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Why every SU ought to have an advocacy strategy

Laura Moss|SU blog|23/03/21

Shouldn’t students’ unions be free from worrying about others’ free speech?

Jim Butcher|SU blog|19/03/21

What SU trustees need to know about free speech and SUs

11/03/21

How should SUs respond to DfE’s proposed free speech “standards”?

19/02/21

What should SU trustees learn from the collapse of Kids Company?

19/02/21

The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Further Implementation etc) Regulations 2019

Team Wonkhe|SU blog|14/01/21

Should SUs kick the booze once and for all?

Francesco Masala|SU blog|18/12/20

The Charity Commission and free speech in SUs

10/12/20

What happens when politics wades into charities?

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|01/12/20

Does participation in university governance add value to a student’s academic experience?

01/12/20

Consensus statement: Freedom of speech and students’ unions, guilds and associations – next steps

Meg Price|SU blog|13/11/20

Students unions are all the same. Or are they?

Olly Norman|SU blog|13/11/20

A quick guide for SUs to new measures in the Chancellor’s “Plan for Jobs”

23/10/20

Every now and then officer portfolios get a little bit tired

Nick Smith|SU blog|22/10/20

The Job Support Scheme expansion for closed business premises

13/10/20

Can universities expel students over Covid?

12/10/20

Proposed work on students’ union, association and guild freedom of expression and wider standards

09/10/20

Back to the future on no platforming

01/10/20

What SUs need to know about the Winter Economy Plan 2020

25/09/20

Student governors face major potential conflicts of interest

15/09/20

The Job Retention Scheme (JRS) bonus scheme

04/08/20

Policy Exchange proposals on SUs and freedom of speech

03/08/20

Does Ukraine offer lessons for UK students’ union development?

03/08/20

The restructuring regime and SUs

17/07/20

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