Emergency Members' Meeting - December 2011

The EMM takes place at 6pm on Thursday 1 December in the Darwin Lecture Theatre, Darwin Building. Registration starts at 5:30pm. Please arrive early as there is limited capacity in the lecture theatre.

This EMM has been called by UCLU Council to ask the question "Does UCLU have confidence in Malcolm Grant as President and Provost of UCL?".

Any UCL student as a member of UCLU can attend and submit other issues that they want to discuss. If you would like to submit a motion (on a issue you want discussed and voted on), you need to submit it by 5pm on Thursday 24 November to uclu-democracy@ucl.ac.uk

More about submitting a motion and deadlines is available here.

The agenda and papers will be posted on the website on Friday, and you’ll be able to download them, to bring along to the meeting.

Confidence in the Provost?
No confidence in the Provost?

UCL students join the debate and decide
01.12.11 - 5.30pm - Darwin LT

Professor Malcolm Grant, the current head of UCL, has been appointed as the chair of the NHS commissioning board. This is a new body set up by the Government to distribute NHS funding and to implement the Health and Social Care Bill. Professor Grant will continue as the Provost & President of UCL part-time while taking up this new role.

It has been suggested that whilst Professor Grant has worked to improve UCL and its position as a world class university, he has also served to undermine public services, including providing support for the increases in tuition fees. UCL may now be associated with the changes to the NHS.

This question will be answered at an emergency meeting for UCL students.

Come along 5:30pm, 1 December 2011 in Darwin LT - have your voice heard and your vote counted.

You can participate in the debate and vote on the motions. You are also there to question the officers that you’ve elected to represent you on a day to day basis. After listening to what people are proposing and opposing you can question them on anything you are unsure about. Remember, there will often be a number of people with the same queries as you.

Don’t panic or freak out - speak out!

When someone proposes a motion, that person will stand up and give a speech outlining their reasons for wanting the motion to be passed. The motion will contain three types of information:

This Union notes… (Facts)
These are points which are factual information.

This Union believes… (Opinions)
Believes set out the Union’s position on the issue and in the future these can be pointed out in any debate as the students feelings.

This Union resolves/mandates… (Actions)
These are action points that the Union/officers must carry out.

After the proposition speech there will be an opportunity for someone to speak in opposition. Rounds of speeches will continue at the discretion of the Chair. The proposition and opposition speeches needed to be equally balanced.

The Chair will then open discussion to the floor.

At the end of the debate, the Chair will call for a vote and the matter is decided.

Click here to find out more about writing and submitting a motion.

 

James Skuse
Democracy & Communications Officer
visit: Sabbatical Suite, fourth floor, UCLU building, 25 Gordon Street
phone: 020 7679 7985
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Zubair Idris
Union Chair
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Representation & Campaigns Department
visit: fourth floor, UCLU building, 25 Gordon Street
phone: 020 7679 0678
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