Conference 2026 ideas

Please submit or vote for any changes you'd like Open SU to make, which will be considered in preparation for our 2026 Conference.

Please share any ideas for improving Open SU, introducing something new, changing an existing process, or reviewing a service. You can also propose policies, campaigns, or highlight student issues that you'd like Open SU to take forward and advocate for.
These ideas may be developed into a Conference Resolution – a formal proposal that students can debate and vote on at Conference. You can take a look at the resolutions that went to our 2024 Conference here.
Please share any ideas by 31 August 2026.

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Nina Taylor: 8:47am on 23 Aug 26 I know the 'understanding me as a learner' is getting quite a lot of traction within ECYS and possibly be extended to other WELS schools. It is a very useful document and could well support learners in other faculties. I guess the issue with having a template for essay structure is that all programmes are different. And it seems that different faculties use different referencing systems (for whatever reason) and that could cause some confusion. It's a shame there isn't a standardised approach across the university. An AI guide would be good- similar to the draft one we looked at last week. I asked if that would be used for all ECYS modules and apparently the response was 'ideally but changes to things/ resources move very slowly and it takes time to get approval' (or words to that effect. Just a few thoughts