National Union of Students (UK)

Last week, we ran a Liberation Collective Workshop in Belfast with who are now founding members of the Liberation Collective! Thank you so much to everyone who came, it was amazing to be able to build this movement with such passionate activists 🩷   Over the next two weeks, we will be hosting more of these workshops in Bristol, Sheffield and Wales (online so all students in Wales can come). These sessions are open to any student or apprentice who self-identifies into one of our liberation groups: Trans, Women, Racialised, Disabled and LGBTQ. Whether you are new to activism or have been active in your community for years, please get involved to help us build a student movement truly centred around liberation.   You can sign up to any of the events here: https://lnkd.in/efU24YgT Saranya Thambirajah

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. Read our full statement here: https://lnkd.in/edcRwV8Z Qasim Hussain

Today we are in London for another regional campaign training day! Thank you LSE Students' Union (LSESU) for hosting!

We rounded off last week by visiting some amazing freshers' fairs hosted by UCB Guild of Students, The Students' Union at UWE, Liverpool John Moores University Students' Union, Roehampton Students' Union and The SU, University of Bath Thanks so much for having us!

We spent yesterday at University of Leicester Students' Union and Chester Students' Union freshers' fairs - thanks for having us and giving us the opportunity to meet your amazing officers and students!

Once again we were all over the country yesterday meeting hundreds of students at Dudley College SU, Sheffield College SU and London Met Uni SU freshers' fairs! And today we are at Liverpool Guild to do it all again! Thank you so much to every SU for having us and allowing us to meet as many of your students as possible

We are on a mission to meet as many students as possible this month so we spent yesterday at University of Cumbria SU, University of Derby Union of Students and Bradford College SUs' freshers' fairs! Thank you so everyone who came to spoke to us, we hope you enjoy your freebies!

Earlier this week, I spoke to BBC Midlands on behalf of the National Union of Students (UK) about the funding crisis we are seeing at universities and how it is inextricably connected to the cost of living issues students are facing. I highlighted that the sector desperately needs public funding to ensure that higher education is accessible to everyone- supporting universities without increasing the burden of debt on students.

Today we are at Bridgewater and Taunton college alongside the National Society of Apprentices to chat everything further education and apprentices!

Today we are at City of Bristol College and Croydon College to chat to new students about getting involved in the student movement!