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==History== CUSU was founded as the Cambridge Students' Union (CSU) in 1971 to represent all higher education students studying in Cambridge, that is students attending the University of Cambridge plus undergraduates at CCAT (the then Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, which in 1993 became Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, renamed to [[Anglia Ruskin University]] in 2005). CSU also represented students at Homerton College, then a separate teacher training college in the city. CSU during its early years from 1971 to 1974 received support from CCAT Students' Union as CCATSU was from the 1960s the only large NUS-affiliated, and conventionally funded, students' union in Cambridge. CSU in turn supported CCATSU in its campaigns to get more student housing provided for CCAT degree students, a serious issue for the college by the early 1970s. CCATSU and CSU went their separate ways after 1974. CSU was formally recognised by the University of Cambridge authorities on 25 May 1984 and renamed, following a student referendum in March 1985, as CUSU β Cambridge University Students Union. CSU's second president, in 1972, was [[Charles Clarke]], later a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]], [[Secretary of State for Education and Skills|Secretary of State for Education]] and [[Secretary of State for the Home Department|Home Secretary]]. There had been previous university-wide groups, such as CAMNUS (Cambridge [[National Union of Students (United Kingdom)|NUS]]), which was founded in 1964 by [[Gordon Heald]], [[Cyril Bibby|John Bibby]] and others. CAMNUS arranged certain university-wide student facilities, such as 'CAMNUS Coaches' (an end-of-term bus service to all parts of the country), and an inter-collegiate mail service. Following a referendum of members of CUSU and the [[University of Cambridge Graduate Union]] in 2019, the two agreed to merge. The new union, Cambridge SU, was established in July 2020.<ref name="welcome" /> Between 2020 and 2024, Cambridge SU had seven ''SU Campaigns'', which were free to differ from the central SU on policy matters, with six of which representing a particular subset of students. They were: * LGBT+ ([[LGBT|Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender]]) * International Students' Campaign: international students * Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Campaign: [[Black and minority ethnic]] students * Women's Campaign, known as "WomCam" * Disabled Students' Campaign * Class Act, representing students from working-class and disadvantaged educational backgrounds * Ethical Affairs Campaign, which leads Cambridge SU's work on ethical and environmental issues in the university and wider society The Campaigns were dissolved in the 2024 Governance Review.<ref name="Review">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridgesu.co.uk/news/article/cambridgesu/Change-at-yourSU/|title=What's Changing at Your SU|website=Cambridge SU|language=en-US|access-date=2025-01-13}}</ref>
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