Little Black Book 2009-2010 - Cambridge University Students' Union

CUSU Little Black Book 2009 15Your Cambridge, Your CUSUprovides a substantial range offacilities for its students, fromdiscounts to vehicle hire, condomsto photocopying, pregnancy teststo laminating and binding. TheCUSU offices, at the Old ExaminationHall on the New Museums Site, areopen during normal office hoursfor students to make use of theseservices.But one of CUSU’s primary reasonsto exist is to make sure that the viewsof all students are never far from theminds of those making the decisionsthat affect our lives, be that theGovernment, the University or theColleges.Various CUSU Officers sit onUniversity Committees; in fact,there are very few committees leftin the University without studentrepresentation on them. Fromthe University Council and theGeneral Board to the Committee onBiohazards, we act as both your earsand your voice.On a national level, you havea formal representative structurethrough the National Union ofStudents. Each year, Cambridgesends about a dozen delegates to anational policy-setting conferencein Blackpool to form the UKstudent agenda. Many informalrepresentations are also made bythe CUSU to members of the NUSNational Executive Committee atregular events and meetings.Locally, CUSU is building upstronger links with the local councilto represent students’ views onissues like public transport and streetlighting; we have also lobbied heavilyon behalf of services for studentssuch as Cambridge Rape Crisis andthe Young Persons’ Mental HealthService.And we work with futuregenerations of Cambridge studentsto ensure that the student bodyreflects the diversity of society, interms of educational, social andeconomic backgrounds. Each year,we bring hundreds of school pupilsto Cambridge and send hundredsof Cambridge students to schoolsup and down the country, to breakdown the myths and stereotypes thatcontinue to surround the University.So whatever your interest andwhatever your concern, CUSU willcampaign on issues that matter toyou and support you throughoutyour time at Cambridge.For academic and welfare support,contact:welfare@cusu.cam.ac.ukacademic@cusu.cam.ac.ukTo get invovled with our schoolaccess events, contact:access@cusu.cam.ac.ukFind out more about CUSU at:www.cusu.cam.ac.uk