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What (incorporated) SUs need to know about changes to company law

09/04/25

The lab rats in the department store

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|03/04/25

The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS), SUs and international societies

01/04/25

Why students helping students is a game changer for advice services

Faith Goligher|SU blog|24/03/25

Here’s what SUs need to know about the Online Safety Act

21/03/25

The Village People from the Agency: What research on SU governance tells us

13/03/25

Why closing doesn’t mean failing

Fiona Walsh McDonnell|SU blog|10/03/25

Protected beliefs – when can an SU censor a member of staff?

27/02/25

An autonomous agitator within the corporate ambition of the university

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|14/02/25

Twenty four reasons why SUs are different – and why that’s probably OK

14/02/25

What is organisational design and governance and why does it matter to SUs?

James Coe|SU blog|07/02/25

Are SUs neoliberal – and so what if they are?

James Coe|SU blog|27/01/25

We cannot leave social action activities to chance

Fiona Walsh McDonnell|SU blog|26/01/25

Emergent strategy for students’ unions

James Coe|SU blog|23/01/25

Open sourcing a student union

Alex Harden-Way|SU blog|16/01/25

SUs should strike a balance between collaboration and competition

Annie Willmot|SU blog|04/12/24

Students’ union strategies

07/11/24

A new duty on SUs is coming re sexual harassment. Here’s what SUs need to know

09/10/24

How the “Prevent” duty actually works in universities and SUs

30/09/24

Can we pay our part time officers (and other related questions)

29/09/24

What is a registrar anyway?

Ben Vulliamy|SU blog|20/09/24

How to review your SU’s code of conduct or disciplinary complaints procedure in light of new OfS regulation

17/09/24

Levers to pull to get universities to ethically invest

11/09/24

Whose SU is it anyway?

James Coe|SU blog|05/09/24

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