent with the family 4. Many Orthodox Christian students will have had to spend Christmas day in an exam hall 5. King’s “Religion and Belief Equality Policy Statement” notes the college’s attempts to be “mindful” of “key religious festivals” 6. The college is inconsistent in its treatment of Gregorian Christmas and Julian Christmas

This Union Believes:

1. Christmas, for both practicing Christians and those who are culturally Christian is an important time for many to spend with the family and/or at Church.

2. The University, though an Anglican institution, should respect the “key religious festivals” of other Christian denominations

This Union Resolves: To lobby the college to make sure exams take place after the 7th of January

Re-Launch and Expansion of Draw Your Own Lines Motion

Proposed by: Shanice McBean

Policy Lapse: 2 years This Union Notes: 1. 1/7 respondents to NUS’s report ‘Hidden Marks’ record being the victim of serious sexual or physical assault while at their institution 2. 68% experiences verbal or non-verbal harassment while on site 3. 12% subject to stalking 4. Male students were the majority of perpetrators (almost half perpetrators who were students were of the same institution) 5. Across all categories reporting was low. 6. Most common reasons for not reporting were embarrassment, thought they would be blamed, or, the thought they would not be believed 7. There are a lot of misconceptions about harassment, assault and rape that prevent survivors from having the confidence forward 8. Information on how to report such incidents does not appear readily available 9. King’s is no exception. Having spoken to students at King’s, assault and harassment is a common experience.

This Union Believes: 1. Students should feel confident to come forward with cases of harassment, assault or rape 2. Students should have readily available access to information that challenges misconceptions and points them in the right direction if they have been affected 3. Given that this is such an important issue of welfare, KCLSU should play a role in breaking down the misconceptions around assault, harassment and rape.

This Union Resolves: 1. To expand the ‘Draw Your Own Lines’ campaign and make the pamphlets available on all campuses, halls of residences and libraries that are used by KCL students 2. To consider other resources we could use to expand the campaign: meetings, posters etc 3. To co-opt the help KCLSU staff to re-launch the Draw Your Own Lines campaign 4. To have access to KCLSU funding to re-launch and expand this campaign across as vast a layer of students as possible

Support the #copsoffcampus: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION Authors: Jamie Sweeney Cedrick Kavanagh Shruti Iyer

AMENDED MOTION:

This Union notes

1. A #copsoffcampus: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION has been scheduled for Wednesday 11th December, with the London demonstration for this planned to assemble at the University of London Union, Malet Street, at 2pm. 2. The five areas of protest for this demonstration are as follows: #copsoffcampus; democratic campuses, public education; solidarity with staff and the fair pay strikes; stop the privatisation of student debt; against the police/austerity agenda. 3. 5 students were arrested at the Occupy Senate House demonstration on Wednesday 4th December and a further 36 people were arrested at a #copsoffcampus demonstration on Thursday 5th December. 4. There is video footage online of a police officer punching a protester in the face at the Occupy Senate House demonstration on 4th December, as well as footage of police violently throwing a protester to the ground at the same protest. 5. The University of London has taken out an injunction banning its students from occupation and protests on campus for six months. 6. Michael Chessum, the University of London Union president, was arrested on the 14th November for failing to properly notify police of a demonstration happening on campus on the previous day. 7. As of 10:32 on the 9th December, 2032 people have clicked attending on the #copsoffcampus: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION facebook event.

This Union Believes

1. That students should have the right to peaceful protest on campus, and that the University of London should support students in their attempts to do so. 2. That the injunction taken out by the University Of London banning its students from protesting by occupation on campus for six months is a disgraceful attempt to silence students and remove their right to peaceful protest.

3. The events noted above could lead one to believe that the University Of London management do not have the interests of its students at its heart. 4. That the police should not interfere with peaceful protest on campus. 5. That police brutality aimed towards students participating in peaceful protest on campus is not acceptable and should not be tolerated. 6. That it is vital to support the #copsoffcampus: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION to show that students will not be silenced on their own campus, and will not stand for police brutality on campus. 7. That the arrest of Michael Chessum was a clear attack on the right to protest and was a shameful attempt to intimidate students from demonstrating against the actions of the University of London management. 8. That the actions of the University of London is indicative of a wider trend of students being silenced on campus, epitomised by the recent suspension of five University of Sussex students for their part in a peaceful occupation of university premises. This Union Resolves

1. To support the #copsoffcampus, in the way NUS has recently done; NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION, in particular the London demonstration scheduled to assemble at 2pm on Wednesday 11th December. This demonstration has not been organised by KCLSU, and there is no formal KCLSU delegation to this. 2. To issue a statement condemning the behaviour of the University of London in banning students from protesting on the University of London campus and to call for the removal of this ban, as well as condemning the actions of police preventing peaceful protest on campus and to call for them to not do so in all future peaceful demonstrations. 3. To publicise as much as possible, excluding student media, the London demonstration on Wednesday 11th December in order to mobilise as many KCL students as possible to attend 4. To call an emergency council meeting on Tuesday 10th December to discuss this motion. 5. To stand in solidarity with Sussex 5 facing disciplinary action; Send a letter to Michael Farthing to encourage

Ban ‘Blurred Lines’

Authors: Rachel Williams Cameron Bray

AMENDED MOTION:

This Union notes: 1. The song ‘Blurred Lines’ has been widely criticised as perpetuating rape culture 2. Robin Thicke stated that in the production of the song and music video, he “tried to do everything taboo… Everything that is completely derogatory to women” 3. More than 20 other student unions across the country have taken a strong stance on the song being played in their spaces. These unions include University of London Union and University College London Union 4. The NUS Women’s Officer, Kelley Temple, has also taken a stand against the song, describing it as “deeply offensive and dangerous” 5. The KCLSU Safe Space Policy states that students “should be free from intimidation or harassment resulting from prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of… gender identity” 6. The Women’s Officer and Sports Officer have received a number of complaints from students both in person and online

This Union Believes: 1. There are no blurred lines when it comes to consent 2. That ‘Blurred Lines’ perpetuates rape culture – an environment where sexual violence is trivialised and normalised 3. That ‘Blurred Lines’ promotes casual sexism and misogyny 4. That rape culture, misogyny and sexism should not be tolerated within the Union

This Union Resolves: 1. To ensure that ‘Blurred Lines’ is not played within KCLSU or events. 2. To develop a ‘Zero Tolerance to Discrimination Policy’ which builds on the ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ passed by Student Council in academic year 2010-2011 3. To lobby King’s Sports to ensure that ‘Blurred Lines’ is no longer played at the gym 4. To use this policy as part of a wider campaign to educate students on consent and sexual harassment and support students who are survivors of sexual violence

Liberation Support

Authors: Rachel Williams, Cedrick Kavanagh, Shruti Iyer, Solomon Olukoya, Alex Holland, Sebbastiaan Debrouwere

AMENDED MOTION: This Union notes: 1. KCLSU currently has no official support or campaigning networks for members of liberation groups 2. Both University of London Union (ULU) and the National Union of Students (NUS) recognise the need for self-organising, autonomous liberation campaigns 3. ULU as a whole and by extension ULU Liberation Networks are currently under threat 4. The Women’s Officer, Ethnic Minorities Officer, Disabled Students Officer, LGBT Officer, and International Students Officer (henceforth Liberation Officer(s)) were elected by self-defining members of their liberations groups on a mandate to effectively represent the needs of students within their respective liberation groups 5. It is not made clear in KCLSU Bye Law 3 whether or not Liberation Officers are funded by KCLSU at NUS Liberation Conferences

This Union Believes: 1. Liberation campaigns on campus are crucial for the welfare and support of oppressed and marginalised students 2. Liberation History Months and One World Week serve only as tokenistic nods to liberation groups if those groups are not supported throughout the academic year 3. The concerns of liberation groups within the Union are not currently being dealt with in an effective manner 4. Liberation groups need an active and recognised voice within the Union in order for students within them to feel properly represented

This Union Resolves: 1. To create a recognised ‘Liberation at King’s’ structure supported by the Union and shaped by Liberation Officers and students within Liberation Associations 2. To support and publicise associations and forums (henceforth Liberation Associations) organised by any Liberation Officer 3. To automatically allocate self-defining Women/Black/LGBT*/Disabled/ students membership to any and all Liberation Associations associated with their identity 4. Friendly Amendment: To allocate membership to the International Students Association for students that: 1. Face differential access to benefits and welfare 2. Increased employment insecurity 3. Require a visa for continued study in the United Kingdom 4. Face discrimination while looking for housing 5. Pay overseas student fees 5. To support and publicise any events and campaigns orchestrated by a Liberation Association 6. To provide an annual budget for ‘Liberation at King’s’ which will cover expected costs of campaigns and events, including a ‘Liberation at King’s’ conference at the end of the academic year 7. To make available funding to send a full delegation of students to each of the four annual NUS Liberation Conferences (Women’s, Black, Disabled, LGBT*) as well as the annual International Students Conference a. Delegation places should be selected democratically by the relevant Liberation Association in line with NUS national policy 8. To mandate Liberation Officers to meet with students within their Liberation Associations at least once a semester 9. To amend KCLSU Bye Law 3 to clarify that Liberation Officers are to be sent to NUS Liberation Conferences with KCLSU funding Improve KCL Living Bursary

Authors: Alberto Torres Liam Jackson

AMENDED MOTION:

This Union notes

1. The most extensive bursary available to KCL students is the Kings Living Bursary; which awards £1,500 for those with household incomes below £25,000 and £1,000 for those with household incomes between £25,001 and £42,600 2. Many other competing universities' equivalent bursary schemes offer larger amounts, including UCL, whom award £3,500 for those with household incomes below £25,000, and LSE who award £3,500 for those with a household income less than £18000, and £3000 for those within the bracket of £18000-£25000 and Imperial award up to £1000 cash and a £5000 accommodation fee waiver 3. KCL and intercollegiate halls are significantly more expensive than most universities in the UK, as well as many universities within London 4. Alongside living bursaries, many universities, including UCL offer separate bursaries to aid with Halls of Residence accommodation fees 5. In the year ending July 2012 (the most recent data available), KCL ran an operating surplus of £31 million. In addition, a former student residence was sold for £5 million and shares in a start-up company were sold for £7 million indicating that there are more than sufficient available funds to contribute towards larger bursaries for students.

This Union Believes

1. Many students encounter financial difficulties due to accommodation fees, which also deter many students from applying 2. Better bursaries at other universities cause some, potential, talented students to study elsewhere, such as UCL and LSE 3. KCL must make the university more accessible to students of all backgrounds 4. That cash bursaries and accommodation fee waivers (for students in first year, living in KCL halls) are preferable to tuition fee waivers as they have a more immediate short-term impact on a student’s financial situation

This Union Resolves

1. KCL should improve their living bursary for those struggling with London living costs, in part due to expensive accommodation fees 2. The King's Living Bursary would be increased to £3,500 for new undergraduate students with a household income below £25,000, to match that provided by UCL and LSE, as well an increase for bursaries for those with a household income of £25,001-42,600 3. That KCLSU will only accept a tuition fee waiver as a last resort and will primarily lobby for cash bursaries

Improve KCL and KCLSU Ethical Investment Policy

Authors: Alberto Torres Liam Jackson

AMENDED MOTION:

This Union notes: 1. That the current university’s Ethical & Investment policy is ambiguous and basic, needing to be more explicit and comprehensive. 2. That the current Ethical Investment Policy is three lines long and only makes specific reference to tobacco companies. 3. Since it was created in 2009, the university has had dubious research links and contracts with conspicuous organisations. These organisations are either complicit, or are directly involved in human rights and international law violations. This shows KCL has not acted on ethical grounds and that it is not serious about acting. 4. That King’s students have been consistent in showing due concern to King’s College London contentious investments. The victorious Ahava campaign in 2011 is a clear example of this, as well as the recent SU condemnation of the institution’s activities with G4S. 5. That King’s College London has been falling down places gradually on the national ‘People & Planet’ League tables. Last year, King’s fell to the 91st place, being awarded a meagre “Lower Second Class Award” and scoring “awful performance” on the ethical investment field.

This Union Believes 1. That KCL is in urgent need of developing a strong and comprehensive Ethical and Investment policy. 2. That the current policy needs better wording or to be changed all together. It needs a mechanism that reports annually to students and staff, and to allow them to engage. 3. That an Ethical Investment Policy needs to go beyond a sheet of paper. It needs to be put into practice. 4. That a comprehensive policy should target arms trade links, organisations that go against international law, as well as fossil fuel industry related partnership investments. 5. That King’s poor ranking on ethical awareness, investment and procurement is damaging to the institution’s reputation. This in turn affects us all.

This Union Resolves 1. To lobby and engage KCL in creating a more comprehensive, binding, transparent and detailed Ethical Investment Policy, based on the “Union Believes” section. 2. That the policy should commit King’s to go beyond financial incentives and economic gain, eg. Only investing ethically if there is no price difference. 3. To keep track and have a dense information network about company investment progress, made available and transparent to the student body. 4. For KCLSU to also develop a detailed Ethical Investment and Procurement policy. 5. That KCLSU will also produce a shorter summary in a format that is easily readable to students to make clear and transparent to students what KCLSU’s views on ethical investment and procurement are 6. to empower the Environment and Ethics Officer to achieve the resolutions set out in this motion 7. For KCLSU to also develop a detailed ethical investment and procurement policy in consideration at other, more detailed ethical investment policies in force at other university of London college, most notably LSE and UCL Remove Lord Carey’s Image

Authors: Robbie Hirst

AMENDED MOTION:

This Union notes

1. On the 8th of October 2012, at an event hosted by the Coalition for Marriage, Lord Carey stated that “Same-sex relationships are not the same as heterosexual relationships and should not be put on the same level” 2. On the 23rd of October 2012 the KCLSU Student Council passed a motion resolving “To lobby the College to remove the image of Lord Carey from the Strand campus windows” 3. Lord Carey’s image remains at the front of the Strand 4. The current KCLSU Student Council Chair was elected on a manifesto stating “We cannot let the (Lord Carey) campaign started by Roar! dwindle away”

This Union Believes

1. Homosexual relationships are on the same ‘level’ as heterosexual relationships 2. Not only is the statement made by Lord Carey – in union notes 1 – unacceptable, it is deeply offensive 3. By having a window at the front of any KCL campus an individual represents the college as a whole 4. No form of sexuality is inferior to heterosexuality

This Union Resolves

1. To create a formal working group led by the Chair of Student Council, the Vice President of Representation and Communication, and a designated councillor (elected by the council, the same way as the vice-Chair is elected) to achieve either the Union resolves 2 or 3. 2. To have Lord Carey’s image removed from the front of the Strand campus 3. To gain an apology and retraction from Lord Carey for the words quoted under this Union notes 4. To support the working group – mentioned in this Union resolves 1 – financially, administratively and procedurally. 5. To ensure the ‘working group’ reports to the KCLSU Student Council on its progress at every Student Council meeting 6. To ensure everyone associated with KCL and KCLSU is able to join the working group, provided they are ratified (50% of a quorate student council) by the student council 7. To dissolve the motion titled 'Lord Carey passed on the 23rd of October 2012

Right to Pray Campaign

Authors: Areeb Ullah, Shaheen Sattar, Ismail Jeilani, Ahmed Al-Jabir, Umair Khan

AMENDED MOTION:

This Union notes

1. Queen Mary University has a large Muslim population that constitutes 1/5 of the University population. 2. Queen Mary University should be commended for funding and building a purpose built Multi- Faith Centre last year in the Students union. 3. The current Multi-faith Centre present at Queen Mary University is not big enough to accommodate both females and males and who wish to perform their Friday Prayers. 4. The Queen Mary Islamic Society were previously able to book venues that were compatible with the needs of the Friday Prayer congregation. 5. An online petition supporting the Right To Pray Campaign has attracted more than 2000 signatures. 6. The Right to Pray Campaign has garnered press coverage in The Independent, The Huffington Post, The London Student, The Daily Jany (largest Urdu language paper in the UK), CIHAN News Agency (Turkish National Broadcaster) and Islam Channel. 7. Muslim Students have been praying in the rain on Fridays as a result of inadequate facilities provided by the university in protest. 8. Current restrictions prevent both men and women from praying their Friday Prayers due to overcrowding in the Multi-Faith Centre. 9. Local Muslim Community leaders in Tower Hamlets have explained that due to the large local Muslim population, the mosques are already overflowing on a Friday.

This Union Believes

1. That both Muslim women and men should have the equal opportunity to conduct Friday Prayers. 2. University institutions should recognise and accommodate the religious needs of their students. 3. There is widespread support for the Right to Pray Campaign demanding Queen Mary provide facilities for their Muslim staff and students to conduct their Friday Prayers. 4. Queen Mary University should recognise the need for adequate Friday Prayer facilities and safeguard times of facilities needed by their Muslim students to conduct Friday Prayers e.g. the Great Hall and Octagon available for a one hour timeslot once a week on a Friday Afternoon.

This Union Resolves

1. KCLSU shows solidarity and supports the Right to Pray campaign run jointly by QMSU and QMSU Islamic Society. 2. KCLSU will release a press statement urging Queen Mary University to meet the demands of the Right to Pray campaign. 3. The Student Officers will send a joint letter to Principal Gaskell to meet the demands of the Right to Pray Campaign. Against the NHS Levy

Authors: Sebastiaan Debrouwere Shruti Iyer

MOTION:

This Union notes

1. Recently the government announced proposals to introduce a £200 annual fee for people outside of Europe who are living and studying in England and wanting to use NHS services. These proposals have gone to a second reading in Parliament on 22 October 2013, and would affect international students (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2013-2014/0110/14110.pdf)

2. For our international students, this would mean an additional cost of studying in the UK of at least £200 per year. In particular, for postgraduate research students with families this could mean an additional visa fee of £3000 before even stepping foot into the UK.

3. International students make up approximately 25% of our student body and are a vital part of the King’s community;

4. The National Union of Students, amongst other organizations, has declared the levy as ‘ineffective’. According to government figures released as part of the consultation, the estimated cost of treating foreign nationals in the NHS amounts to £33 million pounds a year, 63% of which (£21 million) is directly recovered from these foreign nationals. As such, the estimated net cost of migrant access to the NHS amounts to £12 million pounds. On the NHS’s annual budget of the NHS of £106 billion, this net loss is just slightly over 0.01% - lower than the estimated enforcement cost.

5. International students already harbour many costs and responsibilities when coming to the UK. Their fees are considerably higher than those of Home/EU students, and increase rapidly between years of study. Before they even come to the UK, international students are required to pay substantial visa costs, which are said to include healthcare coverage. If they want to rent in the private sector, our international students have to pay a significant share of their accommodation costs upfront as a deposit;

This Union Believes

1. An NHS levy will have an unwarrantable financial impact on international students at King’s and may deter future generations from coming to King’s because they cannot afford it;

2. Deterring international students will impact negatively on Home and EU students. International students are central to university community, contributing significantly to universities financially and our learning experience. Studying alongside international students allows us to meet a diversity of people with perspectives from around the world and this enriches us all with a global learning experience;

This Union Resolves

1. To take a formal stance against the NHS levy;

2. To support, involve and empower KCLSU’s International Students Officer in campaigning locally and nationally on this issue (this includes lobbying in the Russell Group, at NUS and with our MPs);

3. To lobby the University to take a stance against this negative development as well. Support UCU, Unison and Unite strike action over University pay

Authors: Samir Karnik Hinks

AMENDED MOTION:

This Union notes

1. Members of UCU (University and College union), Unison and Unite trade unions working in higher education have voted in favour of taking strike action in UK universities over pay.

