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Assemblies are open forum meetings which any student can attend. There are four different assembles and each are broadly themed around general ‘special interest’ area, allowing for members who share a common interest to meet and discuss issues, define solutions and make decisions on the action of the Union with like-minded students. These meetings are global or cross-campus decision making committees which sit on top of the local or campus-based groups with the same name and receive recommendations and reports from those local levels. The broad themed areas of the global Assembles (and their local Group counterparts) and their general scope are as follows: Academic Assembly – This is the primary meeting for all education based debate, union commitments to campaigning and for students to call the Universities learning, teaching and assessment to account. Elected Faculty Representatives and the Academic Sabbatical should encourage Student Academic Reps to attend, although as all students are involved in educational issues this is one Assembly that in reality anyone could attend. Activities Assembly – Where social, sporting and other extra-curricular groups/activities and the Unions’ involvement with them are debated and decided. All current members of any team, club or society could attend, and those interested in any wider activity based issues (vitality week, University recreation facilities, development grants, awards, BUCS and Campaigns Assembly – The debating and decision making body for all non-academic and non-Inclusion based issues and campaigning, which could range from health and wellbeing, university funding and environmental right through to non-party political debates such as anti-war or pro-armed forces discussions. This Assembly is where the issues are thrashed out and the campaign focus decided so that the activists in question can access the Union resources to support their cause. Inclusion Assembly – In recognition that the University of Cumbria is a very diverse and multi-identity organisation in quite a conservative and traditional county the Union promotes the Inclusion Assembly as a forum to discuss, debate and decide upon issues surrounding inclusion, equality and diversity. Although the discussions and membership may vary according to the needs of specific groups this is intended to further the drive for equality from such groups as ethnic minorities, international students, LGBT students to name just a few. Assemblies
