Invitation to Nick Clegg

by: Liam Burns

Clearly the decisions the coalition Government have made have had serious implications for students.

Nick Clegg will not be surprised that our members want to be able to scrutinise those decisions, inform him of the impact they have had locally and argue for a better deal for students. It would be disappointing if, having addressed National Conference before the 2010 General Election and asking for our votes, Nick Clegg would not willing to come and answer for the decisions he has subsequently made.

With this in mind, I have written to Nick Clegg inviting him to speak at National Conference 2012.

You can read the letter here.

22 March 2012

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About me

Liam, who grew up in Fife where he attended Glenrothes College, graduated in Physics at Heriot-Watt University, where he was both the Students' Association Vice-President (Education & Welfare) and subsequently President. He went on to be elected as Depute President and President of NUS Scotland, before subsequently being elected as NUS UK President for 2011/12.

Liam has been an Officer within the European Students' Union and has been involved in Quality Assurance processes both on a national and European level through QAA, ENQA and EQAR.

As President of NUS, Liam is responsible for leading on the organisations Priority campaign, calling for reinvestment of public funding in tertiary education and an end to the current tuition fees regime. NUS itself in a confederation of over 200 students' unions across the UK and represents over seven million students. It works to promote, defend and extend students rights as well as promoting strong and active students' unions.