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NUS reform: No other way »

In a letter to The Guardian, last year's NUS president told members of her desire to “ensure the NUS is representative of the students studying in 2008 – not 1968.” For too long, the NUS had been balancing on a precarious financial ti...

Mon 24 Nov 2008 | Read more »

Cap on tuition fees essential for equality, says NUS »

The National Union of Students (NUS) launched a new campaign calling for a review of the Higher Education funding system currently in place last month.The fifteen page report, 'Broke and Broken', reveals inherent flaws in the 2004 Higher Education Act,...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Corinne Redfern | Read more »

Government bails out private funding contractor »

A government agency has been forced to implement emergency distribution measures after it was revealed that around 150,000 students in England faced delays in receiving financial support designed to help them stay in education.The Learning and Skills C...

Wed 17 Sep 2008 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Rise in fees required to counteract universities' increasing debt »

British universities are borrowing millions in order to finance plans to improve their campuses in response to students' demands for better facilities. Some institutions are hoping the government will raise the £3,145 cap on fees in the 2009 Revi...

Tue 26 Feb 2008 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

Students held to ransom by government's ID plans »

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Students may be forced into holding ID cards in order to apply for a student loan, Conservative MPs have warned. A leaked Home Office document suggests that, from 2010, anyone aged sixteen or over may have to obtain the £100 biometric card to a...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

Thousands of student bursaries go unclaimed »

Thousands of students from low income backgrounds are missing out on bursaries to which they are entitled, a university watchdog has claimed. Over 12,000 students who could have claimed a £1,000 grant towards their education failed to do so, acco...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Education Minister undermines NUS »

National Union of Students

England's Higher Education Minister, Bill Rammell, stressed the importance of confronting extremism through open debate in a lecture delivered on Tuesday 27 November.Mr Rammell addressed the Fabian Society in London, criticising the National Union of S...

Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

Controversial NUS reform to be backed by Edinburgh unions »

National Union of Students

Edinburgh’s student unions are supporting an extraordinary conference to debate the reformation of National Union of Students' (NUS) core constitution in an attempt to modernise the organisation politically, financially and structurally.The major...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

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