The National Union of Students (NUS) is a confederation of student unions in the United Kingdom. Around 600 student unions are affiliated,accounting for more than 95% of all higher and further education unions in the UK. Although the National Union of Students is the central organisation for all affiliated unions in the UK,there are also the devolved national sub-bodies NUS Scotland in Scotland,NUS Wales in Wales and NUS-USI in Northern Ireland.
Cambridge Students' Union,known as Cambridge SU,is the university-wide representative body for students at the University of Cambridge,England. Its predecessor union was known as Cambridge University Students' Union or CUSU until its dissolution in July 2020.
Liberation Left is a factional grouping operating within the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom.
The Union of Jewish Students of the United Kingdom and Ireland (UJS) represents Jewish students in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is a member of the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) and the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) and an associate member of the National Union of Students,and is represented on the Board of Deputies of British Jews. The President for 2023/24 is Edward Isaacs.
The Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK (MPACUK) is a London-based British Muslim lobby and civil liberties group founded to address what it perceived as the under-representation of Muslims in British politics. The organisation is active primarily in electoral campaigns and media appearances.
The Organised Independents are a grouping within the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom.
The Jewish Labour Movement (JLM),known as Poale Zion (Great Britain) from 1903 to 2004,is one of the oldest socialist societies affiliated to the UK Labour Party. It is a member of the progressive coalition of Avodah/Meretz/Arzenu/Ameinu within the World Zionist Organization. Its sister parties are the Israeli Labor Party (Havodah) and Meretz.
Luciana Clare Berger is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree from 2010 to 2019. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties,she was a founding member of The Independent Group,later Change UK,before joining the Liberal Democrats. Berger rejoined Labour in 2023.
Hope not Hate is an advocacy group based in the United Kingdom which campaigns against racism and fascism. It has also mounted campaigns against Islamic extremism and antisemitism. It is self-described as a "non-partisan,non-sectarian organisation." The group was founded in 2004 by Nick Lowles,a former editor of the anti-fascist magazine Searchlight. It is backed by various politicians and celebrities,and it has also been backed by several trade unions.
The National Union of Students Black Students' Campaign is a self-organised autonomous section of the National Union of Students (NUS). The NUS Black Students' Campaign represents students of African,Asian,Arab and Caribbean heritage.
Mona Baker is a professor of translation studies and Director of the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies at the University of Manchester in England.
Nottingham University Conservative Association (NUCA) is a student Conservative association,whose members are drawn from the University of Nottingham. NUCA is affiliated to the University of Nottingham Students' Union,in addition to the Nottingham Conservative Federation and East Midlands Area Council. The Honorary President is Rt. Hon. John Hayes MP PC FRSA. Past Honorary Presidents include Jonathan Guinness,Lord Carr of Hadley,R. A. Butler and His Grace the Duke of Rutland.
In 2015 a racial controversy developed in the United Kingdom surrounding the activities of Bahar Mustafa,a representative for Goldsmiths Students' Union. The incident resulted in media and academic discussions regarding race relations and the impact of police investigations on free speech.
Linda Sarsour is an American political activist. She was co-chair of the 2017 Women's March,the 2017 Day Without a Woman,and the 2019 Women's March. She is also a former executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. She and her Women's March co-chairs were profiled in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" in 2017.
Megan Dunn is a former president of the UK's National Union of Students who held the post from 2015 to 2016. She had previously been the President of Aberdeen University Students' Association.
Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) is a British non-governmental organisation established in August 2014 by members of the Anglo-Jewish community. It publishes research,organises rallies and petitions,and conducts litigation.
Shakira Martin is a British student politician and former president of the National Union of Students.
David Miller is a British sociologist whose research and publications focus on Islamophobia and propaganda. Miller was Professor of Sociology at the University of Strathclyde (2004–2011) and the University of Bath (2011–2018) and was Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Bristol (2018–2021). He is the co-founder and co-director of the non-profit company Public Interest Investigations (PII).
The Lobby is a series of documentaries produced by Al Jazeera that investigate the influence of the Israel lobby in the United Kingdom and in the United States and their relationship to the BDS movement.
