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NUS is a member of the National Unions of Students in Europe .
The NUS was formed in 1922 from the merging of the Inter-Varsity Association and the International Students Bureau. Founding members included the unions of Imperial College London (who first left in 1923 and have subsequently rejoined and left again twice - the last time being in the 1970s), King's College London who supplied the first President ( Sir Ivison Macadam ) and Bristol University (whose AGM voted to leave in 2004 in a decision later overturned by a student referendum). The NUS now has over 700 constituent members (the unions of either higher education or further education establishments) through which it represents approximately 5 million UK students. However, a number of high profile educational institutions are not members.
The NUS holds national conferences once a year. National Conference is the sovereign body of NUS, and is where NUS policy is decided. Other conferences, such as Regional Conferences, Women's Conference, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans Conference (changed as of 2004), Students With Disabilities Conference, Black Students' Conference and the International Students' Conference (created in 2004) are run to enhance the representation of the specific members they include.
Most of these conferences, and in particular the elections held at them, are hotly contested by factions including Labour Students, the Campaign for Free Education , the Organised Independents, Student Broad Left, SWSS, the Union of Jewish StudentsThe Union of Jewish Students of the United Kingdom and Ireland (UJS) was founded in 1973 and claims to represent a constituency of approximately 8,000 Jewish students, with somewhere between five and six thousand being members of its affiliated Jewish Soc, Conservative FutureConservative Future is the youth movement of the British Conservative Party. It was formed in 1998 with a merger of the Young Conservatives, Conservative Students and Conservative Graduates into one organisation. It includes all members of the Conservativ and Liberal Democrat Youth and StudentsLiberal Democrat Youth and Students (LDYS) are the youth and student group of the UK Liberal Democrats. LDYS consists of all Liberal Democrat party members under 26 years old and any older members attending higher education institutions. The group is fina.
All UK students' unions are able to join the NUS (providing they are not controlled by their parent institution and their admission is approved by National Conference). To become a constituent member, unions must pay an affiliation fee to NUS, which is based upon the number of students in the union, and the money received by the union from its parent institution.
Most UK university unions are members of the NUS, although a number (primarily Imperial College and the University of St AndrewsUniversity of St Andrews Established 1413 Chancellor Sir Kenneth Dover Rector Sir Clement Freud Principal & Vice-Chancellor Dr Brian Lang Location St. Andrews, Scotland Students c. 6,500 total (1,000 postgraduate) Member of 1994 Group Homepage http://www.) have historically chosen for political or economic reasons not to be members. In recent years NUS membership has become a controversial issue with some unions seeing AGMAGM can refer to: Annual General Meeting Missile Range Instrumentation Ship ( US Navy hull classification symbol) Air-to-Ground Missile Attack Guidance Matrix Absorbed Glass Mat Area General Manager Association Genevoise des Malentendants Arithmetic geome motions and referendumA referendum (plural: referendums or referenda or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may be the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the rs on the membership issue.
The NUS have in the past received criticism for spending significant amounts of time and money in running pro-affiliation campaigns at universities to ensure that they win referendums. The NUS hasn't lost a disaffiliation referendum in over a decade, but on February 5February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 329 days remaining (330 in leap years). Events 1576 Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. 1631 Roger Williams emigra, 2004 the University of BristolThe University of Bristol was founded in 1876; it was initially known as University College, Bristol. It was the first UK university to admit women on the same basis as men. The university is one of the largest employers in the area. It is a member of the decided to leave following a AGM motion on dissaffiliation. However a subsequent referendum vote overturned the decision. Recent leavers of the NUS have included UMIST, University of Sunderland and the University of Southampton. See also Results of referendums on NUS membership
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