National Voice

What is National Voice?

You as a member of UUSU ultimately are represented not by just us and our officer team but three further National Unions as part of a Trilateral agreement. You also have the opportunity to have your say at their national conferences which usually take place in second semester, find out more here(link to national conferences election and info page).

National Union of Students – UK (NUS)

NUS is a national union in operation since 1922, seeking to make national change for students, fighting to make education accessible for all and representing over 6m students throughout the UK. They are led by a National President and also has a officer team that they work with just like our very own Student Executive they have their own teams in Wales and Scotland as well as jointly supporting the team in Northern Ireland. To find out more nus.org.uk

National Union of Students – Union of Students in Ireland (NUS-USI)

Talking about NI, NUS-USI is your local national union, working across NI on your behalf, it is headed by a President who is elected every two years at NUS-USI Conference. NUS-USI leads engagements with our politicians and coordinates and supports Student Unions across NI not just within Higher Education but within Further Education colleges and our apprentices too. They also connect in to both NUS and USI and their president sits as part of the officer teams of both National Unions. Really importantly, They also lead campaigns on behalf of students such as on the cost of living, to find out more and to get involved

AMLÉ: Ireland's Student Movement

AMLÉ (Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn) is the national representative body for the more than 360,000 affiliated students in third level education on the Island of Ireland. AMLÉ is a membership organisation – members are affiliated Students’ Unions around Ireland, North and South. A trilateral arrangement exists between AMLÉ, the National Union of Students in the United Kingdom and NUS-USI, the Student Movement in Northern Ireland. NUS-USI was formed in 1972 to ensure that all students in Northern Ireland could be members of the national union movement without distinction as to personal political or religious beliefs, particularly on the Northern Ireland constitutional question.