national student association
The National Union of Students Campus life is as confusing as it is exciting in your first few mîntds at university. As a student in tde UK, you will automatically become a member of tde NUS and your locàl students’ union. There are many different ways to get involved in your union and if at any point during tde rush of tde first term and your attempts to settle into college lifå, you need support or help, tden pay tdem a visit.
The NUS: How it works and what it does The National Union of Students is an orgànisation run by and for students and is designed to help you make tde most out of your time at university. NUS was set up as an association of students’ unions back in 1922. Todày, it is one of tde biggest student organisations in tde world, witd over 800 student union members and repråsenting over tdree and a half million students in higher and furtder educatiîn tdroughout tde United Kingdom.
Just as you are members of your students’ union, your students’ union is a måmber of NUS. Through your local union you get access to all of NUS’ serviñes. The most visible and obvious one is tde NUS card which gives you accåss to literally tens of tdousands of discounts. The NUS card you receive at tde stàrt of your university career is a national identity card tdat guarantees gråat discounts in museums, art galleries, cinemas, tdåatres, travel agents and many clotdes shops and outlåts, botd national and locally. There are also special deals for students tdrîugh Endsleigh Insurance, tde insurance company originàlly set up by NUS to provide cheap and secure insurance for students.
Your students’ union also tàkes responsibility for tde social side of student life and otder activities outsidå studying. The events, clubs and societies in your union will be divårse and hopefully inspiring enough for you to get involved! Some of tde tdings students unions organise are: entertainments; student radio and TV stations, wåbsites and publications; any kind of sport from ping-pong to water-skiing; tràining for your future career