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Congratulations to everyone getting their results today!

To students getting their A Level, BTEC, T Level and other Level 3 qualifications today, we are proud of you.

Written by NUS UK
August 15, 2024

Congratulations to everyone getting their results today!

To students getting their A Level, BTEC, T Level and other Level 3 qualifications today, we are proud of you.

Written by NUS UK
August 15, 2024
12 tips for managing results day stress

You’ve finished your exams, submitted your coursework and all that’s left is to wait for your results. Whether it’s for A levels, T Levels, BTECs or other Level 3 qualifications, the lead up to results day is often a time of heightened stress and anxiety for many. The anticipation surrounding...

Written by Leeds City College Students' Union
August 14, 2024
NUS statement in response to far-right violence

At NUS, we stand in solidarity with the migrants, racialised and Muslim communities that have faced xenophobic, racist, and Islamophobic violence in the last week. The distressing events unfolding now are not isolated incidents but the result of a growing and dangerous narrative that has served to normalise racist and...

Written by NUS UK
August 06, 2024
NUS UK stands in solidarity with students in Bangladesh

National Union of Students UK (NUSUK) stands in solidarity with Bangladeshi student protesters and reaffirms their right to peaceful protest. We recognise the importance of international solidarity in fighting repression and so, we wish to draw the attention of our students, and others, in the UK to this situation.

Written by NUS UK
August 02, 2024
National Union of Students celebrates as OfS prevents use of non-disclosure agreements in cases of sexual harassment of students

NUS has been campaigning against the use of NDAs in cases of sexual violence in universities for 7 years.

Written by NUS UK
July 31, 2024
NUS UK backs TUC in urging government to abolish age-related minimum wage bands

The National Union of Students went further, also calling for the apprentice minimum wage to be raised to match the national minimum wage.

Written by NUS UK
July 29, 2024
NUS welcomes pause in Freedom of Speech legislation

Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson, announced today that she was pausing the implementation of the Freedom of Speech Act.

Written by NUS UK
July 26, 2024
Government commits to pause and review the phasing out of BTECs

NUS UK has celebrated the step towards retaining BTECs despite senior Labour members’ calls to scrap them in favour of T Levels.

Written by NUS UK
July 24, 2024
NUS UK praises “exciting” King’s Speech but calls on government to make sure students can fully benefit from new bills

This morning, King Charles read the King's Speech at the State Opening of Parliament. The King's Speech is a speech written by the government and read by the King. It announces the government's priorities for the next year. There were 40 bills announced in the speech, on issues ranging from...

Written by NUS UK
July 17, 2024
NUS responds to key Higher and Further Education announcements in the Labour Party Manifesto

NUS welcomes clear Labour commitments to Votes at 16, a training guarantee for all young people and a recognition that the current funding settlement is broken. The average student has 50p per week to live off after rent and bills: the priority for fixing the funding system must be student...

Written by NUS UK
June 13, 2024

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