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STUDENTS LIVES

BETTER, VOICES

BOLDER, FUTURES

BRIGHTER


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ABOUT NUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

EDUCATION FUNDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

MAKING EDUCATION BETTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

PARTICIPATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

TRANSFORMING STUDENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

BUILDING STRONG STUDENTS UNIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

SECURING A FAIRER SOCIETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

ORGANISATIONAL HEALTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

CONTENTS


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The National Union of Students (NUS)

is a confederation of students unions

representing over seven million

students in the UK. It is the definitive

student campaigning organisation.

MISSION: NUS exists to: promote, defend

and extend the rights of students and

develop and champion strong students

unions.

VISION: Our vision is of NUS as a

pioneering, innovative and powerful

campaigning organisation: the national

voice of students. We will fight barriers to

education, empower students to shape

both a quality learning experience and

the world around them, supporting

influential, democratic and well-

resourced students' unions.

VALUES AND BELIEFS: The core values of

NUS are democracy, equality and

collectivism. We believe that student

organisations should be student-led andthat education is a benefit to the

individual and to society.

ABOUT NUS NUS HAS RISEN TOTHE CHALLENGES

POSED BY A

PARTICULARLY

DRAMATIC YEAR

FOR THE STUDENT

MOVEMENT

Liam Burns President, NUS


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Firstly, I would like to take this

opportunity to thank everyone who

has helped NUS this year. Whether

you are a student activist, a

students union officer, or a

member of staff at a students

union, college or third sector

organisation, together we have

made a great many improvements

to the lives of students and

members of the wider public.

Of course, this year was dominated

by the education funding debate

and our response to it. We all knewit was going to be a crucial year for

the students union movement, but

none of us could have predicted

that we would organise the biggest

national education demonstration in

decades, or that we would mobilise

regionally on an unprecedented

scale to take our message to the

general public and government

alike. There could have been very

few people in the country who were

unaware of our concerns.

Despite our anger at the

Governments decision to raise fees,

we must remember that our hard

work and commitment forced a

Scotland, Wales and Northern

Ireland to the publication of Key

Information Sets to allow new

students to make informed choices;

from the improved officer

development programme to our

campaign on international student

immigration, NUS has ensured that

the student voice remains at the

forefront of the debate.

With your help, NUS has risen to the

challenges posed by a particularly

dramatic year for the student

movement. I look forward tocontinuing this invaluable work with

you throughout this, our 90th year.

Liam Burns,

President NUS

FOREWORDNONE OF US COULD

HAVE PREDICTED

THAT WE WOULD

ORGANISE THEBIGGEST NATIONAL

EDUCATION

DEMONSTRATION

IN DECADES

number of important concessions.

For example, the repayment

threshold was raised, with a

commitment to link it to average

earnings in the future, and two thirdsof part-time students will now receive

loans. Without NUS influence, the

future would have been a lot bleaker

for students.

On top of our valuable contribution

to the education funding debate,

NUS has continued to make great

strides in other areas. From the huge

wins on tuition fees for students in


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THE BROWNE REVIEW AND

THE HIGHER EDUCATIONWHITE PAPER

NUS vigorously opposed Lord

Brownes key proposals. Through

our tireless campaigning on these

issues, we won some important

concessions from the Government

in its White Paper.

IMPACT: NUS national and regional

campaigns helped to substantially

change Lord Brownes proposals.

Although the funding system is still far

from perfect, the changes that we

helped bring about this year will affect

thousands of students in the future.IMPACT: The threshold for loan

repayments will now rise in line with

earnings.

IMPACT: We ensured that two thirds

of part-time students are now

supported with tuition fee loans.

IMPACT: London weighting has been

maintained, despite not being

included in the initial proposals.

NUS provided support for the local

campaign of Kings College

Students Union. This received a

great amount of local press

coverage and ensured that students

in London will continue to receive

London weighting on their loans.

IMPACT: The Governments WhitePaper included a statement

championing the role of students

unions. Students unions have

effectively been shut down in

countries such as Australia and

New Zealand, and in some

Scandinavian countries. NUS

effective lobbying for this text to be

included in the White Paper

safeguards the future of students

unions in this country.

IMPACT:As a result of NUS lobbying,

the Higher Education White Paper

indicated there would bestrengthened governance for the

Office for Fair Access, and additional

powers and resources for both OFFA

and the Office of the Independent

Adjudicator. Further reviews of these

areas will now be conducted.

