The University of Manchester Students' Union should provide more free water outlets in its venues and premises.
A University of Manchester student called Anupam raised the issue that free drinking water was not easy to find during the welcome period. He noted that while tap water may have been accessible that many International students may not know that tap water is suitable for drinking. Anupam would like the Union to provide more water drinking outlets at Students' Union venues.
Please sign below if you support Anupam's idea and would like to University of Manchester Students' Union to work on his idea.
*UMSU Bright Ideas has been created as part of the ‘Students in Charge of the Union’policy to try to enable more students to be able to create change and development within the Students’ Union.
Ideas can either be practical suggestions that may have a positive impact on operational factors or some may have an implication for policy or require a certain amount of resource. Any ideas that affect policy or have a substantial resource implication need to be decided by a General Meeting and as such these ideas will be treated in the same way that motions have been previously been treated. This means that these ideas will need to gain the support of at least 30 students to be put forward for the General meeting. To enable this to happen the Students’ Union has created online petitions that enable students to show their support and gain the required 30 students in support of the idea.
If more than six ideas gain the support of over 30 students by the end of Thursday (6th October) then a priority ballot will be held in the Students' Union this Friday to decide which six ideas will make it for discussion at the meeting. If your Idea is chosen as one of the final six then we will ask you to come along to the Bright Ideas Have your Say meeting and put your idea forward. If you feel uncomfortable about this we can contact all students that have completed the petition to ask if any of them would like to present the idea.
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October 4, 2011
ive been talking to a bunch of students who really struggle to find water when they are out on campus and it is honestly wild that this is even an issue. hearing all these stories makes me even more determined to get this sorted so hopefully we can get some real answers from the union soon.
October 4, 2011
im honestly so blown away by the response to this. its clear im not the only one who thinks we need better access to water around here so thanks for sticking with me.
6 Comments
100% agree. international students shouldnt have to guess if the water is safe. just put up a sign or something if you arent gonna add more fountains
good idea. hope they actually do it instead of just talking about wanting to improve things.
why is this even a debate? free water is a basic human right especially in a building full of students studying all day.
used to have to walk all the way to the other side of the building just to refill my bottle. waste of time.
THIS. so sick of paying 2 quid for water at the bar when im just thirsty during a gig.
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The University of Manchester Students' Union should provide more free water outlets in its venues and premises.
A University of Manchester student called Anupam raised the issue that free drinking water was not easy to find during the welcome period. He noted that while tap water may have been accessible that many International students may not know that tap water is suitable for drinking. Anupam would like the Union to provide more water drinking outlets at Students' Union venues.
Please sign below if you support Anupam's idea and would like to University of Manchester Students' Union to work on his idea.
*UMSU Bright Ideas has been created as part of the ‘Students in Charge of the Union’policy to try to enable more students to be able to create change and development within the Students’ Union.
Ideas can either be practical suggestions that may have a positive impact on operational factors or some may have an implication for policy or require a certain amount of resource. Any ideas that affect policy or have a substantial resource implication need to be decided by a General Meeting and as such these ideas will be treated in the same way that motions have been previously been treated. This means that these ideas will need to gain the support of at least 30 students to be put forward for the General meeting. To enable this to happen the Students’ Union has created online petitions that enable students to show their support and gain the required 30 students in support of the idea.
If more than six ideas gain the support of over 30 students by the end of Thursday (6th October) then a priority ballot will be held in the Students' Union this Friday to decide which six ideas will make it for discussion at the meeting. If your Idea is chosen as one of the final six then we will ask you to come along to the Bright Ideas Have your Say meeting and put your idea forward. If you feel uncomfortable about this we can contact all students that have completed the petition to ask if any of them would like to present the idea.
Updates
October 4, 2011
ive been talking to a bunch of students who really struggle to find water when they are out on campus and it is honestly wild that this is even an issue. hearing all these stories makes me even more determined to get this sorted so hopefully we can get some real answers from the union soon.
October 4, 2011
im honestly so blown away by the response to this. its clear im not the only one who thinks we need better access to water around here so thanks for sticking with me.
6 Comments
it is crazy that we have to pay for bottled water when we are already broke students. just give us working taps at the union ffs
100% agree. international students shouldnt have to guess if the water is safe. just put up a sign or something if you arent gonna add more fountains
good idea. hope they actually do it instead of just talking about wanting to improve things.
why is this even a debate? free water is a basic human right especially in a building full of students studying all day.
used to have to walk all the way to the other side of the building just to refill my bottle. waste of time.
THIS. so sick of paying 2 quid for water at the bar when im just thirsty during a gig.
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it is crazy that we have to pay for bottled water when we are already broke students. just give us working taps at the union ffs