Editing Cambridge Students' Union (section)

==Controversy==

In March 2006, the largest Cambridge college students' union, [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College Students' Union]] voted to disaffiliate from CUSU for the academic year 2006/2007. Several other colleges were reported to be also considering the option.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/73 |title=Trinity reaffiliation greeted with “absolute apathy”; Varsity Online |publisher=Varsity.co.uk |access-date=2023-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523182524/https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/73 |archive-date=2023-05-23 }}</ref> Trinity College Students' Union reaffiliated in early 2007, following re-engagement work by the incumbent sabbatical officers. On 14 November 2010, both the JCR and MCR of [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|Corpus Christi College]] disaffiliated, following a college-wide ballot in which 71% of undergraduates and 86% of postgraduates voted in favour of disaffiliation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/jcr/news/256|title=corpusJCR – News article<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=cam.ac.uk|access-date=15 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119074602/http://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/jcr/news/256#|archive-date=2014-01-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also, in November 2013 [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Gonville and Caius College]] disaffiliated following a referendum which saw a result of 213 votes for disaffiliation and 91 votes against.<ref>{{cite news|title=Caius votes to disaffiliate|url=http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/6577}}</ref>

In 2015 the university had to give CUSU a £100,000 bailout, but incumbent president Priscilla Mensah denied that this was due to financial mismanagement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.varsity.co.uk/news/8926|title=CUSU in cash crisis|website=varsity.co.uk|access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2015/10/02/cusu-cu-screwed-finances-goes-astray-57495|title=Another £100,000 please! CUSU is CU-Screwed after finance goes astray|date=2 October 2015|website=thetab.com|access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref>

In 2019, CUSU presented a surplus budget, ending what the Union described as “a few difficult years in recent history” with regards to its financial situation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/17289|title=CUSU 2019–20 budget predicts surplus for first time in recent years|website=varsity.co.uk|access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref>