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Calling all politicians: We're taking over

by: Wes Streeting

This week will see the start of NUS' massive programme of events and activities to mobilise the student vote to take on student fees at the next General Election. Starting off in Liverpool, we're hitting ten major university towns and cities to...

19 October 2009  0 Comments:


A crucial time for the student movement

by: Wes Streeting

This year has began with a bang. Over Christmas Lord Mandelson announced more higher education budget cuts. Shrill warnings came from elite universities of the collapse of the British higher education system - with universities making the case that...

21 January 2010  0 Comments:

Wes Streeting

About me

Wes Streeting is the current National President of the National Union of Students. He was elected to the position in April 2008 with a convincing majority, having previously served as NUS’ Vice President for Education.

Wes has a strong interest in education policy, particularly on widening participation, and has held a number of positions within the higher education sector, notably membership of the ‘Burgess Group’ on measuring and recording student achievement.

He has also been a strong proponent of HE admissions reform as a member of the UK HE Sector Delivery Partnership Steering Group on admissions. He was a non-executive director of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education from 2006 to 2008 and has been a non-executive director of the Higher Education Academy since 2006.


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