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NEWMAN STUDENTS' UNION

GENNERS LANE
BARTLEY GREEN
BIRMINGHAM
B32 3NT

​0121 483 2225
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WHAT IS THE THINK TANK?

​NSU Think Tank allows you to submit ideas to make changes within the Students’ Union and to instruct the Executive Committee to lobby for change within the University. Examples include, wanting to change something within your course, or change how the Students' Union run a particular area. You have the power to really have your say...

    SUBMIT YOUR IDEA HERE

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HOW DOES IT WORK?

Once your Idea has been submitted through the Think Tank application, it will be processed by a member of the team, who will be in contact with you about your idea.

Once we are clear on what you want to achieve, your Idea will then be live for two weeks for you and other students to vote upon. We’ll email you the link to your Idea so that you can promote your Idea throughout your own social media platforms, and NSU will also promote current Ideas through our social media channels.

​At the end of the voting period, your Idea will need to have been voted on by at least 30 students, and scored at least 50% + 1 to achieve a PASS, eg. 16 students would need to vote YES for the Idea to PASS.


A member of the team will be in contact with you to let you know if your idea has been successful before going to the Executive Committee for them to formally act on it.  You will receive updates on your idea as the work of the Exec progresses.

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REMEMBER: When your idea gets submitted a member of the team will email you before your idea goes live for voting for quality purposes.

VOTE HERE
VIEW THE RESULTS

Watch this video of our RaG and Community officer Owen explaining what the NSU Think Tank is.
For subtitles and captions if you start the video and click on the CC button on the bottom right hand corner of the video this will enable subtitles and captions.

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

Heading: What is NSU Think Tank?
Transcript: The Newman Students' Union Think Tank is going to allow you to submit ideas for making change within the Students' Union and lobby for change within the University.

Heading: What can be included?
Transcript: This can range from wanting to change something on your course or organising an event or an activity or even praising a person or a group and raising the recognition of their achievements.

Heading: What happens when i submit my idea?
Transcript: Once the idea has been submitted through the Think Tank application, the Executive committee will be made aware and a vote will be created which will be live for two (2) weeks for you and other students to vote on.

Heading: How many votes does it need to be?
​Transcript: When voting closes there will need to be a minimum of thirty (30) votes and a majority of over half voting yes to pass the idea.

Heading: Will I be informed of how my vote is doing?
Transcript: If your vote passes either the inclusions and communities coordinator or the Employability and Voice Coordinator will email you an update and they will work with your officers to ensure that your idea is put into practice and we will keep you informed of the progress of your idea throughout the whole process on the Newman Students' Union Think Tank Page.

Transcript: Thank you for listening
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