These policies can be suggested by our members and agreed by Guild Summit or via a student vote. These policies are statements of belief or intent on key issues, they can be a statement of the Guild's position, or a commitment to doing things in a certain way or campaign on a particular issue. These policies are made democratically and remain in place for three years until they lapse. See Policy Precedent for lapsed policies.

If you have an idea for a new policy you can make a submission to Change It.

Date	Title
2025/04	Pro-Choice Campus
2024/05	Food Diversity on Campus

Preferendum Decisions

The following are decisions taken by Preferendum which did not necessarily result in a policy position:

Date	Title	Result
2021/11	UCU Strike Action Support	Yes, Guild should support the upcoming UCU Industrial Action.
2021/04	Rename Roscoe & Gladstone Hall	Yes, The Guild voted Yes for a brand new name for Gladstone Hall
2018/02	Rename Roscoe & Gladstone Hall	No, do not change the name but install an informative plaque detailing Gladstone’s politics, good and bad.
2017/01	Campaign for students to boycott the National Student Survey	Yes, the Guild should begin a campaign for students to boycott the 2017 National Student Survey
2015/06	UCU Strike Action Support	Yes UCU Strike Action Support

Referendum Decisions

The following are decisions taken by Referendum which did not necessarily result in a policy position:

Date	Title	Result
2024/03	BDS	Yes
2023/11	Boycott Bacardi	No
2022/03	BDS	Yes
2019/01	Abortion Rights - Liverpool Guild is Pro-Choice!	Yes
2015/06	Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions	No

Procedural Policy

These policies are proposed by our staff and are approved by the Board of Trustees. These policies related to operational matters and are usually reviewed every three years.

Code	Title	Area
G050	Drugs Policy	Licensed Premises
G065	Door Entry Policy	Licensed Premises
G068	Search Policy	Licensed Premises
G027	Health & Safety Policy	Health & Safety
G046	Disciplinary Procedure (Members)	Governance
G054	Student Media Policy	Membership Services
G010	Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy	HR
G031	Sustainability Policy	Sustainability
G034	Data Protection and Information Security Policy	Governance
G074	Ethical Investment and Exclusions Policy	SRO

Guild Exclusions Policy

The Guild has a policy for decisions relating to those organisations it does not wish to engage into partnerships, investments or commercial media sales agreements with whether for political, ethical, moral or organisational integrity reasons.

Those exclusions which are based on positional policy above will lapse with those policies.

Those exclusions which have not previously been subject to student opinion (i.e. those listed on the date of approval) will be reviewed in line with the policy review, after which they will remain in place until challenged via the democratic process.

Policy Precedent

These are old policies which have expired, but are kept here to provide a non-binding indicator of student opinion.

Code	Title	Lapsed
2019/02	Single-use Water Bottles	December 2022
2019/01	Abortion Rights - Liverpool Guild is Pro-Choice!	March 2022
2018/01	Support Our Staff - stop attacks on pensions	February 2021
2017/02	Shuttle buses during strike days	November 2020
2016/03	Safe Taxis Policy	March 2019
2016/02	Accomodation for Commuters	November 2019
2016/02	NUS National Ballot (NSS)	December 2016
2016/01	Affordable Gym & AU Membership	May 2019
2015/06	BDS	December 2018
2015/05	Student Parking	November 2018
2015/04	Protest Against Fees and Cuts	November 2018
2015/03	Fossil Fuel Divestment	November 2018
2015/02	Frack Free Zone	November 2018
2014/01	Zero Tolerance to Sexual Harassment	December 2017
2013/03	Internationalisation Policy	May 2016
2013/02	Zero Tolerance to Homophobia	February 2016
2013/01	Equal Marriage Policy	February 2016
2012/04	Peer Mentoring Policy	May 2015
2012/03	International Students Policy	May 2015
2012/02	Gender Neutral Policy	May 2015
2012/01	Teaching Quality Policy	May 2015
2011/06	University Accomodation Policy	August 2014
2011/05	Human Rights in a Globally Connected University	August 2014
2011/04	Hidden Course Costs	August 2014
2011/03	Group Work Policy	August 2014
2011/02	Equality Monitoring in Higher Education Policy	August 2014
2011/01	Developing a Student Centred Culture within Liverpool University	August 2014