Last year, you put your trust in me to lead our movement and reform our National Union to make it a respected, influential and powerful campaigning organisation for students.
In my first 6 months, I have taken the NUS reform bull by the horns, genuinely listening to what you, the membership, had to say.
Together, we have made the changes necessary to build a National Union that is truly member-led and has policies and priorities that make it relevant to the millions of students we are here to represent. Together, we now have an incredible opportunity to realise the campaigning potential of our movement to transform the lives of students.
The challenges ahead are immense. This year will see the start of the Government’s review of top-up fees, which some want to use as an excuse to plunge students into even greater debt and further the marketisation of our education system. We face a recession that is likely to hit students and their families, while grants are being cut and thousands of students in Further Education are still without their EMA payments. We also face the prospect of a General Election, in which the outcome is by no means certain and the fascist BNP hope to gain a greater foothold on our campuses and in our communities.
It is time to demonstrate a new relevance to students and mobilise our members in greater numbers than ever before. I am re-standing for National President to be the campaigner-in-chief who unites, fights and wins for students because I listen, lead and get the job done.
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Election today!
Elections for the NUS presidency and five vice-presidential positions will take place today at the NUS Annual Conference held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. The presidential election will begin at 9.15am. We will update the site as soon as we can, but keep an eye out on Wes’ Twitter feed on the front page!
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Conference ‘09 begins - follow events on Twitter
NUS Annual Conference 2009 opens today at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. Over 1000 students from further and higher education will gather from across the UK to set NUS’ policy and direction for the year ahead, as well as elect members of the inaugural NUS National Executive Council and Trustee Board.
Wes will open conference this afternoon [...]
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NUS criticises inequalities in bursary payouts
Responding to a report by the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) on the bursary payouts made by universities in 2007-8, the National Union of Students (NUS) criticised the inequalities inherent in the system and called for a national bursary scheme.Key points from the OFFA report include:
• For OFFA “countable” students, the overall bursary or scholarship [...]
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Wes Streeting i fod yn Llywydd Cenedlaethol!
Wes has now published his short manifesto online in the medium of Welsh. NUS is committed to ensuring that it meets the provisions of the Welsh Language Act and Wes is serious about demonstrating his commitment to a National Union that takes Welsh language provision seriously, both inside NUS and also supporting NUS Wales as [...]
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Over 300 activists back Wes for Pres!
Today Wes has published the names of more than 300 student activists from across the country who have given their backing to Wes’ campaign for a second and final term as NUS National President. They include NUS members from every region and nation of the UK, an overwhelming majority of NUS National Executive members and a [...]
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Fighting for our members during recession
When the global economic downturn first hit the headlines, I ensured that NUS was quick off the mark to begin highlighting the risks to students in further and higher education and to start championing strategies that would not only protect existing learners, but ensure that Britain’s most vulnerable communities had access to education in the [...]
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