Ideas Forum

Welcome to the Ideas Forum! This is a place where you can submit any idea for change about your university experience or vote and comment on existing ideas.

If you can get at least 25 other students to vote for your idea, the Union officers are then able to consider it. Don't stop at 25 though - the more votes and comments an idea gets, the more power it gives us to try to action it!

Once an Idea has reached at least 25 up-votes, it will be sent to Executive Committee and/or Student Summit which are meetings where Union staff and students discuss, vote on and potentially action your idea. So don't hold back, let us know what you want us to do! (You can even post anonymously if you prefer to)

The Ideas Forum is such a direct and effective way to get your voice heard and you can use it as many times as you like during your studies - we know that your needs and wants change year on year, so use the Ideas Forum to reflect the current issues you are facing and let us know what it is you care about.

Before you post please consider the following

  • Make sure your idea clearly states what you want to change and why – things like how it would be funded, who it would apply to – give as much detail as possible. If you don’t, we may have to delete your idea or it could be rejected by students for being too vague.
  • Check to see if the idea has already been passed under the ‘ view passed ideas’ tab – we might already be working on your idea!
  • Check to see if your idea has already been posted by someone else – if so, don’t post the idea again, but vote and comment on the existing idea
  • Check to see if your idea has been rejected and why under the ‘view rejected ideas’ tab – it might mean slight changes to your post, or it might give you an insight in to how students felt about this topic.
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    More U1 Unibuses

    Submitted 4 months ago by Hannah Woodward Expires on 20 May
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    The queues for the U1 bus are ridiculously long this year, no matter what time or day they are finishing close to the university main entrance! this means that on numerous occasions students are having to wait for the next Unibus as buses are filling up fast. Please can we have more U1 buses running to meet the demand? As a student who has to catch two buses each way to get to Uni and back, the current set up is a huge pain.
Nik Greatorex
5:49pm on 26 Nov 24 I agree completely. Disabled students are struggling to get on the buses too and actually obtain a seat due to this
Sammy Siddall
7:57pm on 27 Nov 24 Completely agree! I am a wheelchair user and on a Wednesday morning there is another person in a wheelchair uses the same bus, therefore one of us (usually me) has to get the later one which makes me late for my lecture, I already leave my house at 6 am to arrive at uni for 9, I am not going any earlier! The overcrowding in general on the U1 is horrendous, no matter what! i
Mo Duncan
6:09pm on 28 Nov 24 Totally agree. The number of times the bus has driven past the stops on the way to uni in the mornings saying "bus full" is ridiculous. On top of that, they're NEVER on time, and sometimes they don't even show up at all! Definitely need a better/more frequent transport system to the uni because the buses are a joke.
Zoe Hughes
2:01pm on 16 Jan 25 Completely agree. The bus service was excellent five years ago when I started but now, two buses an hour that never turn up on time and are always full is ridiculous. Trying to get to brit mill is a nightmare, as the bus leaving Ked road nine times out of ten leaves before theU1 arrives because it's always late meaning long waits at Ked road. The times need sorting out and there need to be more buses.
Jasmeet Kaur Pabla
11:28am on 19 Feb 25 Hi I have a suggestion regarding the bus transport. I feel in addition to U1 Unibus, there should be a bus service that runs from Royal Derby Hospital or somewhere in Mickleover that goes to Kedleston Road Campus. Students and staff who are already from Derby (their home town) use this bus service a lot, which explains why it gets so full. I feel this proposed bus service would alleviate pressure of U1 and allow medical and healthcare related course students to use this bus service to travel to and from Royal Derby Hospital since they have placements there. Not only would this be sustainable since students and staff wouldn't have to catch as many prior Trent Barton or Arriva buses to get to Derby City Centre to get the U1 bus, but it would alleviate a lot of pressure of U1. I feel a trial bus service should be done for this, maybe call this U3. Also, lots of other universities have separate buses for medical and healthcare related disciplines. E.g. Uni of Nottingham have 904 bus service allowing them to travel from Uni Park Campus to Royal Derby Hospital and vice versa (where Derby Medical School is located near Children's Hospital). Therefore this saves a lot of money since it a free bus service, therefore Uni of Notts students don't have to use the Red Arrow bus service which is very expensive and only goes to Derby bus station. So Uni of Notts student don't have to get another bus from Derby bus station to Royal Derby Hospital. I feel Uni of Derby should trial a similar approach - it would be cost effective, sustainable and alleviate pressure of U1 bus.