VOTE FOR STUDENTS PLEDGE

NUS Vote For Students

campaign put tuition fees at the

heart of the last general election.

Over 1300 parliamentary

candidates signed our pledge to

vote against higher fees should

they be elected, meaning that 93

per cent of constituencies had a

Vote For Students candidate.

IMPACT: Students have been able to

use this pledge to hold MPs to

account throughout the debate on

tuition fees. Photographs of MPs

signing the pledge appeared in

worldwide news coverage.

EDUCATIONFUNDING

THROUGH OUR

TIRELESS

CAMPAIGNING,

WE WON SOME

IMPORTANT

CONCESSIONS FROMTHE GOVERNMENT

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proposals was flawed, and

empowered students to talk to their

MPs about it.

A replacement for EMA was

announced, which reduced the

previous 550 million EMA fund to a

75 million discretionary fund. This

was clearly not acceptable, and

NUS and the Save EMA coalition

went into action once again. We

have managed to push the fund up

to 180 million, and we wont stop

there.

IMPACT: The benefits of the EMA

scheme are now widely understood,

with the campaign gaining significant

support from outside of the student

movement. The 180 million bursary

scheme is a marked improvement on

the initial proposals, and we willcontinue to lobby ministers to

reinstate EMA.

OVER 1300

PARLIAMENTARYCANDIDATES SIGNED

OUR PLEDGE TO

VOTE AGAINST

HIGHER FEES

DEMO 2010

NUS, along with UCU, supported

students unions in organising the

biggest student demonstration in a

generation. Over 52,000 students,lecturers and supporters turned out

on the streets of London to protest

against a rise in tuition fees.

In support of this demonstration,

NUS held over 40 briefings and

created invaluable resources for

students union staff and officersthat helped them build local

campaign capacity.

In just three months, the

demonstration website received

over 9.5 million hits, and we

generated over three quarters of a

million pounds worth of press

coverage.

IMPACT: 94 per cent of the general

public were made aware of the

issues faced by students through

our campaign.

SAVE EMA CAMPAIGN (UK)

As part of the Save EMA

(Education Maintenance

Allowance) coalition, NUS and

seven major unions organised local

and national campaigning and

lobbying activities. We proved that

the research upon which the

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OVER 52,000 STUDENTS,

LECTURERS AND

SUPPORTERS TURNEDOUT TO PROTEST

AGAINST A RISE IN

TUITION FEES


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The Scottish government has alsocommitted to a 7000 minimum

income for the poorest students,

legislation on fairer access, and

improvements for part-time students.

We listened to the National Union

of Students in Scotland (NUS

Scotland) and their support for thescheme and we listened to young

people and their parents. Keith

Brown, Minister for Skills and

Lifelong Learning

BUDGETS FOR BURSARIES

The Budget for Bursariescampaign received enormous

support. 32,000 e-mails were sent

to politicians in two-and-a-half

weeks. This resulted in the Scottish

Government agreeing to put an

extra 15 million towards college

bursaries over the next two years,

and an extra 8 million towards

creating new college places.

RECLAIM YOUR VOICE INSCOTLAND

NUS worked with students unions

and associations in Scotland to

organise a 4000-strong

demonstration in Edinburgh and to

ensure that 85 per cent of MSPs

signed up to the campaign.

IMPACT: Students in Scotland will not

have to pay tuition fees and all

students that are eligible will still

receive EMA.

WINNING ON

TUITION FEESIN THE NATIONS

STUDENTS INSCOTLAND WILL

NOT HAVE TO PAY

TUITION FEES AND

STUDENTS WILLSTILL RECEIVE EMA


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This campaign was awarded

Campaign of the Year at the 2011

Scottish Charity Awards.

IMPACT: NUS Scotland has increasedaccess to education while putting

money in students pockets.

FUNDING IN WALES

NUS Wales placed pressure on

every single Plaid Cymru, Welsh

Labour and Welsh Liberal DemocratMP regarding education funding

through a series of letter writing,

direct lobbying and utilising local

and national media.

IMPACT: Students from Wales will not

face an increase in tuition fees,

regardless of where they study in the

UK. In addition, the Assembly

Learning Grant (ALG the

maintenance grant for Welsh

students) will continue.

