Regional Reception London Region

Agenda. 10:30 – Welcome to NUS 11:00 – Priority Campaign 11:30 – Making the Campaign Work for you 12:00 – Break 12:15 – Workshops 1 13:00 – What or Who are Endsleigh 13:15 – Lunch 14:00 – Workshop 2 14:35 – Supporting Liberation 15:05 – Break 15:15 - Networking (actions to take forward) 16:10 – Closing remarks and evaluation

Welcome to your National Union Ed Marsh, Vice President Union Development

What is your NUS Campaigning on Nationally Meet the Regional Team All you need to know What is NUS How does it work Who are the NEC What is your NUS Campaigning on Nationally Meet the Regional Team Getting involved &making the most of your year with NUS All of this information is in the democracy and involvement booklet that is online and will be mailed to you

Structures

Structures Like a Students’ Union, NUS has a democratic structure that allows it to make decisions on which stances and views you want us to take (policy) Like a Students’ Union, this can seem a bit confusing at first Like a Students’ Union our members have a right to get involved Unlike a Students’ Union some of NUS policy making structures are autonomous from some others

Structures Meeting What does it do? Who sets the direction National Conference Head policy making body of NUS. Sets direction for year ahead and elects President, VPs, Block of 15 and Trustees A number of elected students based on your institution size Zones Discuss issues in each of the 5 Policy zones. Elects Zone Committee in April Students interested in policy areas Liberation Campaigns Sets policy for each of the 4 Liberation Campaigns & elects their leaders Self-defining students of that Liberation group Student Section Sets policy for each of the 3 Student Sections & elects their leaders Students of that section group Nations Sets policy for each of the 3 Nations & elects their leaders Studenst from that Nation

Annual Conference

How policy works

How policy works You elect a National Executive Council to pass interim policy between conferences In between National Conferences the Zone Committees, led by the VPs implement the policy that you have set They are held to account on this work by the NEC 6 times a year and by you at Zone Conferences and National Conference

Meet the NEC (Vice Presidents) Aaron Porter – NUS National President Ed Marsh – Vice President, Union Development Shane Chowen – Vice President Further Education Usman Ali – Vice President, Higher Education Susan Nash – Vice President Society and Citizenship Ben Whittaker – Vice President Welfare

Meet the NEC (Liberation and sections) Olivia Bailey – National Women's officer Alan Bailey – National LGBT officer (open place) Vicki Barrs – National LGBT officer (women's place) Rupy Kaur – National Disabled students officer Kanja Sesay – Black students officer Christina Yang Zhan – International Students officer

Meet the NEC (Nations) Liam Burns- President NUS Scotland Katie Dalton- President NUS Wales Ciarnan Helferty – President NUS USI

Meet your regional team Your first point of contact

Meet your regional Team Chris Shelley – Regional Organiser Manager Joe Kelly – Regional Organiser, London Matilda von Sydow – Regional Organiser, London Eugene Ayisi – Development Worker, London Wendy White – Events and Administration Officer

What to do Next

How to find out more You don’t need to understand everything today, but you may want to read the democracy guide which will go into greater depth Make sure that you check out www.nus-connect.org.uk which will give you the latest updates and news form NUS Don’t be afraid to Speak to your regional Team and NEC members who will always be happy to help And remember you are the key link between NUS and your members, so make sure that you pass on the information to your local members

So what does this actually mean