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The NUS published a report this month to unearth the failings of university complaints procedures. 45 student unions were quizzed and a focus group and survey was set up to…

Just as the Government has decided to cap university places by 5,000, UCAS has revealed that there has been an increase of 34,000 applications bringing the national figures up to…

Friday 20 February saw a debate between the NUS Higher Education Officer, Aaron Porter and USSU Education Officer, Adam Farrell on ‘fairer funding’ versus ‘free education’ in the run up…

The National Union of Students (NUS) has officially called for a second Extraordinary Conference on the 20th of January to ratify the controversial Governance Review. The required twenty-five Unions have…

Union council last week decided to hold cross-campus referendums on two of the most controversial motions tabled at this years Students’ Union Annual General Meeting (AGM). The motion for Sussex…

The government has ordered a crackdown on fraudulent grant claims amid concerns that a number of students are cheating the government out of thousands of pounds in grants every year.…

The free market think-tank Reform has recommended that the £3,145 cap on tuition fees be scrapped. Reform’s report, The Mobile Economy, advises removing both the tuition fees cap and all…

With delays to Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) payments expected to continue, the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) have been forced to terminate their contract with Liberata, the company blamed for…

For poorer students hoping to go to university, as well being entitled to government grants they can usually take advantage of bursaries. These grants, awarded by individual universities to those…

A major NUS study published last week has identified students from low-income households as those more likely to study from home. The study, funded and conducted in association with HSBC,…

The NUS has been presented with an award for its HSBC campaign, which forced the bank to go back on its decision to impose charges on graduate overdrafts.

The Oxford University under 21s rugby team recently caused widespread offence when they planned to hold a social with a ‘bring a fit Jew’ theme.

Student Unions overwhelmingly voted in favour for the new National Union of Student’s (NUS) constitutional changes at an Extraordinary Conference held last week in Wolverhampton, sparking off the disaffiliation debate…

The Students’ Union needs to combat apathy it if wants to remain relevant. The Student Union’s vision of 2006, focuses on several long term objectives; for example, by 2016 the…

The University of Sussex Students’ Union (USSU) held its most important meeting of the year last Thursday, the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The event provides students with an opportunity to…

I just wish to start by saying how much I hate NUS. Words can hardly do my bitterness justice, but saying I despise it with every ounce of my being…

The Student Union AGM last Thursday saw a few hundred (though still not enough) students take to the floor of Mandela hall to debate agendas, motions and budgets. For a…

For those attending the highly entertaining and always worthwhile Annual General Meeting of the Students Union last week, or for those who attended the Sussex Not for Sale meeting on…

As reported in last week’s edition of The Badger, students at Bangor University were to hold a referendum on Thursday 16 October on whether to support the Campaign to Defeat…

The National Union of Students (NUS) is supporting the Conservative Party’s calls for an inquiry into outstanding grant payments for over 110,000 students across the country. The NUS is intent…