IMPACT: Due to NUS lobbying the EMA

for Welsh students has been saved

and NUS Wales won support of 80

per cent of Assembly Members to

protect funding levels for EMA, ALG

and Financial Contingency Fund

throughout the next Assembly term.

STUDENTS IN NORTHERN IRELANDWILL NOT SUFFER THE BLOW

NUS-USI have secured no increase

in tuition fees for students from

Northern Ireland that choose to

study in Northern Ireland. Fees will

only rise in line with inflation and the

Higher Education Minister also

stated that university budgets would

be protected.

IMPACT: Students from Northern

Ireland that choose to study in

Northern Ireland will only see an

increase in fees along with inflation.

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NUS SCOTLAND WON

CAMPAIGN OF THE

YEAR AT THE 2011

SCOTTISH CHARITY

AWARDS

STUDENTS IN WALES

WILL NOT FACE AN

INCREASE IN TUITION

FEES, AND THE ALG

WILL CONTINUE

IN NORTHERN

IRELAND, FEES WILL

ONLY RISE IN LINE

WITH INFLATION


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RECLAIM YOUR VOICE:

85 PER CENT OF

MSPs SIGNED UP TO

THE CAMPAIGN

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FEEDBACK AND ASSESSMENT

This year, NUS launched a

Feedback and Assessment Toolkit

(FACT), supported by a Feedbackand Assessment Charter. There

have been over 820 downloads of

FACT materials. The Feedback and

Assessment Charter has changed

the way that a number of institutions

provide feedback to students.

IMPACT:A number of students unions

have used our toolkit to campaign for

and receive feedback on exams,

where previously their students had

received none. Also, the increase in

satisfaction in the 2011 National

Student Survey shows that students

are receiving more prompt feedback

in general, and more detailedcomments on their work.

QAA INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW

NUS has argued for, and won, a

number of improvements to the

Institutional Review system in Englandand Northern Ireland. Now, students

will be given more information about

how an institution performs. For

example, an assessment of the first

year experience will be provided, and

students will be more involved in the

review process.

IMPACT: Students have been put at the

heart of quality assurance, allowing

them to shape their own learning

experience.

NUS CHARTERS

NUS has developed a series of

charters on issues such as

postgraduates that teach, becoming

a global university, personal tutors,

and feedback and assessment.

These charters give universities a clear

messageabout studentsexpectations,

and are currently being used to

improve the student experience acrossthe country.

IMPACT: The charters help students

unions to hold their institutions to

account, and to work with them in order

to maintain standards for students.

INFORMATION, ADVICE ANDGUIDANCE

NUS has helped in the development

of Key Information Sets to improve

information for prospective students.

This will enable students to make more

informed decisions, improving retention.

NUS also pushed for better advice for

prospective postgraduates: a

recommendation which was accepted

by the Smith Review and is now being

investigated by HEFCE.

IMPACT: NUS has ensured that students

and prospective students now have

access to information on the

performance of each institution enabling

them to make more informed choices

around their university and course. In

addition, individual students' unions will

be able to make recommendations to

their institutions about some of the

questions that students are asked. This

will provide them with a better evidencebase for their local campaigns.

MAKINGEDUCATION

BETTER


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THE NATIONAL

STUDENT SURVEY

2011 SHOWS THAT

STUDENTS ARE

RECEIVING MORE

PROMPT FEEDBACK,

AND MORE DETAILED

COMMENTS ONTHEIR WORK


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ENGAGEMONTH

In February, NUS Engagemonth

helped students unions to

encourage their members to have

more input into their university

experience.A programme of events

was delivered to students unionofficers and staff, and nearly 700

briefings were downloaded.

IMPACT: Two students' unions have

recently received awards for their

activities: Birmingham City

Students' Union, for engaging in FE

partner colleges and the creation ofa shared virtual students' union;

and University of Sussex Students'

Union, for their work with student

parents and the creation of a

student parent association.

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

TOOLKIT

Working with the Higher Education

Academy (HEA), NUS designed a

toolkit for students unions and

institutions to improve students

academic engagement. The toolkit

was used by 65 per cent of unions in

a number of ways, such as

facilitating workshops at internal

teaching and learning conferences

and evaluating current student

representation systems.

