Higher Education, Students’ Unions and the Question of ConscienceThis article is more than 10 years oldSUs|14/07/14Image: ShutterstockPhil PilkingtonPhil Pilkington is an Honorary Teaching Fellow at Coventry and Deputy Chair at Middlesex University SUChecking your subscription…One moment while we confirm your access to this article.Related articlesAccess all areas? If onlyBryony Humphries-Jennings | SUs | 14/08/26Neurodiverse student leaders deserve more than a lanyard and a laptopZoe Garnett | SUs | 11/06/26For the next 48 hours, the city belongs to studentsJim Dickinson | SUs | 4/05/26How a friendship at Nottingham became a nationwide student movement