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The state of the sabbatical. How UK SUs structure their leadership

26/11/25

What are scrutiny panels and why should your SU care about them?

26/11/25

Scotland’s Tertiary Bill at Stage 2: What SUs need to know

24/11/25

You couldn’t leave here because anything could happen: The fall and rise of the world’s richest students’ union

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|20/11/25

What SUs need to know about the changes to employment law

23/10/25

Student voice has never been louder, but student governance has never felt less powerful

Dáire Martin|SU blog|17/10/25

UK universities operating campuses abroad and the students’ union question

09/10/25

Making (all) student members meetings work

Nick Smith|SU blog|06/10/25

How to keep democracy alive in SUs

Nick Smith|SU blog|04/09/25

Student governors 2025: Neither rubber stamp nor lethal weapon

Team Wonkhe|SU blog|03/09/25

Student governors 2025: Money money money

Team Wonkhe|SU blog|03/09/25

Student governors 2025: To understand the future, get a sense of the past

Team Wonkhe|SU blog|03/09/25

Student governors 2025: Navigating the maze of university decision-making

Team Wonkhe|SU blog|03/09/25

Student governors 2025: What are your “reasonable care” duties as trustees?

03/09/25

Student governors 2025: Getting a grip

Team Wonkhe|SU blog|03/09/25

Mixed category trustee boards aren’t working. Here’s what would

Nick Smith|SU blog|11/06/25

What happened at ESU’s last board meeting (and why it matters to UK SUs)

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|06/06/25

Reflections on leading a students’ union as an insider

Lauren Simpson-Smillie|SU blog|05/06/25

Celtic connections: Futurecasting can be fun and useful

Team Wonkhe|SU blog|04/06/25

Sabbs as trustees, codes of conduct, free speech and the St Andrews Rector case

29/05/25

Reflections on my first year leading a students’ union as an outsider

Beth Rodgers|SU blog|29/05/25

A guide to generative governance for SU boards and student governors

29/05/25

Four things that help make a student trustee a changemaker

16/05/25

Here’s what SU officers need to know about a new duty to prevent fraud

09/05/25

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