Policy

Once a motion is passed at Student Assembly, it becomes policy of the SU. This means that it becomes our stance on a certain issue and shapes the work that we do in this area. Most policies contain a 'This Union Resolves...' section, which outlines what students would like the SU to do.

Below is a list of all our active policy and when it was passed.

Policy passed in 2018/19

• Cut to contact hours on BA (Hons) Applied Social Science, Community Development and Youth Work (BACD&YW)
• Motion to elect the Goldsmiths warden
• Welfare and Diversity Officer - role title change
• Motion of boycott and support for outsourced workers at the central University of London 
• Motion to support the permanent in-housing of staff at Goldsmiths University of London 

Policy passed in 2017/18

• Oppose Closure of the Waldron Health Walk-In Centre
• Fight Elitism Campaign
• Creation of New Officer Roles
• Removal of Campus Officers
• Policy Lapse
• Student Spaces
• Support Changes to the Regulations for 'Acceptable/Unacceptable Extenuating Circumstances'
• Continued Support for Eritrean Refugees
• Against Sexual Violence
• Combatting Islamophobia
• Motion to Boycott the NSS
• Support UCU Action Against USS Changes

Policy passed in 2016/17

• Support an MA Social Work Fee Strike
• Schools Against Borders
• Financially Support Valentina A Lopez from Academics for Peace
• Opposing All Fee Increases Past the £9,000 Mark.
• Fossil Free Goldsmiths
• Boycott Zabludowicz
• Creation of a Care Leaver and Estranged Students' Part Time Officer
• Halls Heating
• Reject the National Union of Students (NUS) National Ballot
• Creation of a Trans and Non-Binary Students' Part Time Officer
• Supporting the Every Month Campaign
• SU to Officially Oppose the New University Regulations
• Trump the Ban
• SU Response to the New Student Engagement System
• Strengthen Disaffiliation from the Socialist Workers Party, Including Affiliates

Policy passed in 2015/16

• Scrap Trident
• International Students Walkout 
• Boycott Prevent
• The Refugee Crisis 
• Cap Rents
• Fighting Racism and Fascism 

Policy passed in 2014/15

• All Power to Staff and Students
• Support for Commemorative Events
• Standing up for Student Sex Workers
• Disafilliation from Socialist Workers Student Society
• Access to Abortion in the North and South of Ireland
• Stop Taxing Periods. Period.
• Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israeli Apartheid
• Solidarity with Syriza
• Motion to Campaign for a Full Time BME Officer
• Fighting for a Full Time Trans Officer in the National Union of Students (NUS)

Policy passed in 2013/14

• Support the UCU Strike Action
• Cops Off Campus

Policy passed in 2012/13

• Activities Inclusion
• Dissolving of Department Reps for 2012-13 Academic Year
• Fairer Representation at the National Union of Students (NUS) Conference
• SU for Public Universities
• SU Bathroom Policy
• Housing
• Lewisham A&E and the NHS
• Mental Health Campaign
• Motion to Support the People's Assembly Against Austerity
• No to Pay Day Loans
• Protect Independent Stores and the SU Shop
• Reaffirming No Platform Policy
• Safe Space Policy
• Stance on Transphobia
• Support a Woman's Right to Choose
• That's What She Said - Lad Culture on Campus