https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/articles/westons-on-trade-cider-category-update

Westons has shared the latest edition of their On Trade Cider Category Update. Key take-outs this month: Coming out of a cooler summer vs 2022, cider gathers pace and is really driving overall LAD growth (+6.6% value, +2.6% volume), again ahead of beer Total cider ROS continues to ...

https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/articles/free-resources-from-the-talk-about-trust

Our friends at the The Talk About Trust  have been working on some spiking resources for the freshers/welcome period designed in collaboration with student focus groups.  Each HE and FE institution has been allocated a set of FREE resources with further quantities or adaptions (e.g. bespoke li...

https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/articles/big-su-survey-su-elections-report-2025

We’re happy to share the Big SU Survey: SU Elections annual report for 2025 The Election Support Service helps SUs to conduct elections by: - ensuring SU elections are free and fair - collate and highlight good practice from across the sector - give assurances to SUs' parent institutions th...

https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/articles/lonely-not-alone

A campaign to tackle the stigma of youth loneliness is back on 5 October and you can help spread the word. Lonely Not Alone is a Co-op Foundation campaign created in partnership with specialist creative co-design agency, Effervescent. It matters because 95% of young people say they feel ...

https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/articles/big-su-survey-advice-report

NUS Charity with the help of ACSU (advisors and caseworkers in students' unions) have undertaken research as part of the Big SU Survey on SU advice services. The Big SU Survey: Advice gathered data from 47 students' unions from the 4 nations, with the student population in the institutions ranged...

https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/articles/co2-surcharge

Air Products has been made aware of some ongoing challenges throughout Europe in the supply chain of CO2.   European Background Primarily caused by planned maintenance stops of CO2 plants in several countries, but also due to unplanned outages and reduced production rates at various ...

https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/articles/earn-50-and-help-shape-the-future-of-digital-in-students-unions

We're looking for students' union staff who can help us to build a better understanding of the pros and cons of your current digital tools.  We had 79 responses to our digital tools survey so thanks to everyone who took the time to come back to us.  We now want to dig a little deepr and he...

https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/articles/luu-bar-in-the-running-for-two-design-awards

Leeds University Union tasked interior design company Nanu Group (fellow Leeds Alumni) to transform their dated bar space into a slick, modern and multifunctional venue. The brief: To create a day-to-night experience that would cater for the ever-evolving student demographic with zones to ...

https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/articles/the-election-support-service-is-here-to-help

With spring fast approaching, we know you’re busy preparing for your upcoming elections. The election support service can help you, so here’s a recap of the different types of support included. Firstly, register your election with us via this form. We ask that SUs do this per election, so we...

https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/resources/2021-employee-engagement-survey-movement-wide-summary-results

The national employee engagement survey for students’ union organisations runs annually and is project-managed for SUs by the Union Development team of NUS Charity. Each year, NUS Charity work with Agenda Consulting, our trusted partner who help us deliver the annual survey for SUs.  Agenda speci...