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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.
Written by Alex Stanley
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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.
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NUS praises progressive Green manifesto
NUS welcomes and celebrates the Green Party’s 2024 manifesto which is aspirational and progressive, contains measures which would tackle the many crises the country faces, and would make a meaningful difference to student lives.
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NUS condemns the Conservative Party manifesto: “No offer to alleviate the very real struggles faced by students and young people.”
NUS is disappointed by the Conservative Party’s continued lurch to the right with the launch of their 2024 manifesto, which contains a range of measures that will do nothing to alleviate the struggles students face. Instead, the measures announced will compound student suffering, punish international students, and do little to solve the pressing problems we face.
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NUS welcomes the Liberal Democrat manifesto, but does it go far enough?
NUS welcomes the Liberal Democrat’s 2024 manifesto which contains several pledges which will undoubtedly help students and apprentices. But we believe the party’s promises are too vague and need further fleshing out.
