“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
The Order Paper (agenda) and Final Motions Document for NUS Annual Conference are now online. These outline timings for the main conference sessions as well as the motions and amendments we will be discussing.
With less than two weeks to go until the crucial vote on the future of NUS’ governance, National President Gemma Tumelty has issued a new video calling on delegates to choose change by voting yes to the ratification of the new constitution and yes to the new schedules.
At an Extraordinary Conference in December, an unprecedented 900 delegates attended and voted, by more than the 2/3 majority required, to back the review.
Wes says: “I am the only candidate for National President who has both fed into the new proposals and given them unqualified backing. It is telling that of a National Executive of 27 politically diverse people, 19 voted to support the changes.
These changes have the support of the majority of our membership, the NUS Disabled Students, LGBT and Women’s Campaign (whose conference recently voted to defeat the policy passed by the NUS Women’s Committee), as well as student officers from both the FE and HE sectors. They are crucial to the long term success and short term survival of our National Union and that’s why I will be supporting them once again at Annual Conference.”
Full details of all the motions and amendments to NUS Annual Conference are no
w online. These will be sent to the drafting commissions (commonly known as compositing) where they will be organised and, in same cases, merged together, to form the final motions document.
Wes will be attending the Education Commission alongside VP Further Education Beth Walker. If your union has submitted text you will need to attend the drafting commission or arrange for someone to attend on your behalf as a proxy. Please contact Wes on wes.streeting@nus.org.uk if you are unsure about how the process works or if you would like help on the day compositing your motions. Wes will be working on higher education issues and Beth will be working on further education issues submitted.
There will be members of the NUS Steering Committee, as well as members of the NUS NEC, available on the day to help you if you’ve never been through this process before.
Registration for delegations to Annual Conference close THIS FRIDAY (7th March) at 5pm for all those students’ unions/associations who wish to register for free accommodation and access requirements. After this time, you will still be able to register your delegations, but your union will have to make your own arrangements for accommodation. Register online now!
If your union has not yet held elections for NUS delegate, you should register your delegates as ‘A. N. Other’ and contact the NUS events department on events@nus.org.uk with personal information as soon as the elections have taken place.
Full information about NUS Annual Conference, including conference documents, can be found on Officeronline. You also find this Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) document useful.
We hope to see you in Blackpool!
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