2. 62% of UCU members who voted backed strike action and more than three-quarters (77%) voted for action short of a strike, which could include actions such as refusing to carry out unpaid overtime.

3. Lecturers and HE staff have not had a pay rise since 2008 and have seen their pay fall by 13% in real terms.

4. At the same time the average pay and pensions package for vice chancellors has hit almost £250,000. At KCL the principal earns over £300,000.

This Union Believes

1. The action by HE staff is not just about pay but about the future of education and funding.

2. We cannot have a first class education system when members of staff are on second class pay and conditions. 3. Refusing to give higher education staff a decent pay rise is part of the coalition agenda of downgrading education and undermining the efficiency of the public sector in order to legitimize privatisation.

4. Proposed Amendment: remove this point because of party politics/ add this is not along party lines but based on clear facts (Ahmed) FAILED

5. Education should be properly funded and that includes decent pay for those who teach and work in universities.

6. A victory for lecturers and university staff would be a boost for every low paid worker fighting for better pay and a boost for all those fighting against education cuts.

This Union Resolves

1. To support the action by lecturers and all other workers in HE whether it is strike action or action short of strikes.

2. To join the picket lines on 31/10/13 and promote solidarity between students and workers to not let the strikes be used as a divisive tool.

3. To publicise the strike, picket line and reasons for them to every member of our respective body.

Demonstration against delay in KCL implementing the living wage

Author: Samir Karnik Hinks

MOTION AS AMENDED:

This Union notes

1. On the 30th November it will be three years to the day since King's College Council committed to paying the Living Wage.

2. UCL, LSE, the Institute of Education, Queen Mary College, SOAS, Birkbeck, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Senate House and Goldsmiths pay the London Living Wage.

3. The Greater London Authority (GLA) calculates a Living Wage according to the basic cost of living in London.

4. President’s salary is in excess of £300,000 a year. At 40 hours a week over 40 weeks this works out at over £200 an hour.

5. The cleaning staffs are currently paid the national minimum wage (£6.33 per hour).

6. King’s College have made a further commitment to pay the Living Wage when the cleaners contracts are renewed in 2017.

This Union Believes

1. All of our staff and all who work at kings who may not be directly employed have the right to fair pay which affords them a quality of life.

2. Implementation of the promise made almost 3 years ago would help King’s achieve this moral obligation.

3. It reflects poorly on King’s that we have been left behind by other universities in the implementation of the Living Wage.

4. The college’s current timetable for implementing the Living Wage in 2017 is woefully inadequate.

This Union Resolves 1. To support the demonstration planned by the outsourced staff for the 30th of November (Amended by author: 12th of November) to mark the 3 year anniversary of unfulfilled promises by King’s College.(+ lobby on 14th and 26th)

2. To promote a student and staff wide campaign in solidarity with the cleaners demanding the implementation of the London Living Wage immediately.

3. To demand an explanation from university management for the reason why the reputation of King’s College has been called into question over an issue that was highlighted 3 years ago.

Support the 3Cosas Campaign

Author: Michael Di Benedetto

MOTION:

This Union notes

1. The University of London (Central administration/Senate House/Intercollegiate Halls of Residence) outsources its cleaning, catering, security, postroom, and maintenance services to Balfour Beatty Workplace and Aramark.University of London (Central administration/Senate House/Intercollegiate Halls of Residence) outsources its cleaning, catering, security, postroom, and maintenance services to Balfour Beatty Workplace and Aramark.

2. Most of the outsourced workers do not have sick pay, do not have a pension, and have fewer holidays than people who work directly for the University of London.of the outsourced workers do not have sick pay, do not have a pension, and have fewer holidays than people who work directly for the University of London.

This Union Believes

1. That all workers at the University of London should be entitled to the same sick pay, holidays, and pensions policies.all workers at the University of London should be entitled to the same sick pay, holidays, and pensions policies.

2. That the University of London is responsible for the ethical practices affecting all workers at the University of London.the University of London is responsible for the ethical practices affecting all workers at the University of London.

This Union Resolves

1. To publicly support the 3Cosas Campaign, whose goal is to achieve the same sick pay, holidays, and pensions policies for all workers at the University of London.publicly support the 3Cosas Campaign, whose goal is to achieve the same sick pay, holidays, and pensions policies for all workers at the University of London.

2. That it will contribute support to the 3Cosas Campaign through publicity, direct pressure on the University of London, and mobilising students and staff to support the campaign.it will contribute support to the 3Cosas Campaign through publicity, direct pressure on the University of London, and mobilising students and staff to support the campaign.

3. For KCLSU to send a letter to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of London in support of the 3Cosas Campaign.

Support the Student Assembly Against Austerity

Author: Michael Di Benedetto

MOTION AS AMENDED:

This Union notes 1. The Tory-Liberal government has unleashed the biggest assault on ordinary people for generations.

2. Young people are being forced out of education, students are being plunged into poverty and cuts are having a devastating impact on our colleges and universities. More attacks are in the pipeline, with the introduction of fees and loans to adult learners in further education this autumn and with the government discussing plans to privatize the student loan book – allowing private companies to make huge profits out of our enormous debts.

3. Following the People’s Assembly Against Austerity, a broad and diverse coalition of student leaders have called the Student Assembly Against Austerity on Saturday 2 November 2013 which will take place at the University College London.

4. The Student Assembly Against Austerity seeks to bring together all students who want to stop the cuts and the devastation they are bringing to millions of people in Britain, and to launch the next steps in the fight-back.

This Union Believes

1. That this assault on ordinary people has to end.

2. That this will only be achieved through co-operation, solidarity and organisation.

3. That the SAAA is part of this campaign, and should be supported.

This Union Resolves

1. To support the Student Assembly Against Austerity taking place on Saturday 2 November at the University College London.

2. To send a delegation of students to the Student Assembly Against Austerity.

3. To financially facilitate £20 in total for up to 10 students if so needed (who could otherwise not attend

KCL Accessibility Information

Author: Alex Holland

MOTION: This Union notes 1. Accessibility information on the university website (@~@[email protected]@~@) is currently dispersed across several webpages with no single location for such information, making finding specific information difficult for current and prospective disabled students.

2. The findings of the Trailblazers' Higher Education Report 2013 [1] published by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign that King’s College London, among other things, scored poorly (1 out of 5) on the assessment of ease of access to and the availability of accessibility information on the university website (p. 26).

3. universities scored 5/5 in the website assessment in the Trailblazers’ report (p. 25).

4. The KCLSU website (@~@[email protected]@~@) does not include disabled-access information for its facilities. http://www.mdctrailblazers.org/assets/0000/9417/UniversityChallenge2013_WEB.pdf

This Union Believes 1. The university website is likely the first resource students will check to find accessibility information. A university website which provides as much clear, concise and relevant accessibility information as possible is crucial for current and prospective disabled students in order to

2. Include disabled students in the university community and

3. Promote access to higher education.

This Union Resolves 1. A portal should be created on the university website which should contain a wide-range of accessibility information in a single place (i.e. a “hub”) for current and prospective disabled students to easily find and use accessibility information.

2. The contents of the portal would include, but would not be limited to, accessibility information regarding: admissions; disabled-access accommodation; navigating university buildings; navigating leisure facilities; KCLSU facilities; disabled-access transport; and the Disability Advisory Service.

3. The university should more prominently highlight disabled-access resources such as @~@[email protected]@~@ which already contain accessibility information.

KCLSU Disabled Access Information

Author: Alex Holland

MOTION:

This Union notes

1. The KCLSU website (@~@[email protected]@~@) does not include disabled-access information for its facilities. This Union Believes

1. The students’ union website is likely the first resource students will check to find accessibility information about KCLSU facilities.

2. A students’ union website which provides as much clear, concise and relevant accessibility information as possible is crucial for current and prospective disabled students in order to i) include disabled students in the university community and ii) promote access to higher education.

This Union Resolves

1. The KCLSU website should include disabled-access information for its facilities.

2. KCLSU should highlight disabled-access resources such as @~@[email protected]@~@ which already contain accessibility information about some KCLSU facilities.

To call on KCL to reject the G4S bid This motion calls on: Authors: Alberto Torres, Aysha Al-Fekaiki; Rohan Malik, Nadine Almanasfi, Dean Forrester, Lawrence Taymani

MOTION AS AMENDED:

This Union notes

1. That the University of King’s College London (henceforth “the university”) is committed to “have due regard to ethical and environmental issues and to maintain a dialogue with the companies in which they invest with regard to these matters”. –King’s College London Ethical Investment Policy Statement. 2. That in May 2013 the university announced a new contract with the British-Danish security giant G4S (Group4Securicor, henceforth “the company”). There is also a potential £10 million contract with the company in the pipeline to service the university in a range of areas.

3. That the company’s reputation is contentious and concerning to say the least. Justice secretary Chris Grayling for example, has called in the Serious Fraud Office after it emerged that G4S overcharged the government for tens of millions for non-existent tags on non-existent prisoners, including charging for prisoners that had finished their sentences or were even dead.

4. http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/unitenewsdigest/newsdigest12july2013/That UK’s second largest trade union, UNISON, has called for G4S to divest from Israel due to its provision of services that are used for unlawful activities against Palestinians, in breach of the 4th Geneva Convention.