IMPACT: This toolkit helped to create a

field of expertise in the student

movement. Representation structures

have been improved and the student

voice has been enhanced. For

example, Canterbury Christ Church

Students Union used the toolkit in

partnership with their institution to

create new ways to engage with their

placement students.

This is a really useful tool as it has

helped us to overhaul our system of

representation, resolve the

ownership issues between the

students union and the institution,

and secure more resourcesAdvice

and Representation Manager

EngageMonth really helped to putstudent engagement on the map,

and sparked discussions about how

unions can be more innovative with

their engagement activities

particularly with hard to reach

groups. Usman Ali, NUS Vice

President, Higher Education

INTERNATIONALISINGSTUDENTS UNIONS

The Internationalising Students

Unions project has involved over

40 students unions in 201011.

Participating students unions have

received support in order toevaluate their existing work with

international students, share best

practice with other students unions,

and to take action to improve

international students engagement.

IMPACT: International students are

better represented by studentsunions.

For example:

Northumbria Students Union has

created a new representation

structure, to ensure that

international students voices are

heard in the unionYork University Students Union

decided to increase the

representative role of its

International Students Association

Newcastle Union Society ran a visa

information campaign prior to the

election period in the union

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REGIONAL COURSE REPSTRAINING EVENTS

Last year, NUS held a national

training event for 170 course

representatives. We also ran threeregional events and hosted another

for the Quality Assurance Agency.

IMPACT: These events have provided

course representatives with the skills

and tools necessary to effectively

represent their students.

LGBT ACTIVIST DAYS

Nearly 500 students received training

on how to campaign effectively.

IMPACT: These training sessions

provide students with the skills they

need to create change.

SUMMER EXAM ERRORS

In summer 2011, errors were found

in GCSE, AS and A-level exams,

affecting approximately 100,000

students. NUS successfully lobbied

Ofqual to persuade them to

investigate the errors and conduct

an inquiry. We also encouraged

exam boards to provide support for

those students affected. MAKING A

DIFFERENCE

TO ALL THOSE

INVOLVED


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TRANSFORMINGSTUDENTSOFFICER DEVELOPMENTPROGRAMME

NUS delivered a series of 11

residential training courses, as

well as the Understanding and

Supporting Liberation conference.

The training specifically for students'

officers to inspire, develop and

strengthen their performance, is not

provided by any other organisation.

Feedback showed the highest

satisfaction rating of any training

events produced by NUS. Over 87

per cent of those who attended our

HE summer training courses were

satisfied; as were over 94 per cent

of those who attended our Train the

Trainer, and 90 per cent of those

who attended our FE leadership and

sabbatical residential training.

476 officers from 112 different

unions attended our HE summer

training courses and 109 officers

from 36 different unions attendedour FE training courses.

IMPACT: Through this unique training

programme we have created a

student movement that is driven by

strong student leaders.

Although I was nervous about

coming to this I had a great time and

feel empowered to go back and

create change in my unionAttendee,

Active Political Leadership, 2011

Didn't realise I was interested in

politics until here. Light a candle?

You lit a furnace!Attendee, Active

Political Leadership, 2011

I found this a really great event that

has left me really enthused about

going back to my SU and makingchange happen! Attendee, FE

Leadership (Introductory), 2011

BE A CHAMPION

Our Olympic project, Be a

Champion, ensures that students

and students unions are able tomake the most of the once-in-a-

lifetime opportunity presented by the

London 2012 Games.As well as

securing an additional 300,000 for the

student movement, the project will

involve 20,000 students in Olympics-

inspired activity, with a student

ambassador in at least 100 students

unions across the UK. Nine regional

training sessions have already been

held for staff and officers.

IMPACT: Students unions have a

unique opportunity to engage with

diverse groups of students, creating

awareness of their work and adding

to their pool of volunteers.

FEEDBACK SHOWED

THE HIGHEST

SATISFACTION

RATING OF ANY

TRAINING EVENTS

PRODUCED BY NUS


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ENHANCING AND

IMPROVING THE

STUDENT

EXPERIENCE


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GOOD GOVERNANCE PROJECT

NUS supported the improvementof governance in students unions

by producing the Good

Governance Toolkit and online

hub, with a number of partner

organisations. The online hub was

launched in January 2011 and

provides unions with information, a

self-assessment code of practice

and a report generator, which will

help students unions during charity

registration. Since then the hub has

had over 2000 hits.

IMPACT: These initiatives have

improved the quality of governance,

democracy and accountability in

students unions across the country,

making them more accessible to

students.

We have used the tool and the

associated resources to build some

very strong and powerful

relationships within the universityboard and senior management,

based on a mutual respect and trust,

largely because of our approach to

the governance aspect of our

relationship. It is a fantastically

valuable batch of information and

resources, which can only help us all

to be better students unions. Daryl

Ormerod, General Manager,

University of Cumbria Students' Union

STUDENTS UNIONS 2011

The inaugural Students Unions

2011 event was held this year. The

event was developed to replace the

Association for Managers in

Students Unions (AMSU)

conference, following the mergerbetween AMSU and NUS last year.

The two-day event brought together

officers and staff to share best

practice, learn from outside the

student movement and hear from

leading figures to prepare for the

year ahead.

It was a hugely successful event,

with 581 attendees. Over 90 per cent

of the delegates said that they would

recommend it to others.

IMPACT: This conference created a

stronger student movement through

the development of students union

officers and staff.

The single best NUS event I have

attended in my 12 years in the

movement. The organisation was

great, the venue was great and, most

of all, the NUS and LUU staff were

outstanding they really made the

event for the delegates To me it

represents a real step change in the

organisation and the very high

standard set by this conference sets a

new benchmark for future events. Verywell done to all involved you have

done the movement proud!Attendee

NUS AWARDS

The Students Unions 2011 event

also incorporated the NUS Awards.

A new online hub was launched,allowing students and unions to

submit their entries online. We saw

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an 11 per cent increase in

nominations, which totalled 382.

IMPACT: Promoting the good work

and rewarding best practice

inspires others and champions a

strong student movement.

ELECTIONS

NUS provided support to over 100

students unions in running their

sabbatical officer elections. This

support included returning elections

and helping with queries.

IMPACT: Supporting students union

officers and staff to run successful

elections results in strong student

leaders, and in turn a strong

student movement.

STUDENT GOVERNOR SUPPORTPROGRAMME

NUS has designed a new FE

Student Governor Support

Programme, which was piloted in

colleges in the Midlands this year.

This programme will now be rolled

out nationally and NUS will providedirect support to 64 colleges over

the course of the year.

In addition to the student governors

who were trained under the pilot

scheme, another 40 student

governors will be trained this year.

IT WAS A HUGELY

SUCCESSFUL

EVENT; OVER 90PER CENT OF THE

DELEGATES SAID

THAT THEY WOULD

RECOMMEND IT

TO OTHERS

Jeremy Gilley, of the charity

Peace One Day, delivered an

inspiring keynote speech at

Students Unions 2011


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TENANCY DEPOSIT SCHEME(SCOTLAND)

Following years of campaigning,

the Scottish government has

introduced legislation to bringforward a tenancy deposit scheme

in Scotland. The Scottish

Government estimates that a total of

3.6 million is unfairly withheld from

8,000 11,000 tenants every year.

IMPACT: NUS has helped to ensure

that students have increased rightsand security when it comes to

tenancy deposits.

DEGREES COOLER

So far, 78 students unions have

taken part in Green Impact, with

27 of these achieving the goldstandard. 35 universities and

colleges took part in the Green

Impact universities and colleges

scheme.

Student Switch Off engaged 14,119

students as Eco-Power Rangers and

reached 81,204 students living in halls

of residence. Student Switch Off

delivered carbon savings Carbon over

1,800 tonnes of CO2, based on

comparisons with energy use in thesame halls in the pre-intervention year.

Green Impact engaged 2,803 staff

through Green Impact teams and

reached 22,256 students in

participating departments. Green

Impact resulted in 10,620 greening

actions being completed as a directresult of the scheme.

IMPACT: NUS has helped students

unions and institutions to drastically

reduce their carbon footprints by

inspiring them to think more about

the environment in their day-to-day

behaviour, and to carry out long-term green initiatives.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTIMMIGRATION CAMPAIGN

NUS has worked with institutions

to force significant changes to the

Governments proposals regardingvisas for international students.

All institutions sponsoring student

visas must gain accreditation and

Highly Trusted Sponsor status by

the end of 2012.

