Press Releases

Press Releases

March 2013

NUS concerns over healthcare assistant requirement for nursing students

Student entrepreneurs descend on Manchester to compete for 100,000 investment

College students around UK say 'Another EMA is possible'

Government urgently needs to address decline in part-time students, says NUS

NUS welcomes Alfie Meadows and Zak King acquittals

Letting agents forced to come clean on charges to tennants

February 2013

NUS backs BIS Select Committee report on changes to student immigration reporting

Third of postgraduate students who teach 'earn less than minimum wage'

NUS condemns government stance on international student figures

NUS welcomes UKBA movement on international student monitoring

MPs lobbied over plans to make apprentices pay to work

January 2013

NUS responds to latest UCAS application figures

NUS urges government to push forward on votes for 16 year olds

NUS condemns Gove's '1950s throwback' A-Level proposals

Report highlights benefits of higher education for individual and government

OFFA right to prioritise student engagement, says NUS

Grant letter is 'rearranging the deckchairs' says NUS

December 2012

Home Secretary must stop sending message to international students that UK is 'closed for business'

November 2012

NUS comments as university applications fall in England after tuition fee hike

NUS warns that apprenticeships could largely disappear for those aged 24 and above

NUS calls for new loans system for postgraduate students

Parents say MPs who broke tuition fee pledge should not stand again, NUS/YouGov poll finds

NUS condemns PM's attack on equalities

Students face cost of living shortfall of £8,500 per year

NUS responds to Sutton Trust report on university choices

Inflation figures further proof government got sums wrong on tuition fees

Three-quarters of 'Be a Champion' volunteers inspired to volunteer again

NUS responds to Ofqual A-level announcement

Student accommodation costs double in ten years NUS survey finds

NUS offers £100,000 to student entrepreneurs

October 2012

Homophobia in school can put LGBT students off sport for life

NUS comments on damning HEPI report into tuition fees rise

Students need better education about intellectual property, says report

NUS responds to Milburn report higher education and social mobility

September 2012

Just one in ten students convinced by Nick Clegg's 'apology'

NUS celebrates victory as UKBA concedes London Met's international students will be allowed to stay in UK to continue studies

NUS announces independent intervention in London Met international student legal action

Nick Clegg must apologise to voters for breaking his pledge, not for making it

NUS joins Which? to launch groundbreaking student choice website

OECD study shows public investment in tertiary education reaps economic rewards

NUS welcomes select committee's call on Home Office to change student visas policy

August 2012

NUS responds to government decision to revoke London Metropolitan University's license to sponsor visas

NUS welcomes increased student support in Scotland

No evidence that students have more choice, says NUS

Three-quarters worry about getting a job after university says NUS survey

NUS responds to Independent Commission's first report on fees

July 2012

Students' Unions winning on student support as government steals it away

Government announce concessions to furtehr education loans policy, as the policy is set before parliament

Government access regulator agreed £83m cut in cash in students' pockets by 2015, NUS analysis shows

June 2012

NUS President announces national student demonstration for 21 November 2012

NUS responds to latest OIA report

NUS President calls government response to higher education consultation "lamentable"