5. http://whoprofits.org/sites/default/files/WhoProfits-PrivateSecurity-G4S.pdfThat the EU in 2012 refused to renew its contract with G4S because of concerns raised by MEPs and activists over G4Ss role in Israeli prisons in which Palestinian political prisoners are held in violation of international law. - @~@~@http://www.bdsmovement.net/2012/g4s- loses-its-contract-with-the-european-parliament-8901#sthash.uoVPz6Da.dpuf@~@

6. That G4S holds accusations of ‘pervasive racism’. This comes from the alleged company’s treatment of migrants, such as the alleged murder of detainee Jimmy Mubenga in the UK.@~@~@http://www.corporatewatch.org/?lid=341@~@

This Union Believes

1. That the University and KCLSU should strive to engage only in contracts with companies with high ethical standpoints as far as possible. As such, there is a duty to not engage with companies, such as G4S, who are responsible for human rights abuses worldwide.

2. That our personal security cannot and should not be protected by a company that fails to uphold an expected standard of ethics and social accountability.

3. That as the main agents for which these contracted services are provided, students should have the ultimate say on where their money is spent.

4. That, as part of a conscious student community aware of the role of British civil society to stop apartheid in South Africa during the 1980’s, we are aware that divestment can send a strong message to companies such as G4S that their behaviour is unacceptable and encourage them to improve their practices.

This Union Resolves

1. To call on the university to reject G4S bid for its latest announced contract.

2. To call on the university to act on its Ethical Investment Policy Statement. The university shall not renew any of the existing contracts with G4S or any other contentious corporation. The university shall not engage in any future negotiations with them in the future.

3. To not engage with G4S or any other contentious corporation in the present time or in the future. The union shall not have contracts with G4S. At the very least, the student body should have the ultimate say on where their money is spent.

4. To use all possible means to ensure that G4S are not used as private security or any other service contractors for the union and/or any of its events.

5. Should any contract be granted, we demand a written justification from the principal on why the institution chose to act against the will of the students and against its own moral principles on ethical funding.

6. For the union to lobby the college to have an ethical investors policy within how is acquires its research grant and services

Condemnation of ULU’s Remembrance Day Resolution and Endorsement of the University of London’s Remembrance Service

Authors: Henrique Laitenberger, Benjamin Judge MOTION AS AMENDED: This Union notes:

1. The human sacrifice made by members of military forces from across the world in past and current armed conflicts.

2. In specific, the sacrifice made by students of the University of London, and King’s College London, Guy’s Medical School and St Thomas’s Hospital in these conflicts with inter alia approximately 9,500 students and members of staff of the University of London fighting in the First World War (@~@~@http://www.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/resources/WARLISToptimised-OCR.pdf@~@) and 232 members of the University of London’s OTC alone falling in the Second World War (@~@~@http://www.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/resources/OTCROLLOFTHEFALLENoptimised- OCR.pdf@~@)

3. The fact that Daniel Lemberger Cooper, Vice President and at the time Acting President of the University of London Union (henceforth “ULU”), received in autumn 2012 an invitation to represent the union at the University of London’s official remembrance service.

4. That Daniel Lemberger Cooper declined this invitation on personal political grounds.

5. The indignation Cooper’s boycott of the event caused amongst other ULU representatives, as well as individual members of the wider student body of the University of London. This manifested itself inter alia in the creation of a facebook page demanding Daniel Lemberger Cooper’s immediate resignation that was at its peak “liked” by more individuals than those who partook in the ULU elections of March 2012 which saw him elected to office (appr. 1,700).

6. The incapacity of the ULU Presidency in forging a compromise and understanding in this dispute, with a petition demanding Daniel Lemberger Cooper’s impeachment being disallowed on unclarified constitutional grounds, leading a significant share of the student body to believe that their concerns were not considered on personal and political grounds.

7. The passage of a motion on the occasion of the last ULU Senate meeting on 24th October 2013 exempting elected officials of ULU from the requirement from representing the student body of the University of London at the official Remembrance Service of the University of London if this stands in contradiction to the individual official’s personal political beliefs.

8. That furthermore, whilst granting them the liberty to attend in a personal capacity, the ULU Senate resolved that non-elected officials of ULU were not permitted to represent the union on their behalf.

1. That the institution of Remembrance Day, while manifesting itself on certain occasions in political terms, is perceived by a significant share of those who partake in official ceremonies as an inclusive, apolitical, and humane act of commemoration and personal grief detached. It is not specific to any faith or culture and does not seek the promotion of political goals, least that of promoting warfare.

2. That the Remembrance Service organised by the University of London is an act of remembrance that fully complies with the perception of Remembrance Day outlined above.

3. That elected officials of ULU ought to recognise the primacy of their representative functions in acting on behalf of the students and in accordance with their expressed will.

4. That, in their capacity as representatives of the student body of the University of London, elected officials of ULU ought to recognise the widespread perception of Remembrance Day among the University of London’s student body as an inclusive, apolitical institution and to reflect this in their actions.

5. That, in their capacity as being representatives of the student body of the University of London, elected officials of the University of London Union ought to recognise their responsibility towards current and past students of the University serving in the Armed Forces, particularly those who have died whilst in military service.

6. That, in passing the above mentioned motion at the meeting of the ULU Senate on 24th October 2013, the elected officials of ULU by compliance did not act in compliance with their representative duties as outlined in point 4.

7. That those students and members of both academic and non-academic staff past and present from the University of London and in specific those of King’s College London who have fallen in combat/service deserve the respect, commiseration and esteem of the student body at King’s College London, as all members of the armed forces who have died on duty.

This Union Resolves:

1. That ULU ought to be condemned for its lack of recognition of the sacrifice made by students of the University of London that died in service for the armed forces and its incapacity to represent the student body on whose behalf it is supposed to act on a non-political occasion of commemoration and demonstration of respect.

2. That the President of the King’s College London Students’ Union (thenceforth “KCLSU”) will be sent to officially represent the student body of King’s College London at this year’s remembrance service of the University Of London to commemorate and pay his respects to the students and university staff members who fell whilst on military duty.

3. That, ought the President of KCLSU find himself incapable of attending the service for logistic or personal motives. He ought to be replaced by another elected representative of KCLSU (ie a sabbatical officer or member of the Student Council). Previous ULU grant ring-fenced for Students This motion calls on: Author: Sebastiaan Debrouwere

MOTION :

This Union notes

1. The decision taken by the University of London in May 2013 to close the University of London Union (“ULU”), of which King’s College London was a constituent college;

2. Those constituent colleges provided a direct grant to ULU. At King’s, this grant was provided directly and without passing through KCLSU;

3. In 2012-’13, the grant provided to ULU amounted to £137,000;

4. That the current KCLSU Officers have lobbied the College to return this money to students since August 2013, as of yet without agreement;

5. That Roar!-news ran an article on the matter in its October issue @~@~@http://roarnews.co.uk/wordpress/?p=7263@~@;

6. £137,000 is a substantial amount, but yet it is also rather limited and can only be spent on a handful student-focused projects or investments at most;

7. Further, this motion notes the closure of Tutu’s as a nightclub in March 2013, and its subsequent re-opening as a College-ran, flexible student space in October 2013;

8. The new space at Tutu’s has been actively used by a variety of student groups, but there still exists a lack of adequate space for media and performance groups (as evidenced by a consultation held last term).

This Union Believes

1. The annual funding the College made available to ULU was designed to fund a students’ union. Students’ unions allocate their resources after democratic decision making, and this is one of their inherent qualities;

2. The funding that was previously made available to ULU should continue to be spent on student-led activity through the work of our own local union, KCLSU, where students can decide democratically over its allocation;

3. For this academic year, the grant should be spent on tangible improvements in facilities that really improve the experience of King’s students. These should be value-added improvements (e.g. the conversion of Tutu’s into a performance space, not the installing of heating of lightning);

4. Spending the grant on investments in Tutu’s as a rehearsal/performance space for performance groups and as a working space for the KCLSU media groups would be such an investment. It would also address the dire need for more suitable facilities highlighted by these groups.

5. That the grant previously provided to ULU should, in coming years, be ring-fenced for projects and purposes decided upon by students;

This Union Resolves

1. To ensure that the money previously provided to ULU continues to be spent for the benefit of students;

2. To study the feasibility (‘business case’) of investing the grant for 2013-’14 in media group and performance group facilities at Tutu’s;

3. To mandate the officers to negotiate with the College to this end;

4. To negotiate with the College a ring-fencing of this money; Real term Interest Rates

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name Ahmed Al-Jabir Your Course MBBS Your Year 1 Your Student Number 1201940 This Union Notes:

1. That along with the raising of the cap on tuition fees to £9000 came a radical shake up of the schedule of interest added to student loans

2. That for the first time, the 2012 cohort will accrue real-terms interest on their student loans at a rate of RPI + 3% (making it 6.6% for the 2012-2013 academic year) until the April after graduation

3. This is broadly similar to, or even higher than, commercial loans and will severely impact all students especially medical and dental students

4. A motion about this topic was submitted by KCL to and debated at the recent BMA Medical Students Conference and was passed unanimously

1. That this is a massive change in Student Loans policy which makes Student Loans similar to commercial loans and severely impacts all students

2. That this was a very silent change and few students know and are aware of it

3. That this will especially affect medical and dental students because of the increased length of the course and that this top rate of interest will continue to accrue even when medical and dental students are being funded by the NHS Bursary Scheme in later years of the course

4. That this change will be a financial disadvantage to students who cannot afford to pay upfront and for whom taking out a tuition fee loan is necessary

1. That KCLSU should oppose any real-terms – that is, above inflation – interest rate on tuition fees 2. To work with the NUS (and the BMA Medical Students Committee) to lobby for a change Against Private Halls

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name Fran Allfrey Your Course MA Medieval English Your Year 1 Your Student Number k0913352 / 0815745

This Union Notes: 1. That the cost of halls at King’s, and offered by the University of London Intercollegiate Halls (ULI) service, has risen by at least 3% every year for the last 5 years.

