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.
Liberation Left is a factional grouping operating within the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom.
Kathryn "Kat" Jane Fletcher is a British Labour Party politician. In May 2016,she was sworn in as the Mayor of Islington,having served as a councillor of the borough's St George's Ward since 2013. She was previously president of the National Union of Students,between 2004 and 2006,the first to be elected from a political slate to the left of Labour Students.
The National Union of Students (NUS) is the peak representative body for Australian higher education students. A student union is eligible for membership by its classification as a legitimate student representative body at any Australian post-secondary training provider. The NUS typically organises NUS National Conference (NatCon),NUS Education Conference (EdCon),and the Presidents' Summit each year in addition to other smaller conferences.
The Organised Independents are a grouping within the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom.
Gemma Tumelty is known for being a British Labour Party and Trades Union activist,who was President of the National Union of Students (NUS) from 2006 to 2008. She was the NUS National Secretary from 2005 to 2006,and a member of its National Executive Committee for two years before that.
Wesley Paul William Streeting is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford North since 2015.
Aaron Ross Porter is a board director and trustee and a former president of the National Union of Students in the United Kingdom;he was elected with a 65% majority and took office in June 2010 for one year.
The Department for Education (DfE) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for child protection,child services,education,apprenticeships,and wider skills in England.
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.
The University and College Union (UCU) is a British trade union in further and higher education representing over 120,000 academics and support staff.
The Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) is an organisation that represents over 90 sixth form education providers in England;its members are sixth form colleges and other providers of 16–19 education,including academies and further education colleges. There are over 160,000 students studying at a sixth form college,and the sector is responsible for over 20% of the A levels sat in England each year.
Malia Mazia Bouattia is the former president of the National Union of Students (NUS) of the United Kingdom,elected at the National Conference in April 2016. She was the first female Black British and Muslim leader of the NUS. She attended the University of Birmingham. In March 2017,she was defeated in her attempt to run for a second term in office by NUS Vice-president Shakira Martin.
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.
The 1752 Group is a UK-based research and lobby organisation working to end sexual misconduct in higher education.
Zamzam Ibrahim is a student politician who was the President of the UK National Union of Students (NUS) from 2019 to 2020. She is also the President and a founding trustee of Students Organising for Sustainability. She succeeded Shakira Martin. She was formerly the NUS Vice President of Society &Citizenship. This followed her term as Salford Students' Union President 2017-2018 and Vice-President of Business and Law 2015–2016. Before she was a full-time officer at NUS,she served on the National Executive Committee for two years. She is now the Vice-President of the European students union.
Thomas Hedley Fairfax Harwood is a British journalist,political commentator and television show host. He became the deputy political editor of GB News in March 2023. Harwood previously worked as a reporter for the right-wing political news website Guido Fawkes between 2018 and 2021,and was a regular contributor to The Daily Telegraph,writing online columns from 2019 to 2021.
Ali Milani is a British author,political commentator,and Labour Party politician. In 2019,he unsuccessfully stood as the party's candidate in Uxbridge and South Ruislip,a seat which was held by the then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Milani was a councillor for Heathrow Villages in the London Borough of Hillingdon from 2018 to 2022. He has previously served as a Vice President of the National Union of Students.
Larissa Kennedy is a student politician who was President of the UK National Union of Students 2020–2022,succeeding Zamzam Ibrahim. She was the first president elected via online ballot,defeating six other candidates. She served a two-year term to oversee the NUS's three-year plan to financially overhaul its organisation following a £3 million shortfall in 2018. She is also a trustee of Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK),an educational charity formed in response to the climate emergency and ecological crisis.
