About Press and Public Affairs

What do we do?

We positively promote NUS and its policies to students, the public and government

We aim to improve the lives and experiences of students in the UK by making sure theirvoices are heard by decision-makers

How do we do it?

Our work involves liaising with the media and parliament. To do this:

• We send out regular press releases detailing NUS campaigns, policies and issues
• We keep in touch with student, national and local media – assisting them with articles, quotes, facts, figures and photographs
• We lobby ministers, civil servants and policy makers to promote NUS policies and campaigns
• We organise the annual National Student Journalism Awards with the Daily Mirror newspaper
• We write and promote Early Day Motions (EDMs) and parliamentary questions, briefings for MPs and peers on NUS issues for speeches and debates. We also actively lobby individual MPs on our campaigns and policies on an almost daily basis
• We write for NUS websites www.nusonline.org.uk and www.stopfeesnow.com
• We respond to over 5,000 enquiries per year from students, parents, MPs, sabbatical officers, policy makers and other organisations in the UK and worldwide
• We generate over 250 mentions of NUS per month in newspapers, magazines and on TV to keep up a high profile for student issues and maintain the reputation of NUS
• All interviews, statements, news releases and articles for NEC are issued and arranged by the Press Office

Working together: achieving the best results

The PPA department can also support officers at a local level such as:

• Provide information on local MPs and media
• Help to write and promote press statements
• Promote your stories, such as accommodation disasters and cases of student debt and hardship
• Advise you on your own press and parliamentary campaigns and strategies

Officers that we help and support on a regular basis:

Communication Officers, student media editors and Presidents.

To contact us, please call 020 7272 8900 or email pressoffice@nus.org.uk