National Executive Council
The National Executive Council (NEC) is elected by our membership to be its representatives. The NEC is responsible for managing the affairs of NUS, and co-ordinates our campaigns.
The NEC meets six times a year. It consists of the President as chair and representatives from the policy zones, liberation campaigns, student sections, nations of the UK and fifteen non portfolio councillors.
See profiles of the NEC here.
You can find the minutes and papers for this body here.
NUS constitution
The NUS constitution sets out the aims, objectives and democratic structures of NUS, ensuring the open and fair running of the National Union. It is also the core tool of NUS as a membership organisation, setting out the rights and responsibilities of constituent members.
Copies can be obtained from this NUS Constitution download.
NEC zone committees
The NEC zone committees are responsible for planning and delivering the majority our work.
Zone committees implement the decisions of National Conference and their management teams are responsible for day-to-day finance and management issues.
The zones are:
Special regions
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are known as ‘special’ regions of NUS and have autonomous policy-making powers. They each hold a conference, where one (or more) sabbatical officers is elected and policy is set.
The presidents of NUS Scotland and UCMC/NUS Wales and the NUS-USI Northern Ireland Convenor also sit on the NEC.
English regions
For democratic purposes, NUS in England is divided into four regions: North, South, Midlands and East, and London.
The regional teams work to develop strong and active students’ unions in further and higher education. Each region of NUS holds three conferences a year.
Liberation campaigns
One of the ways we work to promote equality and diversity is via our four liberation campaigns. These are:
These campaign for the rights of students who belong to, or are perceived as belonging to, a particular social group. For more information, click on the links above to visit each campaign’s pages.
Other campaigns
We organise a number of other campaigns. These include: