Lincoln SU awarded for venue safety
The University of Lincoln Students’ Union officially has the second safest student union venues in the country, according to the NUS.
NUS National Executive support Israel boycott
The national executive of the National Union of Students (NUS) voted yesterday to support the BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) movement against Israel.
NUS VP Welfare: “we need to make it impossible for government to ignore us”
Gregor Smith speaks to Shelly Asquith, newly elected NUS Vice President Welfare, about how she plans to tackle the various emerging crises in student welfare under a majority Conservative government.
SU President Brian halts NUS Conference
Current University of Lincoln Students’ Union President, Brian Alcorn, is running for an National Union of Students (NUS) Trustee position at this week’s NUS Conference.
More NUS elections: a veer to the left?
Three NUS Vice Presidents have been elected for 2015/16: Sorana Vieru as VP Higher Education, Shakira Martin as VP Further Education, and Shelly Asquith as VP Welfare.
Megan Dunn elected NUS President
Current Vice President for Higher Education, Megan Dunn, has been elected the National Union of Students’ 2015/16 President at the NUS’ national conference in Liverpool.
NUS National Conference 2015: what is it?
The NUS is currently holding its annual conference, as it does every spring, but what does that mean to the average student? Gregor Smith reports from the conference in Liverpool.
Candidates’ fury as SU’s March elections omit some manifestos
This week sees SU activities elect their committees for the next academic year - yet some candidates have been left frustrated after pictures and manifestos failed to appear on the…
Manifesto: Jae Joseph-Jeffrey (VP Activities)
Before even looking at courses, I remember searching for societies and activities at different universities and getting ridiculously excited deciding what I wanted to check out and join. For me,…
Tonight: student council reviews SU democracy
Tonight sees the first student council of 2015, where student representatives will vote on two major issues: a change in the Students’ Union’s democratic process, and the blacklisting of organisations…