Ideas Forum

Welcome to the Ideas Forum! This is a place where you can submit any idea for change about your university experience or vote and comment on existing ideas.

If you can get at least 25 other students to vote for your idea, the Union officers are then able to consider it. Don't stop at 25 though - the more votes and comments an idea gets, the more power it gives us to try to action it!

Once an Idea has reached at least 25 up-votes, it will be sent to Executive Committee and/or Student Summit which are meetings where Union staff and students discuss, vote on and potentially action your idea. So don't hold back, let us know what you want us to do! (You can even post anonymously if you prefer to)

The Ideas Forum is such a direct and effective way to get your voice heard and you can use it as many times as you like during your studies - we know that your needs and wants change year on year, so use the Ideas Forum to reflect the current issues you are facing and let us know what it is you care about.

Before you post please consider the following

  • Make sure your idea clearly states what you want to change and why – things like how it would be funded, who it would apply to – give as much detail as possible. If you don’t, we may have to delete your idea or it could be rejected by students for being too vague.
  • Check to see if the idea has already been passed under the ‘ view passed ideas’ tab – we might already be working on your idea!
  • Check to see if your idea has already been posted by someone else – if so, don’t post the idea again, but vote and comment on the existing idea
  • Check to see if your idea has been rejected and why under the ‘view rejected ideas’ tab – it might mean slight changes to your post, or it might give you an insight in to how students felt about this topic.
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  • -2 score
    4 votes

    Later start times

    Submitted 2 weeks ago by Gregg Szirbuly Expires on 30 Oct
    Current
    • Environment and Sustainability
    • Accessibility
    • Transport and Parking
    1comment
    What is the benefit of starting at 9-9:30? These are peak-traffic times. Students and staff may also be doing school runs, etc. We are also putting additional pressure on the general traffic by commuting in these times making other people's commuting more difficult. But it's not only a convenience and practicality concern, but by putting pressure on the traffic in the morning, leading to long vehicle queues will lead to additional pollution of the environment.
David Mulgrew
12:23pm on 14 May 24 How would you feel about starting at 8am, that's when I arrive on site most days and traffic is minimal that early. That's with a commute from Swad Leaving at 7:20 While there are lots of edge cases and exceptions, however peak time is not arbitrary, its the time that works for the most number of people.