Responding to the Chancellor's comments that the student loan system is fair, Alex Stanley National Union of Students Vice President Higher Education said:

The UK Government has announced the UK will rejoin Erasmus+ in 2027.

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

The government has just announced an above inflation increase to student maintenance and that home undergraduate university students’ tuition fees will increase with inflation. 

National Union of Students celebrates £300 million increase for further education, but National Society of Apprentices warns that apprentice minimum wage increase does not go far enough.

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.

The government has published the details of the long awaited Renters Rights Bill.

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 housing to apprenticeships to the climate. You can find a full list here.

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 maintenance.