Campaigns

CUSU provides a strong voice and practical support to ensure that the issues you care about are actively pursued. We are currently running a number of exciting campaigns to improve the experience of students in Cambridge. In the last 12 months, CUSU has fought against tuition fees, stood up for equality and diversity, championed environmental sustainability and called for a University sports centre. which you can find out more about below.

Students are most powerful when they organise and cooperate as a collective body, so campaigns are at the centre of CUSU's work. Some campaigns take the form of high visibility public events to draw media attention. Others will involve close engagement with the University through committees and lobbying. Many of our campaigns rely on college and faculty networks to apply pressure on a single issue in many places.

Sign the Right to Light petition: because all students have the right to better lighting to feel safe at night!

CUSU Campaigns

	Keep the Lift! We are calling on students to speak out for disabled access to the Old Schools.
	Cambridge University Stands Up is campaigning week launched in November 2009 during which Cambridge students stand up for diversity and equality- taking a clear stand against discrimination and inequality.
	CUSU Ethical Affairs campaigns on social and environmental sustainability. The campaign promotes awareness of these issues among students and empowers us to take positive action.
	Sign our Right to Light petition to improve lighting in certain areas of Cambridge which have been chronically underlit and unsafe. Join us in asserting our right to light, and demand improvements from our local government.
	Vote for Students is a campaign to put pressure on all candidates in the upcoming General Election to vote against any increase in our tuition fees. Sign the online pledge to use your vote and pin down politicians.
	CUSU's Exams Campaign calls for a reform of the Cambridge examination system to include early release of results on CamSIS, the right to opt out of Senate House publication and written exam feedback.
	CUSU Access aims to increase the proportion of undergraduates coming from state schools/colleges and other non-traditional backgrounds through encouraging more applications Students can help narrow the gap between perception and reality by talking about their own personal experiences.
	Working to combat racism.
Education	This section covers past and present education-themed campaigns run by CUSU. This is separate to our section on Academic Affairs resources and support for current students.

Autonomous/Representative Campaigns

An important part of CUSU is its autonomous campaigns. These campaigns allow groups who are traditionally disempowered or have specific needs to direct their own activities and represent themselves. Autonomous campaigns play a key role in CUSU's efforts to make the University a more diverse and accessible environment.

	The Women's Campaign comprises a diverse membership of women from all over the university and colleges. We are an autonomous policymaking body, as well as the main representative for women in the university.
	CUSU LGBT is a group which aims to support the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students in the University.
	CUSU International is a group whose objective is to represent international students in the University.
	The Black Students' Campaign (BSC) exists to voice the concerns, address the issues, cater to the needs of, and improve the educational and social environment for Ethnic Minority Students in Cambridge at both undergraduate and graduate level.
	The Disabled Students' Liberation Campaign is a new and exciting campaign, started in 2010, that brings together all students who self-define as disabled or have personal experience of disability. It seeks to promote positive self identity, advocate disability rights and provide a safe and supportive space for all disabled students.