What is CUSU Council?

Council is made up of elected representatives from across the Collegiate University. This page lists the current votes available to individuals on CUSU Council. The votes listed here are subject to provisions in the Union's Standing Orders.

Council 'Voting Membership':

  • The Common/Combination Rooms of Affiliated Cambridge Colleges shall each have three voting representatives.
    • Votes should normally be allocated to the President and/or External Officer.
    • Where there is both a JCR and MCR, the JCR shall hold two votes, and the MCR shall hold one vote.
    • Affiliated Common Rooms and the number of votes each has are listed below.
  • Sabbatical Officers (of which there are six: President, Education, Access & Funding, Welfare & Rights, Women's and Disabled Students')
  • Campaigns Officers of the Part-Time Executive, inclusive of Portfolio Campaigns Officer/s and the Head of Ethical Affairs.
  • The Liberation Campaigns shall each have two votes.
    • BME, iCUSU and LGBT+ shall have two votes.
    • DSC and WomCam shall each have one vote (they have two votes as other Liberation Campaigns, however their 'second' vote is held by the Disabled Students' Officer and Women's Officer as Sabbatical Officers).
  • The Graduate Union President.
  • Twelve School-level Student Academic Representatives.

No individual can exercise more than one vote at CUSU Council.

The affiliated Colleges and their number of votes are:

JCR Christ's College x 1 MCR Christ's College x 1
JCR Churchill College x 1 MCR Churchill College x 1
JCR Clare College x 1 MCR Clare College x 1
GSB Clare Hall x 1
CR Darwin College x 2
JCR Downing College x 1 MCR Downing College x 1
ECSU Emmanuel College x 1 MCR Emmanuel College x 1
JCR Fitzwilliam College x 1 MCR Fitzwilliam College x 1
JCR Girton College x 1 MCR Girton College x 1
HUS Homerton College x 1 MCR Homerton College x 1
CR Hughes Hall x 2
JCSU Jesus College x 1 MCR Jesus College x 1
KCSU King’s Edwards College x 1 KCGS King’s College x 1
CR Lucy Cavendish College x 2
JCR Murray Edwards College x 1 MCR Murray Edwards College x 1
JCR Newnham College x 1 MCR Newnham College x 1
JP Pembroke College x 1 GP Pembroke College x 1
JCR Peterhouse x 1
JCR Queens’ College x 1 MCR Queens’ College x 1
RCSA Robinson College x 1 MCR Robinson College x 1
JCR Selwyn College x 1 MCR Selwyn College x 1
SSCSU Sidney Sussex College x 1 MCR Sidney Sussex College x 1
CR St Edmund’s College x 1
JCR St John’s College x 1 SBR St John’s College x 1
TCSU Trinity College x 1 MCR Trinity College x 1
JCR Trinity Hall x 1 MCR Trinity Hall x 1
CR Wolfson College x 2

CUSU council is the decision making body of CUSU. It is a space where all students are welcome to come forward to propose and debate motions whilst holding their elected officers to account. Each college and faculty has voting members who will vote base on their constituents, you can see who your reps are here. In a summary, council includes

 

Updates from elected officers Holding those elected to account Discussions around suggested policy
Debate Voting General Union updates

There is a council held every other week of term. The date, time and location will be advertised in advance on our website and social media channels.

Any student can attend CUSU Council, propose motions and amendments and participate in debates.

  • There are usually four Councils in each Michaelmas and Lent, and two in each Easter.
  • Extraordinary Councils may be called by the Chair if requested by 16 members of Council, three Sabbatical Officers or two Executive Teams.
  • Council may be over-ruled only if its policy is found to be illegal, or by a referendum of the entire student body.

CUSU Council happens every other Monday at 19:00 during term time.

Council Date Agenda Items
Mich 1 14th October
Mich 2 28th October Elect Elections Committee
Mich 3 11th Novemeber
Mich 4 25th Novemeber
Lent 1 20th January
Lent 2 3rd February
Lent 3 17th February
Lent 4 2nd March
Easter 1 27th April
Easter 2 11th May Last Council of Academic Year