Our Campaigns

Throughout the year, ULIPSU hosts numerous campaign weeks to raise awareness for certain causes and to make university life here in Paris as happy, healthy and as safe as possible. Whether it's promoting mental wellbeing, encouraging diversity and inclusion or saying 'ça suffit' to sexual harassement, we're proud to promote important issues and we remain, as ever, open to any new suggestions that are close to your heart.

Read on for more info on these events and some amazing resource packs full of useful information!

Mind Your Head Week

Mind Your Head week took place in mid-October 2018. It aimed to raise awareness of mental health issues faced by students as well as to put on events that would allow students to unwind.
The SU worked together to:

Organise a big Yoga class in collaboration with Yoga society.
Encourage students to attend Running society's weekly jogs around Paris.
Collaborate with the British Council to run a self-massage class.
Work with ULIP’s Counselling service to put on a stress management workshop.
To screen a documentary on what it’s like to grow up with LGBT parents.

<-- Click on this image to have a browse of the Mind Your Head week booklet!

Dites-Nous

Dites-Nous (which translates roughly as Tell Us!) is a feedback campaign run towards the end of the first term where the Student's Union collects feedback from the students on the functionning of the SU. During the week, SU members go around speaking to students, both individually and in groups, and also handing out feedback forms for those who would prefer to remain anonymous.
Feedback of any kind is encouraged, whether serious issues, fun suggestions or a simple word of thanks, everything is taken on board and used to really put the 'student' into 'Students' Union'. And to leave you with the week's motto, 'Remember, any time is a good time for feedback!'
Check out the images below for some of the results from this years campaign!

Ça Suffit

Click the above image for the Ça Suffit booklet!

ÇA SUFFIT is a campaign that aims to facilitate discussions surrounding sexual violence, put an end to the stigma surrounding speaking out and to transform ULIPSU into a union of zero tolerance against sexual harassement.
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This has perhaps been ULIPSU’s biggest campaign so far, we :

Organised a consent workshop to be held in freshers’ week.
Put together a booklet that explained French law on sexual violence, how to report cases to the Institution / the police and on what resources are available to help individuals through these times.
Brought in merchandise so that students could publicly display their support for victims of sexual assault.
Put on a self defence class for female staff and students.
Facilitated a radio discussion on the Gillette “The Best a Man Can Get” advert controversy and the notion of toxic masculinity. Check it out here ! https://www.mixcloud.com/ULIPradio/ca-suffit-1-gillette-advert/
The Welfare Officer wrote an article for Parlons on healthy relationships.
Brought back the Sexual Health Committee to update information on sexual health services in Paris.
Arranged for staff and SU members to be trained on handling sexual assault disclosures.

Diversity & Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion week at ULIP is about bringing people together, whatever their background, and creating a safe space for discussion. Our aim is to encourage dialogue and spread awareness at ULIP about diversity as well as brainstorming ideas to encourage inclusion at ULIP.
The week is brings us a debate night on Race and Identity between France and the UK, a short documentary viewing and an LGBTQ+ themed event in the basement. As well as this, the Diversity and Inclusion Officer and President have brought together some information to make a Diversity and Inclusion booklet and have planned various projects throughout the year to make ULIP a safe and a special place.

<-- Click on the picture to read the Diversity and Inclusion booklet!