The Exeter Students’ Guild has voted to stay in the National Union of Students. 1,291 students voted, surpassing the 1,187 total the referendum needed for a legitimate result. Out of the 23,615 students eligible to vote, only 5.5 per cent voted. 681 students (52.75%) voted “For” continued affiliation The online vote opened at 9am, […]
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“Southampton is better off out”: an alternative NUS stance
I remember my confusion a few months before university when I applied for a NUS card to find out Southampton wasn’t on the list. Before I arrived, I assumed all universities were members. I heard a lot about why Southampton wasn’t affiliated in my first year, and how dramatic the referendum the year before […]
NUS vote breaks record for student turnout
Exeter’s NUS membership has officially become the most voted-on topic in Guild history, with over 2,400 students registering their opinion on the Student Ideas forum. Exeter Change and Represent announced the record turnout on Twitter on Sunday evening. The motion “The Guild should disaffiliate from the National Union of Students” launched as a student vote […]
Report: the NUS #StayOrGo debate
As students began to vote on whether the Students’ Guild leaves the NUS, Monday night saw supporters and skeptics of both campaigns gather in DH1’s M&D Room for the first public debate on Exeter’s vote. Chaired by Xpression FM’s Jack Sheeran, ‘NUS Referendum: The Debate’ provoked laughs, indignation and intense frustration as speakers argued how […]
Could we leave the NUS?
Voting has now opened in Exeter’s much-anticipated NUS referendum – meaning students have until 13 May to decide whether the Guild leaves the National Union of Students. But from Guild President Laura-Jane Tiley’s defence of NUS restrictions on Yik Yak to doubts about new NUS President Malia Bouattia, recent weeks have already seen heavy student […]