The University of Roehampton recently announced staff cuts of £3.2 million in the Schools of Arts and Humanities. These cuts follow the summer’s voluntary severance scheme that has resulted in the departure of many staff members in these Schools. Nearly a third of staff are, again, being asked to take voluntary severance. These cuts will irrevocably damage the affected departments and jeopardise students’ education and university experience. The impact on students will be severe and irreversible. Amongst many other difficulties, we will have to face lower staff ratios; reduced 1:1 time with lecturers; less departmental expertise; and a lower number of tutors. Students have the power to make their voices heard and to challenge the University’s decision to decimate the Arts and Humanities at Roehampton. If the university insists on treating them as ‘clients,’ students have the right to protest when their ‘customer experience’ is threatened. The Student Union is a critical and integral part of this. As a body that represents the interests of students, it has a platform to share their concerns and a duty to ensure that the university listens. Following its refusal to support overworked staff during the UCU strikes in February, the university’s senior management are under the impression that students are unsupportive of staff. Now is the time to make it clear to senior management that students support staff and resolutely oppose these cuts. We strongly believe these cuts will be detrimental to students’ education and university experience. We therefore ask the Student Union to bring this motion to the next council meeting, and we urge all officers to vote in favour of opposing the proposed cuts to the Schools of Arts and Humanities.