2. In their 2012/13 accomodation costs survey, the NUS note the average private rent in London is £157.48 per week, or £5984.24 for a 38 week contract http://www.nus.org.uk/Global/Campaigns/Accommodation%20Costs%20Survey%20V6%20WEB.pdf).

3. Prices within Intercollegiate halls far exceed even this average as noted by the NUS. See http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/accom/fees/intercollegiate.aspx - for prices for ULI (mostly over £6500 for a 38 week contract)

4. Stamford Street fees are currently £6300 for 40 weeks, or £157.50 per week. Great Dover street is the same, whilst the other halls are a little cheaper at about £120 per week (and, of course, Camberwell, or KCH, halls were replaced with the £230 and £195 per week Moonraker point halls this year, a price hike which KCLSU expressed great concern over) http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/accom/fees/kings.aspx

5. That KCLSU have always tried to negotiate with King’s to keep the cost of King’s halls low.

6. That, during this time, KCLSU have also advertised private student housing on kclsu.org, and within KCLSU venues, which have rents ‘from £189 per week’, accompanied usually by a non negotiable 51 week contract, which works out as £9639 http://uk.urbanest.com/uk/london/pricing/king%27s- cross.aspx.

7. That the annual rent of Moonraker, and these private providers advertised by KCLSU, far exceed the most students’ maintenance loan/ grant, especially once additional living costs such as food, additional course costs, transport etc are taken into account (students most in need receive £7177 per year, whilst those whose parents earn the average wage receive £4788. There’s a sliding scale between these figures) 8. Note, according to the ONS and BBC, in 2012 the average salary was £26,500, so, my sums are based on if you had two parents earning this www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20442666

9. See here for information on maintenance loans & grants for 2013/14: http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/@educ/documents/di gitalasset/dg_201963.pdf

10.This union notes that KCLSU and King’s have trained advisors who can help students with reading contracts, and sorting through the complicated business of renting privately – and so all students, especially those vulnerable to being targeted by private halls – do currently have access to advice. But, in advertising these private halls, KCLSU sends a mixed message.

1. That is is hypocritical to ask the College to keep its halls fees low, whilst advertising these extortionate private halls – which far exceed the average private rent.

2. That these private halls prey on international students, or students vulnerable to being led into thinking that they must pay these rents in order to be safe in London.

3. That KCLSU should do more to help students with finding ‘affordable, safe, secure’ housing – as it is out there – rather than support these private halls. 4. That it is totally against the NUS’ campaign ‘unite against unite’ for KCLSU to continue to support – through their advertising – these expensive private halls.

1. To refuse to advertise private halls providers whose cheapest rooms are higher than the NUS average private rent - £157.48 per week.

2. To refuse to advertise private halls providers who insist on students committing to a contract over 40 weeks.

3. To mandate the KCLSU officers to work with other London students’ unions to lobby private halls providers to change their terms of service: focussing on securing shorter tenancy agreements, and lower rents. Officers must report back on progress in the Spring term 2013.

4. To make use of the NUS’s campaign guide and toolkit available to help tackle the prices of King’s halls. 5. http://www.nusconnect.org.uk/news/article/housing/Accommodation-Costs-Campaigning-Guide- launched/

Solidarity with Sussex and the 235

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name: SHANICE MCBEAN Your Course: PHILOSOPHY Your Year: 2 Your Student Number: 1114116 This Union notes:

1. Sussex university students have been in occupation for 7 weeks 2. 235 staff members at Sussex risk losing their jobs and diminished working conditions due to the outsourcing of their jobs to the highest private bidder 3. Michael Farthing previously attempted to privitise St Georges medical school with negative results 4. ULU, UCL and other unions already show support and show solidarity with the Sussex campaign 5. 20 MPs (inc Labour, Lib Dems, Respect and Greens) have signed the Sussex anti-privitisation motion 6. On the 25th March there was a national demo at Sussex with 1000 in attendance 7. Sussex occupiers and supporters on the 25th decided to have a national day of action on campus’ on May Day 8. KCLSU backs the student movement as seen through our official support of the NUS demos and campaigns

1. It is a myth that privitisation is the only way to curb debt and save money 2. The 235 jobs of ordinary working people at Sussex and the jobs nationally being threatened should be defended by students 3. We’re seeing the seeds of a new student movement around privitisation of jobs 4. The onus is now on students across different campus’ and Unions to help build the movement, show solidarity with the occupiers and resist the outsourcing of the jobs of our staff 5. In order to keep the campaign running at Sussex and building it across the country, we’re going to have to broaden networks, widen the campaign and escalate support

1. KCLSU send a message of solidarity and support to the Sussex occupiers 2. KCLSU support the Sussex campaign against privitisation 3. In specific, KCLSU support the national day of action planned for May Day 4. To condemn Sussex University for suppressing protest and the consequent injunction and to support the “Defend the Right to Protest” campaign.

Greater Sex and Gender Equality for All

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name Keshi Chung Your Course Biomedical Science Your Student Number 0924195

This Union Notes: 1. It is estimated that the number of people identifying as Trans could be doubling every 6 ½ years (http://www.gires.org.uk/Prevalence2011.pdf). 2. KCLSU and King’s should do everything they can to support Trans students while at university. 3. KCLSU currently supports a campaign called “Trans*ByDegree”, which aims to assess and improve conditions for transgender students not just at King’s, but at all universities across the UK. 4. While a fantastic campaign, much of it has yet to be realised. For instance, the “gender neutral” toilets that were supposed to have been established are difficult to find (and non-existent in some cases). 5. While KCLSU has an LGBT officer to deal with LGBT issues, there is no “trans officer” to deal with trans-specific issues. These are issues which most cisgenered (i.e. non-trans) people will never consider, as they will never be in such a position to consider them. 6. There is also equivalent no “mens officer” to deal with issues specific to men. 7. At many NUS campaigns, there are two positions for Womens’ Officer where there is only one corresponding position for each of the other liberation/minority groups. Therefore, the possibility of King’s having two womens’ officers would match those at the NUS campaigns. 8. Unfortunately, sex and gender discrimination are still an everyday occurrence. The best way to combat such discrimination is to raise awareness of it and challenge people’s perception of what sex and gender actually are. 9. Most people do not know the distinction between sex and gender. This is a very important issue for Trans people.

1. A fantastic way for KCLSU to continue their support for the “Trans*ByDegree” campaign would be to offer a “trans officer” or “gender equalities officer” position. 2. Everyone, regardless of their sex, gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs, disability, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or anything else, is a human being, and should be treated and respected as such.

1. For KCLSU to continue support for the “Trans*ByDegree” campaign and raise more awareness of it. 2. For KCLSU to continue supporting campaigns that aim to end sex and gender discrimination and support sex and gender equality. 3. To mandate the relevant officer to carry out an assessment into the sex/gender-specific needs and trans-specific needs of students at King’s.

Support for Young Disabled People in Widening Participation

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name Keshi Chung Your Course Biomedical Science Your Year 3 Your Student Number 0924195

This Union Notes:

1. The Children and Families Bill (CFB), which looks into improving the chances of disabled young people getting into education and employment, was recently passed. 2. However, the CFB only mentions access to further education and vocational programmes, and does not make any mention of access to higher education. 3. A motion was recently submitted by a King’s student to the NUS Disabled Students Conference regarding this. This motion asked that NUS consider running a campaign to support disabled students’ access to higher education, and to lobby for changes to the CFB so that it includes higher education. This motion was passed with overwhelming support.

1. King’s takes pride in its Widening Participation initiatives and is currently doing some fantastic work with it, including work with young disabled people.

1. To consider supporting NUS with their campaign(s) to support disabled students’ access to higher education. 2. To consider supporting NUS with their lobby for changes to the CFB so that it includes higher education. 3. To continue supporting our Widening Participation initiatives.

Improving the Disability Facilities in our Libraries

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name Keshi Chung Your Course Biomedical Science Your Year 3 Your Student Number 0924195

This Union notes:

1. The libraries at King’s currently offer a wide range of services to disabled students. 2. However, many of these services depend on disabled students informing the libraries of their needs and requirements before they can be met. 3. In some instances, the needs of disabled students cannot be met or are met with great compromise. 4. UCL has recently set up some fantastic disability facilities in their libraries in the form of SEnIT (Student Enabling Information Technology) Suites, with entire rooms dedicated to facilities for disabled students and students with long-term medical conditions.

1. King’s should improve their library facilities for disabled students, such that they are as good as or better than those offered by UCL and other London universities. 2. Every student, regardless of their disability or long-term medical condition, should be able to access the library and its facilities.

1. To mandate the relevant officer to look into the current facilities offered by the libraries at King’s to disabled students and students with long-term medical conditions. 2. To look into what services and facilities are required by disabled students and students with long term medical conditions that are currently not being met or need to be improved. 3. To work towards improving these facilities at each of the campuses/libraries in the near future. Welfare Provision

This is a motion for: Tick KCLSU Student Council x KCLSU AGM  KCLSU EGM  KCLSU Members’ Meeting  This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position  The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s x I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under  This motion is proposed by: Your Name The Student Officer Team Your Course Your Year Your Student

This Union Notes:

1. The increase in welfare related motions that have come through Student Council this year. 2. That welfare does not currently explicitly feature in any of the Student Officer or KCLSU staff job descriptions. 3. A number of welfare related initiatives that the current Student Officer Team have been unable to take forward this year due to capacity. 4. The forthcoming AGM proposal that would change the Articles of Assocition to incorporate a fifth Student Officer.

