Liam was elected with 57% of the vote in the final round of the count, defeating Ed Marsh, NUS Vice President (Union Development) and will continue in office until the end of June 2013.
Usman Ali, Vice President (Higher Education) and Black Students’ Officer Kanja Sesay also contested the election and were knocked out in the second and third rounds of voting respectively.
Prior to becoming NUS President in July 2011, Liam served as President of NUS Scotland, having studied at and served as a sabbatical officer of the students' union at Heriot Watt University.
Liam's first year in office as NUS President included running the Come Clean campaign, and achieving a ground-breaking commitment from Universities UK and Guild HE to oppose ‘hidden course costs’, which can make living and studying expenses unmanageable for many students.
Commenting on his re-election, Liam Burns, NUS President said: “I am delighted students have put their trust in me and re-elected me to serve a second term as NUS President.”
“With the government’s abandonment of the proposed higher education bill, scrapping of EMA, and presiding over record youth unemployment, so many of their wrong-headed reforms are taking place behind the scenes and we will continue to vigorously contest them out in the open."
"I have a huge amount of respect for the other candidates, all of whom ran fantastic campaigns and will go on to achieve amazing things in the future."
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