Unlocking the National Union of Students
TheyWorkForStudents is a simple project - to bring openness, accountability and accessibility to the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom (NUS).
Our Aims;
- To increase understanding in how the NUS works.
- To make important information regarding the NUS avaliable to all students in the UK. This includes;
- NUS Governing Documents
- Information on who holds positions within the NUS and how to contact them
- Elections information and how to get involved in NUS
- Other important documents such as Accounts, Impact Reports and Minutes of Meetings
- To campaign for the NUS to make all the above information avaliable on their website to all students.
- To assist students in holding their NUS officials accountable for their actions.
- To scrutinise the work of the NUS.
- To act in a political neutral way, and provide information in an unbiased manner.
More information is still to be uploaded. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please dont hesitate to get in contact.
We are keen to get more people involved in the project. Please feel free to check out our 'Get Involved' page, email us at theyworkforstudents@gmail.com or follow us on twitter @tw4students.
- To increase understanding in how the NUS works.
- To make important information regarding the NUS avaliable to all students in the UK. This includes;
- NUS Governing Documents
- Information on who holds positions within the NUS and how to contact them
- Elections information and how to get involved in NUS
- Other important documents such as Accounts, Impact Reports and Minutes of Meetings
- To campaign for the NUS to make all the above information avaliable on their website to all students.
- To assist students in holding their NUS officials accountable for their actions.
- To scrutinise the work of the NUS.
- To act in a political neutral way, and provide information in an unbiased manner.
More information is still to be uploaded. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please dont hesitate to get in contact.
We are keen to get more people involved in the project. Please feel free to check out our 'Get Involved' page, email us at theyworkforstudents@gmail.com or follow us on twitter @tw4students.
Why do we exist?
The NUS says one of its core values is "Democracy - Our policies and priorities must be student-led and students’ union-focused through building open, transparent and accessible democratic structures that increase performance and strengthen accountability". We fail to see how the NUS is living up to this value at the moment. Students find it hard to get involved with NUS, understand how it works and participate in its democratic structures.
If the NUS is to be truly effective, information about what it does and how to get involved must be avaliable to all students. Students should have easy access to communication with their national representatives, be able to easily see how they can get involved with the NUS and be able to see all the necessary documentation to know that their NUS is open and transparent.
What have we achieved so far?
Here is a selection of some of our achievements;
- Got NUS to publish the minutes of the National Executive Council (NEC), so students can see what decisions are being made in their name
- Forced NUS to make public the statement regarding the removal of a member of the NEC from office
- Wide recognition as the source for information on what is going on within the NUS; even from NEC members
- Over 1,700 unique visitors to our website
- Representation on the NUS One Member One Vote workgroup
- Exposed attempts from within NUS to silence our work
The NUS says one of its core values is "Democracy - Our policies and priorities must be student-led and students’ union-focused through building open, transparent and accessible democratic structures that increase performance and strengthen accountability". We fail to see how the NUS is living up to this value at the moment. Students find it hard to get involved with NUS, understand how it works and participate in its democratic structures.
If the NUS is to be truly effective, information about what it does and how to get involved must be avaliable to all students. Students should have easy access to communication with their national representatives, be able to easily see how they can get involved with the NUS and be able to see all the necessary documentation to know that their NUS is open and transparent.
What have we achieved so far?
Here is a selection of some of our achievements;
- Got NUS to publish the minutes of the National Executive Council (NEC), so students can see what decisions are being made in their name
- Forced NUS to make public the statement regarding the removal of a member of the NEC from office
- Wide recognition as the source for information on what is going on within the NUS; even from NEC members
- Over 1,700 unique visitors to our website
- Representation on the NUS One Member One Vote workgroup
- Exposed attempts from within NUS to silence our work
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