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Why every SU ought to have an advocacy strategy
Laura Moss
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SU blog
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23/03/21
Shouldn’t students’ unions be free from worrying about others’ free speech?
Jim Butcher
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SU blog
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19/03/21
The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Further Implementation etc) Regulations 2019
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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14/01/21
Should SUs kick the booze once and for all?
Francesco Masala
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SU blog
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18/12/20
What happens when politics wades into charities?
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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01/12/20
Consensus statement: Freedom of speech and students’ unions, guilds and associations – next steps
Meg Price
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SU blog
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13/11/20
Students unions are all the same. Or are they?
Olly Norman
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SU blog
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13/11/20
Every now and then officer portfolios get a little bit tired
Nick Smith
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SU blog
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22/10/20
SU byelaws? Much camus about nothing
Nick Smith
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SU blog
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01/05/20
#SUFutures – Is it time to bin off the SU strategic plan?
Ed Marsh
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SU blog
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06/03/20
#SUFutures – What exactly is the point?
Andrew McLaughlin
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SU blog
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28/02/20
#SUFutures – Time to go back to the future
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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07/02/20
Let’s play fantasy students’ union
Alan Roberts
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SU blog
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22/01/20
Are we setting sabbs up to fail?
Phil Pilkington
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SU blog
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06/12/19
SUs in Ontario have won a reprieve – for now
Alex Usher
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SU blog
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29/11/19
Why do SUs need officers anyway?
Demi Smith
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SU blog
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29/11/19
If change is the only certainty then certainly we’ll all have to deal with change
Graham Atkinson
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SU blog
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29/11/19
Is the art of resolutionary (student) politics dead?
Tom Flynn
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SU blog
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25/10/19
A funny thing happened on the way to the democratic forum
Nick Smith
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SU blog
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25/10/19
Has trading off ruined citizens’ juries in SUs?
Sam Nichols
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SU blog
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27/09/19
Wonkhe 360: what did SUs have to say?
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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21/05/19
They thought it was all over. It isn’t now
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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12/04/19
Trustee Boards can be more exciting than you think
Nick Smith
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SU blog
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05/04/19
Being a students’ union CEO (for 11 months)
Andy Moorwood
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SU blog
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30/07/18
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