Student Opportunities

A briefing from Policy Development Convention 2013, exploring how students form communities. Download: Empowering Communities of Students

Across the country students’ unions are campaigning to Keep Wednesday Afternoons Free (KWAF) for their students. Below is a guide to running your own campaign, and a summary report of the 2016-17 KWAF campaigns that students’ unions have run Download: Keep Wednesday Afternoons Free // Keep Wednesday Afternoons Free (CY) Keep Wednesday Afternoons Free campaign summary […]

Over the course of the year NUS and the 9 lad culture strategy pilot unions have come together to discuss how Lad Culture manifests on the different campuses and the work that can be done to challenge this. As part of the scheme each institution and union was asked to develop their own strategies, tailored to address […]

A selection of ideas for events that students’ unions could run that don’t involve alcohol. Download: Alcohol-free Event Ideas

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 briefing covers what is legally permitted by students’ unions in relation to political activity. It specifically references clubs, societies, and student media. Download: Guidance on political activity of students unions 2

Aims of the session This session aims to raise awareness of the importance of planning ahead and dividing up responsibilities when running a social event. Learning objectives By the end of this session participants will be able to: Identify the purposes of social events List things that can go wrong with social events Explain the […]

Aims of the session This exercise is aimed at clubs and society treasurers. It should encourage them to think about their responsibilities, recognise the penalties imposed on clubs or societies which spend over their allocated budget and enable them to practice saying no. Learning objectives By the end of this session participants will be able […]

Aims of the session This should be a popular session with clubs and societies officers. You may wish to offer it several times a year. This session aims to get officers thinking about their relationship with their members.  In particular, it looks at how increased involvement and responsibility encourages people to stay active. Learning objectives […]