1. That the promotion of student welfare should be at the centre of KCLSU’s work. 2. That currently KCLSU does not do enough for Student welfare.

1. To actively consider what it could do more to promote student welfare. 2. To incorporate welfare into the job descriptions of at least one Student Officer. 3. To actively consider incorporating welfare into the job title of a Student Officer. 4. To actively consider increasing staff support of Student welfare. 5. To report back to Council by the end of May as to the measures it has decided to take. Potential hazards on or around campuses

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name: Durr-e-Maknoon Tariq Your Course: Biomedical Sciences BSc Your Year: 1 Your Student Number: 1209572

This Union notes:

1. There are places on and around campuses which are hazardous to students and staff. 2. E.g. there is the Guy’s Hospital loading bay right outside the entrance/exit to Greenwood lecture theatre and Wolfson House. Delivery vans or trucks pose a potential hazard to students and staff coming in and out of those buildings. 3. Please feel free to add other examples to this motion.

1. The issues mentioned above should be brought into College’s attention.

1. KCLSU should lobby the College to take the issues mentioned above into account and find possible solutions to them. Housing Quality Assurance

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name Your Course Your Year Your Student Number

This Union notes:

1. The College’s ambition to provide affordable, high-quality housing for its students 2. The College’s constant review of its accommodation (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/pg/accom/applying/attachments/Myaccommodation2012forOnlineuseon ly.pdf) 3. The significant amount of money that students now pay for accommodation at KCL

1. All students should get quality for money with regards for accommodation 2. No students should enter accommodation with any broken amenities

1. KCLSU should lobby the College to ensure all parts of Halls of residences (provided by or endorse by the College) are fully functional and not broken when they are entered by new occupants at the beginning of the academic year 2. KCLSU should lobby the College to ensure that all students pay a fee respective to the quality of the accommodation they receive and that no two students pay the same fee if the quality of their accommodation is of a differing standard Recycling in Halls of Residence’s

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name: William Judd Your Course: Geography Your Year: 1st Your Student Number: 1214236

This Union notes:

1. The Colleges is a “leader in environmental sustainability” and aims to “encourage all members of the College community to develop a sustainable approach to their work and lifestyle” (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/strategy/environment/about/index.aspx) 2. Many of KCL students have now grown up with the recycling revolution 3. From research conducted by KCLSU Halls Forum a great disparity was found between the recycling facilities at KCL Halls 4. The College is required to pay the respective Borough Authorities for the amount of General Waste they dispose of and thus could save money from reducing general waste from Halls of residences

1. The College has an obligation to prepare students to be responsible citizens when they leave university 2. The Union has a responsibility to assistant the College in achieving ‘This Union Believes 1.’ 3. Inter-hall competition helps increase the social-side of living in Halls

1. KCLSU should lobby the College to ensure that all Halls of Residence provided by or endorsed by the College have the same level of recycling facilities: a. With a minimum requirement of two separate bins in communal kitchens ( and other communal areas); one for ‘General Waste’ and the other for ‘Mixed Recycling’, accompanied by information sheets detailing which rubbish to dispose of in each bin b. Working towards a situation where multiple bins for individual recycling components are provided c. Bins need to be emptied more often within halls of residence’s. 2. KCLSU should propose to the College that an inter-hall competition to reduce ‘General Waste’ per person is facilitated, with a small rebate, or some form of reward or incentive

Funding Crisis for Graduate Medical & Dental Students

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name Faisel Alam Your Course Medicine Your Year 1 Your Student Number0947739

This Union notes:

1. Approximately 20% of medical students (MBBS) & 10% of dental students (BDS) on the 5year Undergraduate programmes at KCL are Graduates (2009 & 2012 figures respectively). 2. Under current Government proposals, these students are not entitled to any tuition fee support or maintenance grant from Student Finance England (SFE) despite the recent treble in tuition fees. 3. These students are furthermore not entitled to the KCL MyBursary Scheme despite low household income. 4. Students who have wrongly been given tuition fee loans by SFE in the past few years have suffered financial hardship following withdrawal at short notice, and demands to pay back several thousand pounds within a few weeks, leading them to consider leaving Medicine.

1. Any KCL student undergoing financial hardship should have access to appropriate, timely support 2. Mistakes made on behalf of SFE should be taken into account by the college, thus allowing those affected students enough time for fee repayments. 3. KCLSU should work closely with the college to support any student facing financial hardship, especially graduates.

1. KCLSU President should organise and chair a meeting with both the Head and Dean from KCLSoM & KCLSoD to address this pertinent issue. a. The following people should be invited: Laura Mackenzie (KCL Careers), BMA ISC Chair; KCL MSA Reps; Members from KCL Student Funding Office. 2. KCLSU Academic Affairs officer should work closely with the BMA ISC Chair for KCL SoM and the KCL MSA Representatives to ensure students affected are given relevant advice and help on academic matters.

Multi Faith Room in the Maughan Library

This motion calls on: Multi-Faith Room in the Maughan Library KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name: Areeb Ullah Your Course: BA International Politics Your Year: 2 Your Student Number: K1189714

This Union notes (Facts to support your motion):

1. KCL is an institution that celebrates and recognises the importance of faith and diversity on campus-demonstrated via initiatives like One World Week, chaplain services and dedicated Muslim prayer facilities on each campus. 2. Faith plays an important part in many students life as demonstrated via the large amount of faith-based societies on campus. 3. The walk from the Strand Campus to the Maughan Library take approximately 10-15 minutes. 4. The Maughan Library has empty rooms not used as a study area or storage area for books.

This Union Believes (The opinion you would like KCLSU to adopt)

1. KCL should designate/create a multi-faith room in the Maughan Library to allow KCL students to complete their religious duties.

This Union Resolves (what you would like KCLSU to do about it)

1. Sabbatical Officers to lobby the Dean and KCL estates to locate and designate a room in the Maughan Library to be used as a multi-faith /contemplation room before this summer’s exam season. 2. Student Officers to lobby for the same provision across all King’s sites. Food Pricing On Campus

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name: Durr-e-Maknoon Tariq Your Course: Biomedical Sciences BSc Your Year: 1 Your Student Number: 1209572

This Union notes

1. Food in College cafes and canteens is expensive for students. 2. Therefore, many students do not buy food from College cafes or canteens and so have to go outside campuses to buy food. 3. This issue was also brought up by one of the course reps in an SEC of School of BMS and the staff agreed that the price of food was high.

This Union Believes

1. Food in College cafes and canteens should be of a reasonable price affordable by students.

This Union Resolves

1. KCLSU should lobby the College to lower the price of food in College cafes and canteens so that it is affordable by students but of equal quality. Faith Food Provision

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name: Paul Orlean-Taub Your Course: Mathematics Your Year: Second Your Student Number: 1108987

This Union notes

1. KCL is a multicultural university with a large number of students from various faith groups. 2. Many members of these groups are subject to religious dietary restrictions. 3. The gaps between lectures are key times to meet and socialise with course mates (A fundamental part of the University experience). 4. It’s also often necessary to eat lunch in those gaps. 5. Students who have these dietary restrictions and are not provided for on campus are required to travel off campus to find food, an effort that is time consuming, and as such reduces the time that can be spent socialising and/or studying. 6. More religious students of certain faiths cannot just eat vegetarian foods; it must be certified by an appropriate governing body.

This Union Believes

1. Currently the provision of faith food at KCL is insufficient. 2. We’re lagging behind many other universities in London (and the UK in general) in this respect. 3. Providing to students who wouldn’t otherwise make purchases from SU venues would increase revenue 4. Providing faith appropriate food and making the available selections more divers will provide more options to the general student body.

This Union Resolves 1. On campuses where KCLSU are engaged in food sales, ensure that at least one of the venues selling food has some form of Kosher and Halal food available for purchase. 2. On campuses where KCLSU do not engage in food sales, but where the college do, campaign for at least one venue that sells food to have some form of Kosher and Halal food available. 3. To facilitate other Faith groups that raise similar concerns in the future in the same way.

Banning Smoking On Campus

This motion is proposed by: Your Name: Jean-Pierre Laake Your Course: PhD Psychological Medicine Research Your Year: 3rd Your Student Number: 1009594

This Union notes:

1. King’s College London currently operates the following ‘No Smoking Policy’. King’s College London is committed to maintaining a healthy environment for staff, students and visitors. Therefore, please note that smoking is not permitted in any of the College buildings or in College vehicles. Smoking is also not permitted immediately outside the entrances to College buildings or near to windows and air intake units. Staff working at associated NHS trust sites or other premises should adhere to whatever policy is in place at these locations. 2. King’s no smoking policy is less severe than several other London Universities, for example Queen Mary (University of London) currently operates a no smoking policy anywhere on campus. 3. King’s college campuses are all smaller than the Queen Mary campus and so students will have shorter distances to travel in order to smoke in permitted areas (off campus). 4. The no smoking policy at KCL is not well enforced, with many students and staff of the college regularly breaking the rules and smoking on college grounds forcing college staff and students to work in offices which regularly smell of cigarette smoke which are blowing in through air conditioning and windows. 5. This policy is currently supposed to be enforced by security on each of the KCL campuses. 6. Currently the only action taken to those smoking on College grounds is to ask them to stop immediately. 7. The no smoking policy is well advertised by signage and in documentation in circulation. 8. Those breaching college policy are putting the health of fellow colleagues and visitors at risk. 9. All Students and Staff of King’s College are required to carry their ID card when on campus.

