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.

Please Note: You will need to log in to submit a new idea, or comment on an existing idea, below.

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  • 2 score
    6 votes

    Make Derby UniBuses Free Again

    Current
    • societies
    • Wellbeing
    • Facilities
    • Activities
    • Money
    • Assignments and Exams
    • Environment and Sustainability
    • Accessibility
    • Equality
    • Transport and Parking
    • University Sites and Campuses
    In August 2025 the UniBuses a signature of the University and arguably a selling point will no longer be free and will in fact be charging students per single way trip £2 or £300 for an Annual Pass this will inhibit peoples abilities to get to societies held at Kedleston Road campus and will prevent future or current members from joining. It will also make transport for exams more difficult for those with mobility issues or those arriving by train. So I am calling for a cancellation of fees.
Brad Hanney
10:24pm on 30 Apr 25 The University of Derby has shown it has enough money to develop it's infrastructure, yet has consistently reduced funding and withdrawn support from its students. This is poor business practice, especially considering most, if not all, of the funding for such efforts (like the Business School development) comes from the students themselves - who already struggle to make ends meet!
Will Hill
10:47pm on 30 Apr 25 Charging students for the buses is very shortsighted, doing so will reduce the total number of National Students from attending the University and overall will cause more harm to the local economy of Derby as there will be less students overall seen as Student will be less incentivized to go to Derby because of the higher costs of transport.
Will Hill
11pm on 30 Apr 25 https://www.change.org/p/keep-uod-buses-free?recruiter=1367145859&recruited_by_id=06258ee0-f9bb-11ef-ad98-656449b5dad6 A petition regarding this topic
Reice Ross
8:08am i commute to university which takes me around 2 hours to get to uni and back home. trains and busses are already costing me lots of money and i believe that making students pay for the bus will be disadvantaging a lot of us who are struggling. keep busses free!