NUS set to gut democracy
The National Union of Students [NUS] announced last week, in a letter to affiliated student unions, that it is on the verge of bankruptcy. The NUS Group, which includes NUS UK plus NUS Services, the union’s commercial arm, could face a £3 million deficit this year and in future years. “Radical reforms to democratic and corporate structures” which will “drastically simplify and modernise NUS” are to be announced at NUS Conference 2019, which will take place in spring. Student union presidents and Chief Executives will be invited to a “strategic conversation” meeting in late November. These...