Lancaster University Liberal Democrats

20/10/2021

Liberty. Civil Rights. Democracy. Flowing Pints

Interested? Come along to our meeting this evening at 6pm in Bowland North Seminar Room 8, and our cross party bar crawl afterwards.

We look forward to seeing you!

06/10/2021

Introducing our inner sanctum of 21/22 Exec members! We hope to see you soon

06/10/2021

Had a housing crisis that wasn't your fault?
Angry at our broken polarising politics?
Concerned about civil liberties?
Furious about human rights abuses at home and abroad?
You may be Liberal, see us at Freshers Fair today to find out more!

Here until 5pm today

04/03/2021

LUSU fu**ed up (shock). Please, please vote in the referendum about the renewed Articles of Association. If you didn't vote yesterday - why? 🤔 - you need to vote. And, if you already have, you need to vote again.

Nonetheless, YOU HAVE TO VOTE BEFORE NOON TOMORROW. 🤠

Vote here 👉 https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flancastersu.co.uk%2Fevoting_referendums%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1W3gWgMuyApwOdK5oAo97J29OvE1ghILVfF3fcppu6hoxr6XHH-y7Bwis&h=AT0MNCb63j07XYqQGRVlvcWb4_xlgkxK5K6qmAsIxGSDNoFrAktzCUhiJX5Adz26840OOI8-KiZIqXfL8oao8Q5XU3UP6dcDELm8cXpk8f_M6jEy4k_NgOIPyaJLC6jnL3AlHA

Also, vote for your next FTO and LCO teams HERE 👉 lancastersu.co.uk/vote

08/01/2021

Our statement on the issues facing students in Lent term:

The Covid-19 pandemic has completely changed the student experience, both in a social, and an academic sense. Claims that things are now like normal because of the more effective use of online tools are false. In that context, we want to address some key issues in how Lancaster University students have been treated.

We agree with calls from many students for a rent rebate for certain students affected by the pandemic and lockdown, for instance those unable to return to university due to lockdown restrictions, or who have chosen not to return for the sake of their mental health, among other issues. However, we feel that current campaigns have not paid due regard to the situation of students in private accommodation. We call on the Students' Union to lobby landlords and student housing companies for a similar rebate.

We also fully endorse the petition by Noah Katz to introduce a significant ‘safety net’, and we wish to see further action taken: https://lancastersu.co.uk/thestudentvoice/introduce-a-significant-safety-net-for-the-remainder-of-the-2020-21-academic-year?utm_campaign=website&utm_source=uc&utm_medium=email. We want to see end of year assessment mirror the assessment offered in the 2019/20 academic year. Exams should be optional; coursework must be marked with the leniency seen for 2019/20 Lent term assessment; and a no detriment policy must be implemented, so that a student's aggregate grade is no lower than as of Friday Week 10 of the 2020/21 academic year (11th December 2020). With national lockdowns taking place in each term of this academic year so far, we believe that our education has been far more negatively affected this year than last year - measures up to the level of what students were offered last year are entirely appropriate.

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05/11/2020

As we go into lockdown, we have to remember that we're doing this for the health of our friends, family, and of our NHS. However, we also have to look after our own mental health. If you need, here's some numbers:

Samaritans: 116 123
CALM: 0800 58 58 58
Anxiety UK: 03444 775 774

30/09/2020

Sadly, we won't be able to make it to Freshers' Fair this year ☹️

But, we're still here, and are very much ACTIVE! 🥳

Over the next few weeks we have a few events lined up:

🔶 a Q&A with Jamie Stone MP and other speakers!
🔶 numerous Netflix Party events, where the films are chosen by our members
🔶 and weekly events and social drinks on Microsoft Teams at 7pm!

If you're interested - just interested, you don't have to be a member of the party to take part! - or just even somewhat liberally-minded, please join via this link: https://lancastersu.co.uk/groups/lancaster-university-liberal-democrats

30/09/2020

🔔 You can now sign up to the society from NOW 🔔 (if you're a student)

Membership is £3 and gives you full voting rights and access to society events and meetings. Membership is not paid online but either in-person or via bank transfer

https://lancastersu.co.uk/groups/lancaster-university-liberal-democrats

17/06/2020

We must take action to prevent this disastrous regressive reform of the GRA - write to your MP to ask them to vote against this move and remind them

15/06/2020

Our statement on the government's proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA):

The Government’s planned reforms to the GRA are an attack on the Trans Community. We, as Liberal Democrats, stand in solidarity with the Trans Community and reaffirm our long-standing commitment that Trans Rights are Human Rights.

The plans left many Trans people feeling abandoned and that their voices are being shut out. The Government’s plans target Trans Women by excluding trans enforcing “single-sex spaces,” preventing them from accessing vital services, such as refuges, and accessing basic amenities, like public toilets. ‘Bathroom Bills’ have been used in the United States to target the trans community and we should resist such regressive steps.

They are pursuing these outright transphobic and discriminatory plans contrary to public opinion. According to the Sunday Times, about 100,000 responses to the public consultation were received with an overwhelming majority – about 70% – in favour of allowing people to self-identify as a man or a woman. Removing the right of Self-Identification fundamentally jeopardises the safety of the Trans Community, especially as already two in five trans people have experienced a hate crime due to their gender identity.

June is Pride month for the LGBTQ+ community and it is a time for us to celebrate our community and its diversity. But we will not sit idly by while a group in our community is under attack. We remember that the first Pride was a Protest.

Jake Perkins, LGBT Officer

13/06/2020

We are dissatisfied with how Lancaster University Students’ Union has conducted the recent by-election for the position of SU President. We believe that Re-Open Nominations (RON) is a vital and necessary part of any student election, and therefore believe that it should have been made clearer to the student body as to how this result was reached without breaching the confidentiality of complainants. Our Union should be transparent with the student body and we believe that in this episode they have fallen short.

This statement was issued in collaboration with Lancaster University Labour Club and Lancaster University Conservative Society, because we believe that this is an important cross-party issue at Lancaster University.