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On site, in-house training for SUs: Summer 2025

On site, in-house training for SUs: Summer 2025

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|
The international education strategy needs to deliver better experience, belonging and employability

The international education strategy needs to deliver better experience, belonging and employability

Coco Ren|SU blog|
Should reps be paid?

Should reps be paid?

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|
Image of stacks of coins with a clock on one and a graduation cap on another against a green background

Lessons from coordinating participation bursaries

Chiara Blows|SU blog|
Why is higher education sidelining sport?

Why is higher education sidelining sport?

Harvey Burn|SU blog|
Why students helping students is a game changer for advice services

Why students helping students is a game changer for advice services

Faith Goligher|SU blog|
Should module evaluation be mandatory?

Should module evaluation be mandatory?

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|
Image of four stacks of pennies with green shoots growing out of them and three blocks stating "environmental, social and governance"

Why the fight for ethical university finance isn’t over

Jo Campling|SU blog|
Blue background with a door open letting in white light

Why closing doesn’t mean failing

Fiona Walsh McDonnell|SU blog|
How to survive the student rep apocalypse

How to survive the student rep apocalypse

Ashley Storer-Smith|SU blog|
How (and why) to build tradition on campus

How (and why) to build tradition on campus

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|
We’re losing the international student argument

We’re losing the international student argument

Thomas Tran|SU blog|
Is a burger in a campus bar educational? Depends

Is a burger in a campus bar educational? Depends

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|
What is organisational design and governance and why does it matter to SUs?

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

James Coe|SU blog|
Enabling students to succeed isn’t mollycoddling

Enabling students to succeed isn’t mollycoddling

Liam White|SU blog|
Should you be student-led for student-led’s sake?

Should you be student-led for student-led’s sake?

Rosie Hunnam|SU blog|
Our students are ambitious. They need an SU that channels that

Our students are ambitious. They need an SU that channels that

Jimena Alamo|SU blog|
Now! That’s what I call a student leader 2025

Now! That’s what I call a student leader 2025

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|
Are SUs neoliberal – and so what if they are?

Are SUs neoliberal – and so what if they are?

James Coe|SU blog|
We cannot leave social action activities to chance

We cannot leave social action activities to chance

Fiona Walsh McDonnell|SU blog|
Emergent strategy for students’ unions

Emergent strategy for students’ unions

James Coe|SU blog|
Rethinking lobbying at the Hull Northern Voice Conference

Rethinking lobbying at the Hull Northern Voice Conference

Mack Marshall|SU blog|
Open sourcing a student union

Open sourcing a student union

Alex Harden-Way|SU blog|
Why universities need female-only gym spaces

Why universities need female-only gym spaces

Sophie Barratt|SU blog|

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