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Student representation & voice
Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.
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What I learned on a Wonkhe SUs study tour
Samuel Dangerfield
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SU blog
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17/10/25
Making (all) student members meetings work
Nick Smith
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SU blog
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06/10/25
Get involved in our national student experience research
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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06/10/25
We are merging. What do the students think?
Steve Coole
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SU blog
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29/09/25
Student leaders need spaces to help shape the sector
Lewis Wilson
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SU blog
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05/09/25
Student governors 2025: Neither rubber stamp nor lethal weapon
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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03/09/25
A cycle of silence is destroying progress on addressing students’ problems
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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29/08/25
Ripping up the rule book might get the sector closer to transformation
Mack Marshall
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SU blog
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29/08/25
In five years’ time: Five ways students’ unions might change … again
Alan Roberts
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SU blog
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25/08/25
Coping with crisis means SUs have to adapt again
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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15/08/25
How can SUs get civic-al
Rosie Hunnam
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SU blog
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07/08/25
Reclaiming the power of student democracy
Ben Sanders
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SU blog
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05/08/25
Partnership isn’t a policy, it’s a practice – and it needs work
Dáire Martin
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SU blog
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16/07/25
How to surface and reduce the hidden costs of study
Eve Woodall
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SU blog
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08/07/25
Working together to map and transform the student experience
Joe Holmes
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SU blog
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01/07/25
From student to student voice, what this role really taught me
David Dada
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SU blog
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26/06/25
Using community organising to meet power on equal terms
Tom Snape
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SU blog
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26/06/25
How to increase student participation, reflections from an officer about to return to the classroom
Gracie Otley
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SU blog
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19/06/25
Parental Advisory: Why empowering parents might be central to SU campaigning
Lewis Wilson
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SU blog
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09/06/25
What happened at ESU’s last board meeting (and why it matters to UK SUs)
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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06/06/25
Reflections on leading a students’ union as an insider
Lauren Simpson-Smillie
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SU blog
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05/06/25
Celtic connections: Time for some new rules
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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04/06/25
Celtic connections: School plays sell out
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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04/06/25
Celtic connections: Building belonging is about starting small
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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04/06/25
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