Students at universities and

publicly-funded further educationcolleges will retain the same

working rights as they have now,

and students coming to the UK will

be able to enter the UK to take

pathway courses to improve their

English before taking up a degree

place as long as they are

sponsored by a university.

SECURINGA FAIRER

SOCIETY10,620 GREENINGACTIONS WERE

COMPLETED AS ADIRECT RESULT

OF THE SCHEME


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IMPACT: NUS has helped to protect

the rights of international students.

HIDDEN MARKS

NUS Womens Campaign

conducted the first ever nationwide

survey of women students

experience of harassment, stalking,

violence and sexual assault. This led

to the Hidden Marks report and later

in to the Hidden Marks website,

which provides support for victims.

IMPACT: NUS Womens Campaignhas provided direct support links for

women students experiencing

harassment, stalking, violence and

sexual assault.

DRINKAWARE

NUS have run a high profilecampaign in collaboration with

drinkaware, to educate students

about alcohol consumption.

We have also campaigned for more

stringent regulation for organised bar

crawls, and we have provided

guidance for licensing enforcementofficers on how to manage these

events.

IMPACT: This campaign has enabled

students unions to make their events

more socially responsible and has

helped improve relations in the

community and local stakeholders.

The event attracted record

numbers, and for the first time

resulted in zero complaints, and zero

incidents where security needed to

intervene. Students union officer

RACE FOR EQUALITY

NUS published a groundbreaking

report showing that black students

face a range of barriers in further

and higher education. The report is

the culmination of a two year

research project that gatheredexisting evidence combined with new

surveys and focus group evidence.

IMPACT: Institutions have used our

report to stop cuts in equality

budgets.

The report will be used to help us

understand and meet studentneeds, particularly in line with

changes in equality legislation

Kingston University

SPONSORED

STUDENTS WILL BEABLE TO ENTER THE

UK TO IMPROVE THEIR

ENGLISH BEFORE

TAKING A DEGREE


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MEMBERSHIP SATISFACTION

Overall satisfaction with NUS was

high, with almost 8 out of 10

students unions satisfied. This

has doubled over five years.

Over 90 per cent of students unions

think that NUS has been able to

influence national decision makers

on the issues that affect students

and students unions, exceeding our

target of 80 per cent.

More than 8 out of 10 students unions

think that NUS has had a positive

impact on student representation at

their students union.

ORGANISATIONALHEALTH

FINANCE

NUS has worked hard to improve

its financial performance, while

giving our members even better

value for money.

We have increased our total

revenue by 20 per cent in the past

two years; and we have managed

to bring the proportion of our

income coming from affiliation fees

down to 44 per cent, from 89 per

cent in 2000.

The total commission from extra

cards paid to students unions in

201011 was nearly 1.2m.

AWARDS

NUS has achieved the DisabilityTwo Ticks status. This quality

mark was awarded by the

Department of Work and Pensions

(JobCentre Plus) for our positive

commitment regarding the

employment, retention, training

and career development ofdisabled employees.

NUS was named Sustainability

Partner of the Year for our

Degrees Cooler project at

Studentforce for Sustainabilitys

inaugural environmental awards

event last year.

NUS achieved a Silver

accreditation by Investors in

People for demonstrating a

commitment to the development

and success of our people and

a desire to continually improve

and grow.

THE COMMISSION

NUS HAS PAID TOUNIONS HAS ALREADY

REACHED OVER

1.1M THIS YEAR

NUS HAS BEEN ABLE

TO INFLUENCE

NATIONAL DECISION

MAKERS


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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 JUNEINCOME AND EXPENDITURE

GROUP000s 2011 2010

Fixed assets 19,199 17,026

Current assets 3,003 2,899

Creditors (1,861) (1,947)

Net current assets/

(liabilities)1,142 952

Total assets less

current liabilities20,341 17,978

Capital and reserves 20,341 17,978

General fund 0 15,342Premises revaluation

reserve4,619 2,636

Total funds 20,341 17,978

000s 2011 2010

Turnover 13,805 10,279

Total operating costs 13,775 11,074

Operating surplus/

(deficit)30 (795)

Other income,

charitable donation and

rationalisation costs

725 995

Surplus on ordinary

activities before taxation755 345

Taxation (177) (71)

Surplus for year after

taxation579 274

Minority interest (305) (166)

Surplus for the

financial year274 108


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