Our vision is of NUS as a pioneering, innovative and powerful campaigning organisation: the definitive national voice of students.

We’ll fight barriers to education, and empower students to shape both a quality learning experience and the world around them, supporting influential, democratic and well-resourced students’ unions.  

To make our vision a reality, we will:

• Promote, defend and extend the rights of students
• Develop and champion strong students’ unions

To achieve our vision and mission, we believe three core values are crucial:

Equality

We believe there should be equality of opportunity for everyone to participate fully in a society that celebrates diversity

Democracy

Our policies and priorities must be student-led and students’ union-focused through building open, transparent and accessible democratic structures that increase performance and strengthen accountability

Collectivism

Students and students’ unions are more effective when they organise together locally, nationally and internationally. Unity is our strength. 

Strategic objectives

We will secure a fairer funding system for students, ensuring further and higher education is accessible to all those who have the aspiration and capability

We will support, facilitate and deliver methods by which students can shape all areas of their learning experience

We will ensure the long-term legitimacy, health and sustainability of students’ unions

We will be a leading exemplar of equality and diversity, developing strategies to promote and enhance equality and diversity within education and students’ unions

We will ensure it is well governed, establishing appropriate physical, financial, intellectual and people resources to better deliver its aims