List of students' unions in the United Kingdom not affiliated with the NUS
This article lists some of the students' unions in the United Kingdom that are not affiliated with the National Union of Students. Around five per cent of student unions in the UK are not affiliated with the NUS,[1] including 21% of student unions who represent Russell Group Universities (the Aldwych Group).[Note 1][2] Some of the institutions have disaffiliated from the NUS, whereas others such as those in the previous Scottish Ancients Group (see: Coalition of Higher Education Students in Scotland) have never been affiliated.[3]
Durham Students' Union voted to disaffiliate in March 2010[4] but subsequently voted to reaffiliate in January 2011.[5] Oxford University Student Union was reported as having voted to disaffiliate in 2014,[6] but this was overturned after voting irregularities were uncovered.[7] Four unions voted to leave the national body in 2016 Lincoln, Newcastle, Hull and Loughborough (Lincoln later rejoined but has since again disaffiliated).[8][9] In 2022, Reading University Student Union voted to leave the national body [10] citing a lack of representation and concerns over the direction of the NUS.[11] As of December 2022 Brighton Students' Union also decided to leave NUS stating that the NUS do not offer value for money. [12]
Non-affiliated students' unions[edit]
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- Open University Students Association Never affiliated.[13]
- Glasgow University Students' Representative Council Formerly a member of the Scottish Union of Students (SUS) until it merged with the NUS in 1971.[14]
- Glasgow School of Art Students' Association[15] Formerly a member of the SUS until it merged with the NUS in 1971.[16]
- University of St Andrews Students' Association Formerly a member of the SUS, it joined the NUS but disaffiliated in 1975.[17][18]
- Dundee University Students' Association Formerly a member of the SUS, it joined the NUS but disaffiliated in 1994.[19][18]
- University of Southampton Students' Union Disaffiliated in 2002.[20]
- Imperial College Union Disaffiliated in 2008.[21]
- Cardiff Met SU Disaffiliated in 2009.[22][23]
- Hull University Union Disaffiliated in 2016.[24]
- Loughborough Students' Union (LSU) Disaffiliated in 2016.[25]
- University of Surrey Students' Union (USSU) Disaffiliated in 2017.[26]
- University of Essex Students' Union Disaffiliated in 2017.[27]
- University of Plymouth Students' Union (UPSU) Disaffiliated in 2018.[28]
- Queen Margaret University Students' Union (QMUSU) Disaffiliated in 2019.[29]
- University of Portsmouth Student's Union Disaffiliated in 2019.[30]
- University of Lincoln Students' Union Disaffiliated in 2019.[9]
- University of Reading Student's Union Disaffiliated in 2022.[31]
- Queen Mary University of London Student's Union Disaffiliated in 2022.[32]
- University of Brighton Students' Union Disaffiliated in 2022.[33]
- University of Warwick Students' Union to disaffiliate after a vote in February 2023.[34]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Out of the 24 Russell Group Universities, five have Student Unions which are not affiliated (Glasgow, Imperial College London, Queen Mary, Warwick and Southampton)
References[edit]
- ^ "Membership of NUS". NUS Connect.
- ^ "Our universities". Russel Group.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2010-03-14.
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- ^ Hamer, Amelia (2014-05-21). "BREAKING: Oxford to disaffiliate from NUS". The Oxford Student. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ^ "Oxford to stay within NUS after vote-rig probe". BBC News. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Lincoln University Students' Union becomes first to announce disaffiliation from the NUS". The Independent. 9 May 2016.
- ^ a b "NUS Referendum: Students vote leave". The Linc. 20 November 2019.
- ^ "RUSU Referendum Results".
- ^ "Should we stay with NUS".
- ^ "Brighton Students' Union on Instagram: "Brighton Students' Union Trustee Board have unanimously voted to disaffiliate from the National Union of Students UK (NUS UK). Please read the following update."". Instagram. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ Open University in Wales (December 2021). "The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill - Response by The Open University in Wales to the inquiry by the Children, Young People and Education Committee on the general principles of the bill" (PDF). Senedd Cymru.
- ^ "Student Administration & Support" (PDF). University of Glasgow. p. 5. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "GSA Students' Association Guide 2020 - 2021". GSASA. p. 19. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Alt URL
- ^ "Folder GSAA/DIR/13/7/4 - Student Representative Council (SRC) and other Student Associations". gsaarchives.net. The Glasgow School of Art's Archives and Collections. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "'No2NUS' - but for how long? - Education News, Education - The Independent". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
- ^ a b Jodi Burkett (22 September 2017). Students in Twentieth-Century Britain and Ireland. Springer. pp. 139–140. ISBN 978-3-319-58241-2.
- ^ "Is NUS serving the me generation?". Times Higher Education. 17 September 1999.
- ^ "Southampton students opt out of NUS". The Guardian. 22 May 2002.
- ^ "to Disaffiliate from NUS". Imperial College Union. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
- ^ "Why not NUS?". Retro. October 2009. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ "Why we did not join NUS?". Cardiffmetsu.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ "NUS Referendum Result". Hull Student. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Loughborough Students' Union latest to disaffiliate from NUS in surprising decision". The Independent. 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Surrey students vote to leave the NUS". The National Student. 31 May 2017.
- ^ "NUS Referendum Results". University of Essex Students' Union. 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "NUS Referendum Result". University of Plymouth Students’ Union. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ QMUSU (15 March 2019). "NUS Referendum Results". Facebook.
- ^ "University of Portsmouth students vote to leave the National Union of Students". The News. 27 March 2019.
- ^ "RUSU Referendum Results". www.rusu.co.uk. 18 November 2022.
- ^ Ben Bloch (29 November 2022). "Queen Mary SU votes to disaffiliate from NUS after Shaima Dallali's sacking". The Jewish Chronicle.
- ^ "Brighton University union to quit National Union of Students". The Argus. 10 December 2022.
- ^ "The Boar". theboar.org. Retrieved 2023-02-03.