1. The college policy on smoking is outdated and should cover a smoking ban on all campuses of King’s College, including outdoor quads, walkways, lawns and terraces. 2. Occasionally asking people to stop smoking is not a sufficient deterrent to prevent them from breaching college rules. 3. Students who repeatedly breaking college rules and deliberately putting the health of fellow colleagues and visitors at risk should face disciplinary action.

This Union Resolves: 1. To petition the college to enforce an updated no smoking policy that prohibits smoking on all college grounds and facilities. 2. To lobby the College to provide designated smoking areas/shelters on campus Support for Syrian Students.

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name Areeb Ullah

This Union notes:

1. As of the 2nd January 2013, according to the UN, an estimated 60,000 Syrians had died as a result of the violent conflict in Syria which has been on-going since March 2011.

2. According to the UN, more than 335,000 Syrian refugees have registered with the UN, with 21,000 claiming asylum in the EU between March 2011 and September 2012.

3. At present an estimated 300 Syrian students are studying in UK Higher Education institutions, at least 100 of whom were sponsored under the Syrian Government under the British Council's Capacity Building Scheme but who’s funding has been stopped by the Syrian authorities.

This Union believes:

1. Syrian students at other UK universities are facing immediate expulsion if, due to the conflict, either they or their sponsors can no longer pay their tuition fees.

2. Syrian students, who return to Syria before completion of their sponsored qualification, will face severe financial penalties from the Syrian authorities.

3. Syrian students whose student visas lapse and lose the right to work and risk destitution in the UK.

4. Should they return to Syria, those involved in anti-government protests risk detention, torture and even assassination at the hands of the Syrian regime according to the Centre for Assisting Refugee Academics.

5. The Foreign Secretary, William Hague MP, ensured that Libyan students affected by the conflict in 2011 were able to continue their studies and should extend this gesture to Syrian students.

This Union resolves:

1. That the President of the Students’ Union and Vice President of Academic Affairs will urgently meet with the university’s senior management to ascertain how many Syrian students at King’s College London have had their funding streams disrupted and to demand: a. That university management should not make any Syrian student sponsored by the Syrian government personally liable for their tuition fees but should register their tuition fees debts against the Syrian authorities. b. That the university make hardship grants, scholarships and bursaries available to all affected Syrian students, whether sponsored or privately funded, to cover their living expenses. c. That Sabbatical Officers and Academic Board Reps raise this issue at the next Academic Board Rep meeting. d. To Nominate a Student Officer to communicate with each of the 14 Syrian Students to offer the support of KCLSU and to investigate the level of support to be given. Condom Provision

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name LYDIA GRAY Your Course WAR STUDIES Your Year FINAL Your Student Number 1015719

This Union notes

1. Using condoms prevents unwanted pregnancy and STIs

2. Condom prices have risen 20% in the last 3 years

3. Only 54% of students regularly use condoms

4. Now, around ¼ of British students have an STI

This Union Believes

1. Students are far more likely to pick condoms up somewhere private (and to need them on a night out).

This Union Resolves

1. KCLSU resolves to provide free condoms to its students, by placing them in the Union bathrooms (Guy’s Bar, The Waterfront and Tutu’s). 2. KCLSU also resolves to work with KCL Sexpression to ensure that these condoms are free. LGBT Sensitivity Training

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name Natalie Reidy Your Course BA German Your Year 2nd Your Student Number 1119655

This Union notes: 1. The ‘coming out’ process can be extremely stressful for a multitude of reasons and can have a detrimental effect on a student’s academic work and university life. 2. The role of the personal tutor is to assist in personal matters (including ‘coming out’) if the student feels it is impacting on his/her academic work. Therefore they may encounter students coming out as LGBT to them. 3. Students are often not aware that the role of their personal tutor is pastoral. 4. College security, catering and cleaning staff have a prominent presence in the residences and college campuses. Students can hear their conversations and be on the receiving end of any prejudices they hold. 5. No staffs employed by the college currently receive compulsory LGBT sensitivity training. 6. LGBT sensitivity training is compulsory at UCL and other UL colleges. 7. There is no prescriptive protocol for easing academic pressure during the period when a student is ‘coming out’.

This Union Believes: 1. A tutor should be able to respond sensitively and appropriately, so as not to make the student any more uncomfortable than the situation already might be. 2. Students coming out should be helped by the college and not penalised for taking time off if they need to. 3. No staff member should be heard making homophobic or transphobic comments around the college’s sites, therefore they should be given proper training to ensure they know exactly what is considered transpohobic or homophobic.

This Union Resolves: 1. Students should receive explicit information in their departmental handbooks and at departmental enrolment and induction meetings at the beginning of their university career specifying that personal tutors are there to help offset the stress of personal problems by easing stress caused by academic work. 2. That LGBT sensitivity training should be integrated into the current training program for all KCLSU & College staff. A document detailing information given in the nre training session should be circulated to staff already trained. 3. This could involve contracting an organisation dealing specifically with LGBT rights issues. 4. The council to sanction a sabbatical officer to do more research in consultation with the LGBT officer and LGBT society and lobby the college to carry out the plans. Raising Awareness of Assault on Campus

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name: SHANICE MCBEAN Your Course: PHILOSOPHY Your Year: 2 Your Student Number: 1114116

This Union notes: 1. The NUS study Hidden Marks, 2010, found that 68% of women students will experience some form of sexual, physical or verbal harassment while at university or college 2. NUS also found that 1 in 7 women students will be the victim of ‘serious physical or sexual assault’, including rape 3. They found that 60% of perpetrators were also students

This Union Believes: 1. Assaults on campus’ between students are common and should be openly and frequently discussed and addressed by the college and KCLSU 2. The scale of the experiences of women on campus should be made visible so we can begin to openly challenge them 3. The above requires that the college and KCLSU take responsibility for helping to raise awareness of the scale of assaults on university campus’ 4. One way this can be done is by making the NUS report visible to students and staff

This Union Resolves: 1. The KCLSU uses resources and funding available to produce literature and posters with its branding on to be circulated around campus highlighting the findings of the NUS report 2. That £200 of the Student Council budget will be made available to support the campaign. Lord Carey

This is a motion for: Tick KCLSU Student Council X KCLSU AGM KCLSU EGM KCLSU Members’ Meeting This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position X The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name Ben Jackson Your Course English Language & Literature Your Year 2 Your Student Number 1103013

This Union notes:

1. Roar! Newspaper has printed a story detailing a speech made by Lord Carey, a high profile alumnus of the College, at a Conservative fringe conference earlier this month. 2. The former Archbishop of Canterbury said that “Same-sex relationships are not the same as heterosexual relationships and should not be put on the same level." 3. Roar! Newspaper subsequently called for the removal of Lord Carey’s image from the Strand campus windows because it believes that his deeply offensive views on equality don’t reflect those of the College’s students. 4. The College is yet to take action.

1. Lord Carey’s statements have offended and upset a number of current students. 2. Lord Carey should not be idolised by the College by maintaining his image at the Strand entrance next to other esteemed alumni. 3. To maintain his image there would imply that the College supports his out-dated and hurtful views on equality. This Union Resolves:

1. To support Roar! Newspaper in their campaign. 2. To lobby the College to remove the image of Lord Carey from the Strand campus windows.

Disabled Access

This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under This motion is proposed by: Your Name Keshi Chung Your Course Your Year Your Student Number 0924195

This Union notes:

1. That many of the doors around the university can be difficult to open, especially for those who have a physical disability or are recovering from surgery.

2. Getting through such doors can be difficult, discomforting or even impossible for some students, unless they are helped.

3. The university should comply with the Equality Act (2010).

1. All students, staff, and visitors to the university should be able to get around with ease and comfort.

2. A simple act, such as holding a door open for the person behind you, could make all the difference.

1. To campaign to the university to make as many doors as accessible as possible. For example, automatic door openers could be installed and their buttons placed within easy reach. 2. Where it is not possible to have such doors, then to put up signs reminding people that it is polite hold the door open for the person behind them.

3.To mandate VP Student Media and Engagement to conduct further research with student groups and KCL and to report back findings to later meetings.

KCL Health Centre Waiting Time

This is a motion for: Tick KCLSU Student Council x KCLSU AGM  KCLSU EGM  KCLSU Members’ Meeting  This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s  I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under  This motion is proposed by: Your Name Thomas Clayton Your Course History Your Year 3 Your Student Number 0903862

This Union notes:

1. That the waiting time to see a Doctor at the KCL health centre is currently 8 days. 2. That the average waiting time to see a GP in the UK is 1.9 days. 3. That the last time the government published a target waiting time it was a maximum of 2 days. 4. That the health centre runs a two hour drop in session each day where you can wait to see a nurse who can refer you to a doctor. 5. That Freshers are encouraged to register with the KCL health centre and are only given positive facts about the centre.

1. That long waiting times have a negative impact on the health of its members. 2. That the health centre does run valuable student-focused services that might not be available at an average GP practice. 3. That waiting times should be lower.

