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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
IN ITS WHITE PAPER
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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
Government had based its
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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
PARTICIPATION
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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
BUILDING STRONGSTUDENTS UNIONS
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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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t. 0845 5210 262
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