Annual Members Review (AMR)

Every year we hold our Annual Members Review (AMR). 

For more information see below:

But what is AMR?

Annual Members Review gives our members (students) at the University of Portsmouth - the opportunity to vote on issues and have a say on what UPSU does as an organisation, as you can ask questions about where UPSU spends its money, what our officers do, and which policies that are running out we should keep.

When is AMR?

This year we have separated AMR into three separate processes:

1. Financial Reports (Finished 6th December)
2. Officer Accountability (still open)
3. Policy Lapse (open 24th February)

Each form is presented in an easy-to-read format where you can then give feedback on each item. Please click on each one to carry them out separately.

The Elected Officer team and Union staff will also be out and about at a variety of locations across campus to talk about some of the items that we want your input on so you can ask us questions about any of the items.

What items can I feed back on?

AMR has three main items that you can provide feedback on. These are:

1. Financial Reports

You can find out where UPSU spent its money last academic year, ask questions about this and input into where you think we should invest our resources in the future.

2. Officer Accountability

Find out what our officers are up to and submit any questions. To find out what they have been working on so far this year click here.

3. Policy Lapse

We tell you about our policies for you to decide what happens next. Do we still believe in them? Or is it time to change them? Maybe now it's the time to remove them entirely. 

The following items have been brought forward for review as part of Policy Lapse.

These are:

• Bring back abroad placements for SMDE students
• Water Fountains in every University Building
• Appropriate support for students struggling due to international crises
• Rape and Sexual Assault Awareness
• UPSU anti-spiking initiative
• Free Creative Cloud Access for Design Students
• Enable Emotional Support Animals on Campus
• Bring food and drink back to the UNION
• Run the U2 Bus all week

Please fill in the survey. If you would like to take a policy forward, we will ask if you want to be a proponent of this policy. What this means is that you want to take over the ownership of the policy from a student proposing side, aka, act as the student that told us we should work on this.

We do this because policies run out after a few years, and the students that proposed the ideas may no longer be here. However, their ideas might still be relevant to our current students.

When will I find out the result of my feedback?

We work on the data and publish it at the end of the year, together with findings and changes for the following academic year. We will release this year's results in May.

If you have any questions, please email representation@upsu.net