This Union Resolves: 1. KCLSU are to provide information about the health centre and other options available to them – how the register, using drop ins etc – and make clear the different services offered at each place 2. To provide that information to Freshers’ in print and online 3. To lobby the centre to provide information about waiting times for KCLSU to publicise 4. To look at other health centres and see how they run, to make suggestions to our own health centre 5. To ask the health centre to review their opening times to be more suitable for students – such as later and earlier opening and weekend opening. Liberation Room

This is a motion for: Tick KCLSU Student Council X KCLSU AGM  KCLSU EGM  KCLSU Members’ Meeting  This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position  The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s  I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under  This motion is proposed by: Your Name:Chloe Lord Your Course: Your Year: Your Student Number:

Proposed by: Ana Sofia da Silva – Disabled Students’ Officer, KCLSU Michael Fanner – LGBT Officer, KCLSU Chloë Lord – Trans Officer, King’s LGBT Mike Forsyth - Sports Officer, King's LGBT Nick Lenox-Smith - Events Officer, King's LGBT Jonny Roland - Welfare Officer, King's LGBT Katie Weeks – Women’s Officer, King's LGBT Peter Shields - Campaigns Officer, King's LGBT Matt Hannam - Communications Officer, King's LGBT Matt Pitt - Website Officer, King’s LGBT

This Union notes

1. The NUS hate crime reports showed that students currently in education suffered from "hate" incidents: 1.1.Nearly 1 in 4 (24%) responders with a physical impairment, 15 per cent with a sensory impairment, 12% per cent with a mental health condition, stated they had experienced anti- social behaviour or crime motivated by a prejudice against their disability. 1.2.31% of LGB students have experienced hate incidents at their institution and 55% of trans students have experienced hate incidents. 20% of trans students had experienced at least one incident of physical abuse or violence4. 1.3.Racism continues to rise across society, endangering the welfare of all Black and Jewish students.5 1.4.Last year, racist attacks increased by 7%, with the racist murder of student Anthony Walker a stark reminder of the direct threat to students. Police figures have shown Arabs are 13 times, African Caribbean's ten times and Jewish people three times more likely to suffer racist attacks than white Europeans. Every such attack must be condemned and students' unions should take steps to prevent them.6

2. Intersectionality is a principle that recognises that students often have concurrent liberation needs and identities and, as such, often face multiple discrimination.

3. A safe-space is an area where homophobia, transphobia, ableism, islamophobia and other prejudices are explicitly forbidden and that safe space policy and provision is a common practice at NUS events such LGBT and Women’s conference.

4. Public Sector Equality Duty: In respect of gender, race and disability, public authorities have a general and specific duty to proactively promote equality throughout their activities.7

4.1.Both the university and KCLSU have obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty to protect students from discrimination on the basis of race, disability, gender, gender reassignment, sexuality and other characteristics.

5. Often previous promotion of liberation events and resources has been hindered by vandalism when placed in open student areas.

6. Gender neutral toilets are beneficial to students at KCL and in particular to non-binary and transitioning students.

7. Liberation or LGBT rooms have been successfully established at the universities of Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool, Leicester and Manchester.

8. Autonomy is a word that is often misunderstood, or simply not understood at all. However, it is absolutely crucial to any liberation campaign. Autonomy in liberation is the idea that oppressed or disempowered groups of people organise for themselves. For example, a disabled students’ group is better placed to make decisions on their budget, or on a paper for the university on accessibility, than the union exec.8 A space and resources for self organising will help facilitate liberation officers to create autonomous campaigns.

This Union Believes

4 http://www.nusconnect.org.uk/asset/News/6015/NUS_LGBT_Hate_Crime_report_Web.pdf

5 http://www.nusconnect.org.uk/resources/antiracism/Model-Policy-Challenging-racism-on-campus-and-in-our-communities/

6 http://www.nusconnect.org.uk/resources/antiracism/Model-Policy-Challenging-racism-on-campus-and-in-our-communities/

7 http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=7345916

8 http://www.nusconnect.org.uk/asset/news/6015/LGBT-Liberation_Officers.pdf 1. KCLSU and student council believe that a "safe-space" area is essential to support the otherwise under-met needs of its diverse student body 2. KCLSU and student council believe that the NUS research into hate-crime has demonstrated a real need for a safe-space for the liberation campaigns 3. The provision and support of a liberation room would make visible the union's commitment to equality and diversity 4. KCLSU and student council believe that it is essential to provide an area for safe publication of liberation issues 5. "Help-line" resources are more likely to be used by students if permanent and accessible and could be vital in an hour of need 6. A united liberation room is better suited to support the needs of a wide student population that often has intersectional needs 7. Combating hate crimes is a priority of KCLSU. A liberation room is an active commitment to this aim. 8. Gender neutral toilets are beneficial to students at KCL and in particular to non-binary and transitioning students 9. A liberation room will assist in the union and university meeting its obligations under the 'Equality Act 2010' and following the guidelines of the 'Public Sector Equality Duty'. 10.Meeting room 4, in Boland house is an ideal location for a liberation room

Union resolves

1. 1.1.To look for a room within the Boland House Vision project, to be transformed into 'safe-space' liberation room 1.2.For the room to function as a 'safe-space' its use should be reserved for the liberation campaigns 1.3.The supply and maintenance of information and resources should be the remit of the liberation officers

2. 2.1.It will be incorporated into liberation officers' job description that they should hold regular drop-in sessions and maintain an accessible presence. 2.2.All resources supplied should be available in accessible format 2.3.Specialist drop-in sessions should be arranged through the room e.g. point of care testing for HIV, pregnancy and STI testing and workshops into free assistive open-source software etc. 2.4.To meet accessible needs the room should be supplied with appropriate seating, tables, notice boards in and outside the room, room dividers and blinds/curtains for windows. 2.5.A telephone with restricted dialling capability should be available for contacting relevant 'help-lines' e.g. Trevor project, Samaritans, Nightline and KCLSU advise and counselling service.

3. 3.1.The single-occupant accessible toilet opposite MR4 should be both an accessible and gender neutral toilet. 3.2.Funding for the room should come predominately form KCLSU/KCL as it is helping them meet their obligations under the 'Equality Act 2010' and following the guidelines of the 'Public Sector Equality Duty'. 3.3.To explore funding options drawn from fundraising, sponsorship, college and KCLSU 3.4.To host and publicise events within this space

4. To continue to promote safe space throughout the College Eco-Hand Dryers

This is a motion for: Tick KCLSU Student Council x KCLSU AGM  KCLSU EGM  KCLSU Members’ Meeting  This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s  I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under  This motion is proposed by: Your Name: Hannah Barlow Your Course Your Year Your Student Number

This Union notes:

1. The current provision of hand dryers in KCLSU facilities are poor. The hand dryers are out dated in comparison to new environmentally friendly dryers, (for example the new ones in the Lobby). 2. The College are currently trying to further their ‘Go Green’ initiatives.

1. It is important to make efforts to become a more environmentally friendly union. 2. It is important to acknowledge the ‘RANTs’ that students have made about current hand drying provisions being not adequate.

1. To lobby the college to install new Eco- Hand dryers in all KCLSU facilities. Trans*ByDegree

This is a motion for: Tick KCLSU Student Council x KCLSU AGM  KCLSU EGM  This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s  I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under  This motion is proposed by: Your Name: Michael Fanner Your Course: Your Year: Your Student Number:

This Union notes: 1. KCLSU is committed to equality of opportunity and values the diversity of its students, including students who identify as transgender. 2. Trans*ByDegree is a campaign launched by a King’s student and aims to improve trans* inclusion in UK higher education institutions (HEI) using the cooperation and experience of the HE trans* community. 3. T*BD will be assisting HEIs to become more trans* inclusive using a self-assessment tool developed through consultations and will publish an annual report of HEIs with a national perspective. 4. T*BD illustrates best practice throughout HEIs in the UK for which KCL has been at the forefront.

This Union Believes: 1. This is an important campaign in the student activist movement. 2. The union recognises that trans* students face many inequalities in society and have unique needs to other minority groups. 3. Trans* is often the forgotten letter in the LGBT acronym. 4. By supporting T*BD, KCLSU will continue to be one of the most trans* inclusive student unions in the UK.

This Union Resolves: 1. Officially recognise and support T*BD by promoting the campaign on the KCLSU website and other promotional operations. 2. Co-operation with T*BD will be part of the LGBT Liberation Officer’s role. 3. KCLSU to lobby the university to self-audit with KCLSU support Provision of Female Hygiene Products

This is a motion for: Tick KCLSU Student Council x KCLSU AGM  KCLSU EGM  This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position  The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s  I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under  This motion is proposed by: Your Name: VP Student Media & Engagement - Fran Allfrey Your Course: n/a Your Year: n/a Your Student Number: n/a

This Union notes: That there is currently a lack of female hygiene product provision at king's- most toilets don't have a vending machine, or if they do, they are not filled or maintained regularly. Furthermore, each campus is at least a five minute walk from the nearest supermarket/ store which sells a decent range of these products.

This Union Believes: That hygiene products are a vital part of women's welfare, and there should be affordable provision on campus for female students.

This Union Resolves: that female hygiene product vending machines should be installed and maintained in all toilets across all KCLSU and King's buildings, and the possibility of free products should be investigated for the health centre. Liberation History Months

This is a motion for: Tick KCLSU Student Council x KCLSU AGM  KCLSU EGM  This motion calls on: KCLSU To adopt a campaign / policy position x The KCLSU Trustee Board to take on board the recommendation/s  I’m not sure which one of the above this issue falls under  This motion is proposed by: Your Name: Ana Sofia da Silva Your Course: Medicine Your Year: 4 Your Student Number: 0705810

This Union Notes:

1. Disabled history month is from 27th November – 27th December 2. LGBT history month is in February 3. Black history month is in October 4. Women’s history month is in March 5. KCLSU is a supporter of all liberation groups

1. Liberation history months are an integrative part of the activist movement 2. It is important that KCLSU runs effective liberation history months so that it showcases its progressive stance 3. A significant population of KCL are members of at least one liberation groups

1. Liberation history months should be an active part of the KCLSU calender 2. Working groups should be set up so effective planning and execution of these 4 history month is achieved 3. KCLSU should ensure that there is effective advertisement of these history months via president email, society emails and KCLSU website 4. KCLSU should request that throughout the 4 liberation history months that the KCL homepage has a section dedicated to these history months.