21–23 April 2015 | Liverpool Final proposals CD10 Key information Purpose of this document Following a priority ballot that was sent to all registered delegates, this document contains the full order of motions submitted by Constituent Members. The Priority Ballot was filled out by over 300 delegates to National Conference. The Zones have been ordered in the following way: New Membership Priority Zone Education Zone Welfare Zone Union Development Zone Society and Citizenship Zone Challenges to the Estimates Annual General Meeting Contents Key information ________________________________________________________________________________ 2 Purpose of this document ________________________________________________________________________ 2 New membership _________________________________________________________________________ 7 Motion 001: New Members ______________________________________________________________________ 7 100 Priority Zone _______________________________________________________________________ 8 Motion 101: A New Politics for the Next Generation___________________________________________________ 8 Amendment 101a ______________________________________________________________________________ 9 Amendment 101b: #GenerationVote? Don’t distract from the real injustices _______________________________ 9 Amendment 101c ______________________________________________________________________________ 10 Amendment 101d _____________________________________________________________________________ 10 Amendment 101e _____________________________________________________________________________ 11 Amendment 101f ______________________________________________________________________________ 11 Amendment 101g _____________________________________________________________________________ 12 200 Education Zone ____________________________________________________________________ 13 Motion 201: Vocational Education ________________________________________________________________ 13 Amendment 201a: Forget me not _________________________________________________________________ 14 Motion 202: Changing FE ________________________________________________________________________ 15 Amendment 202a: No to an NSS in FE _____________________________________________________________ 16 Motion 203: Doctor, Doctor, we need to talk about Postgraduates ______________________________________ 16 Amendment 203a _____________________________________________________________________________ 17 Motion 204: Black students are NOT the problem, institutional racism is! ________________________________ 18 Motion 205: Students aren’t consumers but they do have rights ________________________________________ 19 Motion 206: Changing the Structure of maintenance loans ____________________________________________ 20 2 Amendment 206a: Fair Postgraduate funding _______________________________________________________ 21 Amendment 206b: All about that bass-ic Level of Financial Support _____________________________________ 23 Motion 207: No FE cuts _________________________________________________________________________ 24 Motion 208: Coming of ‘Digital’ Age/Digital Literacy motion ___________________________________________ 24 Motion 209: Boycott NSS: HE ____________________________________________________________________ 25 Motion 210: Bad organisation and management makes for a bad student experience_______________________ 25 Motion 211: Free Education _____________________________________________________________________ 26 Motion 212: National Demonstration for Free Education & against student poverty ________________________ 27 Amendment 212a _____________________________________________________________________________ 28 Motion 213: Support our staff and defend education _________________________________________________ 28 Motion 214: Unlock knowledge to free our education ________________________________________________ 29 Motion 215: Access ____________________________________________________________________________ 29 Motion 216: End Degree Certificate Discrimination! __________________________________________________ 30 Motion 217: Don’t you forget about me – placement students _________________________________________ 30 Motion 218: Drop the Learning Tax: Save sixth form colleges from paying VAT ____________________________ 31 Motion 219: Once, twice, three times, Further Education ______________________________________________ 32 Motion 220: The raising for the cap _______________________________________________________________ 32 Motion 221: UK Visas and Immigration ____________________________________________________________ 33 Motion 222: The Attacks on Disabled Students have only just begun! ____________________________________ 34 Motion 223: Stop the assault on arts education _____________________________________________________ 35 Motion 224: Protecting College ___________________________________________________________________ 35 Motion 225: Protection against course closures _____________________________________________________ 36 Motion 226: Quality FE _________________________________________________________________________ 36 Motion 227: Principles of Quality Assurance ________________________________________________________ 37 Motion 228: Increased educational funding and/or loan opportunities for medical and dental students in their 5th or 6th year of study ____________________________________________________________________________ 37 Motion 229: We are Sections, let us roar! __________________________________________________________ 38 300 Welfare Zone ______________________________________________________________________ 39 Motion 301: Supporting for Success: Getting the most out of student support services ______________________ 39 Amendment 301a _____________________________________________________________________________ 40 Amendment 301b _____________________________________________________________________________ 41 Motion 302: No room for Unfair Housing ___________________________________________________________ 42 Amendment 302a: For higher education institutions to become guarantors for students in need______________ 44 Amendment 302b: Representation of students living in private halls ____________________________________ 44 Amendment 302c: Affordable Accommodation ______________________________________________________ 45 Motion 303: Student Financial Support ____________________________________________________________ 45 Amendment 303a: Bring Back EMA _______________________________________________________________ 47 3 Amendment 303b: A Living Income for Students _____________________________________________________ 48 Amendment 303c ______________________________________________________________________________ 48 Motion 304: Mental Health – Away from Awareness, Towards Action ___________________________________ 49 Motion 305: Stand up to racism and scapegoating ___________________________________________________ 50 Amendment 305a: This movement will fight anti-Semitism ____________________________________________ 51 Amendment 305b: Fight the Rise in Neo-Nazism _____________________________________________________ 52 Motion 306: Dealing with debt ___________________________________________________________________ 53 Motion 307: Free prescriptions for students in England _______________________________________________ 53 Motion 308: Eating Equality: Improving the catering provisions for students with dietary requirements ________ 55 400 Union Development Zone ____________________________________________________________ 56 Motion 401: Students’ unions reimagined for the common good _______________________________________ 56 Amendment 401a _____________________________________________________________________________ 57 Amendment 401b _____________________________________________________________________________ 58 Amendment 401c ______________________________________________________________________________ 58 Motion 402: Keep the National Society of Apprentices on Top __________________________________________ 58 Motion 403: Live your values ____________________________________________________________________ 59 Motion 404: Representation in Sport ______________________________________________________________ 60 Motion 405: Student representation in private colleges _______________________________________________ 60 Motion 406: Fair payment for International Students _________________________________________________ 61 Motion 407 - Charity Commission _________________________________________________________________ 61 Motion 408: From service to action: student opportunities and volunteering ______________________________ 62 Amendment 408a: FE Students’ Unions as work experience and volunteering organisations _________________ 64 Motion 409: Attendance at SU Activity and authorised absence ________________________________________ 64 Motion 410: Student Liaison Officer/Engagement Officer (SLO/SEO) relationship __________________________ 65 500 Society and Citizenship Zone _________________________________________________________ 66 Motion 501: Citizenship education and SRE _________________________________________________________ 66 Amendment 501a: Consent is SRE-ious Business _____________________________________________________ 67 Motion 502: Defend youth work and community education ___________________________________________ 67 Motion 503: Youth Unemployment _______________________________________________________________