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Pages tagged “Politics”
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Stop the Plan 2 repayment threshold freeze; response to Rachel Reeves' comments
Responding to the Chancellor's comments that the student loan system is fair, Alex Stanley National Union of Students Vice President Higher Education said:
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NUS celebrates UK to rejoining Erasmus+
The UK Government has announced the UK will rejoin Erasmus+ in 2027.
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National Union of Students reacts to Autumn Budget 2025
The government have just released their Autumn budget, which details their financial plans for the next 6 months
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“Students are being asked for an extra £5 per week to keep the lights on in lecture theatres”
The government has just announced an above inflation increase to student maintenance and that home undergraduate university students’ tuition fees will increase with inflation.
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National Society of Apprentices and NUS UK respond to the Autumn Budget
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.
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Student leaders head to Parliament following survey showing that 29% of international students have experienced homelessness
Student officers will be gathering in Westminster on 23rd October 2024 as part of NUS’s National Lobby Day for No More Guarantors.
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How we represented students at Party Conferences this September
NUS Vice President Higher Education, Alex Stanley, recounts his time at Party Conferences.
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NUS welcomes government’s commitment to renters rights but claims they are not doing enough for student renters
The government has published the details of the long awaited Renters Rights Bill.
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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 housing to apprenticeships to the climate. You can find a full list here.
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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 maintenance.
