Student Opportunities

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 […]

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 […]

Developing a programme of fixtures, whether competitive or friendly or between your own teams or those from other institutions, is an integral part of sports strategies in many Students’ Union. This guide will support you to execute a well-run and well managed fixture programme. Download: Developing Sporting Fixtures

This briefing gives you ideas and inspiration to help you understand how to creating sporting opportunities for your students, but taking away the formal competitive activity that puts many students off. Whether delivered through your Give it a Go programmes, active lifestyle work or using mental health support as a route this briefing has all […]

This briefing explains how to develop the processes involved in organising and running successful, engaging and democratic elections for clubs and societies. Download: Bringing your club and society elections to life