“THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND RECORD OF DELIVERY TO SUCCESSFULLY LEAD NUS INTO THE 2009 REVIEW OF FEES. IF YOU WANT A REFORMED NUS THAT FOCUSES ON CAMPAIGNING AND WINNING, WES IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE YOU CAN TRUST TO DELIVER.”

Gemma Tumelty
NUS National President

 

“WES HAS HELPED ME WITH CAMPAIGNING AND DOES EVERYTHING WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY, WITH EVERY STUDENT IN MIND ALL THE TIME. WES SHOULD BE PRES!”

Ollie Holliday
York College SU

 

“WES HAS BEEN A POWERFUL ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS AND A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE CRITIC OF GOVERNMENT POLICY ON FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WITH WES AS NATIONAL PRESIDENT WE WILL WIN THE FIGHT AGAINST FEES IN THE NEXT REVIEW.”

Neil MacKenzie, Communications & Internal Affairs Officer
Leeds University Union

About Wes

Wes is currently Vice-President (Education) of NUS, a position he has held since July 2006. As VP Education, he co-convenes the priority education funding campaign with the National President Gemma Tumelty, as well as coordinating NUS’ wider work on higher education issues.

Wes is currently a non-executive director of the Higher Education Academy and the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education. He is a member of the UK HE Sector Delivery Partnership on Admissions, the Quality Assurance Framework Review Group and the UK HE Sector High Level Policy Forum on Europe. Until recently, Wes was a member of the Burgess Steering Group on Measuring and Recording Student Achievement. He also represents NUS UK as a board member of the European Students’ Union (ESU).

Before taking up his current position as VP Education, Wes was a member of the NUS part-time Block of 12 and President of Cambridge University Students’ Union. The first person in his family to go the university, Wes studied History at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. He first became involved as Ents Officer and then as President of his College students’ union, when he became actively involved in the fight against top-up fees and hasn’t stopped opposing fees since!

“Open and Honest About My Politics

I am standing as a Labour Students candidate in this election - as I have always done in NUS - because I believe candidates should be honest about their beliefs so that you can better hold us to account.

My record shows that whenever this government has attacked students’ interests, I have led our movement in fighting back. With your support, I will continue to do that.

I am politically active outside of NUS. Here are some organisations I am supporter or member of to give you an idea about what I stand for.”

Labour Students
The Labour Party
The Co-operative Party
Unite the Union (Amicus Section)
Abortion Rights
Aegis Trust
Amnesty International
Compass
The Fabian Society
One Voice
Oxfam GB
Progress
Searchlight
Stonewall
Unite Against Fascism

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