Summary of Cases
Below are the submitted overviews of the cases from either side of the referendum question.
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Cases for 'No' to not disaffiliate from NUS |
- City SU pay NUS UK and NUS Charitable Services a total membership fee of £25,000 per year – City SU could spend this money on projects and campaigns here at City.
- Students rarely get any engagement from NUS, with only Students Union Officers or Delegates attending NUS conferences and events.
- NUS has had to make huge budget cuts in recent years, and the opportunities they offer us are far reduced than before. City SU now pay extra to commission support from other sector organisations for policy support and training.
- Last year, the UK Government suspended engagement with the NUS, stifling the influence the NUS can have on government policy on Higher Education.
- Both Muslim and Jewish students have raised concerns regarding their representation within NUS, with accusations of both Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism levelled at the organisation.
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- Strength in Numbers: NUS represents seven million students across the UK. Leaving would take City out of the national student movement, isolating our voice on national issues such as the Cost-of-Living crisis.
- Leaving the NUS Charity would limit the opportunities and support City SU receive – including core training, networking opportunities and crisis support.
- Some of NUS’s big wins in the last two years include putting £800m back into students’ pockets via student support funds and £15m into university student hardship to address the cost-of-living crisis.
- NUS has a 100-year history of making changes in education and society. From healthcare rights to opposing apartheid, LGBTQ+ and women’s rights, NUS exists to make education and the world better through the collective power of students.
- NUS has published an action plan following the independent KC-led investigation into Anti-Semitism and apologised to Jewish students. NUS UK has signalled their desire to do a similar report on Islamophobia in the student movement.
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