Democratic Process
Welcome to the online democracy portal. The purpose of the portal is to help you access information relating to the national organisation's democratic structure.
National Union of Students
Constitution
NUS is bound by its Articles of Governance and Rules, which can be found here. It has been updated following changes made in Aprtil 2013. The constituition was subject to a review in Autumn 2012, the conclusions of which can be found here.
Students’ Unions
Also known as Constituent Member (CM) Constituent members elect representatives to participate in NUS Structures (such as annual conference, national councillors and regional observers) Each Constituent Member has a delegate entitlement based on the number of students they represent.
Democratic events
NUS holds a number of democratic events during the year including National Conference, Zone Conferences and Liberation Campaign Confererences
Code of Conduct
All members are expected to abide by the NUS Code of Conduct.