Disabled Students' Campaign
DSC ELECTIONS, Nominations now open!
Our elections are coming up with all positions up for reelection and nominations open until 5pm on Monday 5th March, just email disabled-elections@cusu.cam.ac.uk to stand and find out more on the dedicated elections page.
Degrading is Degrading Campaign
You may have heard of the Degrading is Degrading Campaign from Varsity, TCS or through various lists and word of mouth. It's a new campaign focused on reforming the degrading process (when a undergraduate student pauses studying due to illness or other extreme circumstance), to turn to from a system that is degrading to one which respects those accessing it. You can find out more about the campaign on the Degrading is Degrading Campaign page and (if you're a Raven account holder) sign the petition.
Events
You can view our all our upcoming events but here are the ones happening soon:
Election Hustings & General Open Meeting, Thursday 8th March 7pm, Knox Shaw Room, Sidney
Hustings for our elections from 7pm followed by our open meeting from approximately 7:30pm. This will be a chance get involved in what we are doing as the DSC and what you want us to be focusing on and review where we are with the two big DSC campaigns, Degrading is Degrading and Fairer Funding.
Getting to the Knox Shaw Room
Stepped access: Go through main gate opposite Sainsbury's. from the plodge the room is best found by heading left and following the signs through to the next courtyard.
Step-free access: we will be asking porters to leave the black gate on Sidney Street open. Go through the car park and bear left until you get to the court with the plodge leading off it, go through the opposite archway and straight onuntil you see a sign pointing to the Knox Shaw room. From the King Street gate go through the car park, up the ramp, turn left, through the enclosed path then turn right and head straight until you see a sign pointing to the room. If you want to come in from King Street or the Sidney Street gate is closed you can phone the porters on 338800. Apologies.
Ways to get involved
Mailing Lists
We have two mailing lists that you might be interested in.
The announce list is low traffic and keeps you aware of when our events and open meetings are, and what the big things going on in the campaign are. Follow the link to sign up.
The discussion list has more traffic as it serves as a place for discussion of the campaign as a whole it is a good way to be fully involved in what's going on in the campaign. It can include discussions about the campaign as well as allowing people to discuss disability related things and organise meetups etc. Follow the link to sign up.
We are on facebook and shall be advertising our main events there so join the group to get invites.
The Committee
You really can get involved in the campaign however much time and spoons you want to put in and the campaign is lead be all the members through open meetings. However there are generally vacant positions within the the exec so if you are interested in joining the committee then do get in touch, the Disabled Students' Officer(s) are good to get in touch about this.
Name Change
It was decided by consensus at an open meeting this term to change our name from the 'Disabled Students' Liberation Campaign' to the 'Disabled Students' Campaign'. This is because the term liberation in our title was based on an NUS model where what CUSU calls Autonomous Campaigns are called Liberation Campaigns, and we've come to realise that, in line with the other CUSU autonomous campaigns, it is not necessary to assert our status as an Autonomous/Liberation Campaign in our title. This decision will soon be brought to CUSU council to be ratified and become official.