Campaigns

OUSU Campaigns are issues and organizations that OUSU Council has chosen to support and promote. These fall under two categories: autonomous and non-autonomous.

Autonomous Campaigns

There are six autonomous campaigns.

• International Students' Campaign
• Mature Students' Campaign
• LGBTQ Campaign
• Women's Campaign
• Student's with Disabilities Campaign
• Campaign for Cultural and Racial Awareness and Equality

Each campaign has its own constitution, is financially supported by OUSU, can make and implement its own policy and has a vote at OUSU Council. The campaigns exist to ensure that there is always a space in the OUSU democratic structure where student's concerned about issues relevant to these campaigns have a safe and supportive environment in which to discuss these issues. The policy these campaigns pass is often brought to OUSU Council so that OUSU Council can decide whether to make them OUSU Council policy as well.

Other Campaigns and Committees

OUSU also supports other campaigns and committees. These are listed below:

• Target Schools - the target schools campaign aims to encourage UK students to apply to Oxford.
• Environment and Ethics Committee - bringing the environment and ethics to the attention of students.
• The Oxford University Fairtrade Coalition
• The Living Wage Campaign - seeks to build stronger alliances between students and workers within the University, and pushes for all university and college employees to be paid a wage which meets the cost of living in Oxford.
• The Rent Campaign - Information and Resources for College Rent Campaigns.
• Pro-Choice Committee - information about OUSU Pro-Choice Committee - what issues it works on, how to get involved, the OUSU Council Pro-Choice Policy.
• Big Brother/Big Sister programme - Information and Application form for the new OUSU Big Brother/sister programme which matches mentors with 11-16 year olds in care.