Student Opportunities

In 2016, NUS and a number of students’ unions ran Prove Me Wrong, as a starting point to build an evidence base for the impact of Student Opportunities. We’ve summarised some of the findings in this briefing… Download: Making the case for Student Opportunities 2016

In 2013 NUS released a briefing about creating and supporting academic societies. This briefing follows on from that and has been produced by NUS and TSEP (The Student Engagement Partnership) to share new ideas about academic societies. This was produced following an NUS Lunch & Learn webinar that took place in October 2015. Download: Developing […]

For many students, sport is an important part of college and university life. Yet, many lesbian, gay, bi and trans students feel excluded or uncomfortable participating in sport because of factors including the culture, structure, and physical environment in which sport takes place. This briefing was produced as part of a session at Union Development […]

This resource will explain why it is useful for student groups to have a constitution. The guidance also explains the elements of a good constitution. Download: Constitutions

This guidance document explains how reward/recognition can be structured for your student groups. It also considers why this is important and how it is part of good volunteer management. Download: Reward and Recognition

This resource will help you to think about how you allocate grant funding to your clubs and societies. It will help you to consider the make-up of the grant allocation committee, the application process, and the terms and conditions of grant funding. Download: Funding

Handbooks are a great way of providing information and guidance to volunteers. This inspiration sheet highlights ideas for content and ways of presenting the information. Download: Handbooks

Using statistics this briefing highlights why quality academic societies are important to your union and institution. It also offers advice, ideas and suggested activities for developing these societies. Download: Lunch and Learn – Academic Societies – Briefing

This guidance documents contains lots of ideas about role descriptions to help you in supporting your student volunteers