NUS has announced the results of its officer elections, following a ballot of student representatives across the UK. 

NUS England President - Favour Samuel (University of Nottingham Students' Union) - Manifesto

Vice President Further Education (England) - Kaynat Ahmad (Dudley College of Technology Students' Union) - Manifesto

Vice President Higher Education (England) - Lewis Wilson (University of Sussex Students' Union) - Manifesto

Vice President Liberation and Equality (UK) - Avery Greatorex (University of Lancashire Students' Union) - Manifesto

NUS Scotland President - Justine Pedussel (University of Stirling Students' Union) - Manifesto

NUS Cymru President - Jennifer Taylor (Trinity Saint David Students' Union) - Manifesto

NUS USI President - Amy Smith (Queen's University Belfast Students' Union) - Manifesto

The new officer team will take their posts from July 2026 for a two-year term. 

The current NUS elected officer team will continue their roles until then, representing students on the issues that affect them and leading voter registration and engagement campaigns ahead of elections in Scotland, Wales and England in May. 

Check out the manifestos of all the candidates who contested the elections here.

• A new report from the National Union of Students finds most parents contribute over £200 a month towards their child’s university living expenses. And 1 in 10 are contributing over £1000 a month.
• Parental income thresholds, the method used to determine how much loan a student receives, have been frozen since 2008.
• NUS: “this is the price of ambition in 2026 – and we need something to change”

The government have just released their Autumn budget, which details their financial plans for the next 6 months

The Head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK, Dr. Husam Zomlot, has addressed over 200 student reps at an NUS England event. This comes as NUS UK and students’ unions have been supporting Palestinian scholarship students to get to UK universities.

Student officers will be gathering in Westminster on 23rd October 2024 as part of NUS’s National Lobby Day for No More Guarantors.

NUS Vice President Higher Education, Alex Stanley, recounts his time at Party Conferences.

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

NUS UK has announced the winners of elections for its new Officer team.

The candidates for NUS Full-time Officer (FTO) positions for 2024-26 have been announced.

The Manifesto for our Future highlights the 'cycle of crises’ that students face and what the next government can do to fix them.