FE Zone right col
FE Resources
MP lobbying guide - how to get your MP to sign an early day motion
FE Students Councils and Students Parliament briefing.
'Putting the LGBT into FE'. Each college can order one hardcopy. To do so, please email lgbt@nus.org.uk. Alternatively, download copies here.
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General Guides
Guidance for colleges on student governors (Redirects to external site)
Financial Support for Further Education Students in England
Legal Briefing for Colleges with Students' Councils
Union officers’ manual
Everything you need to know about being a student officer and running a successful union.
Model constitution and resource pack for FE students’ unions
Development survey
NUS has conducted its most in-depth investigation into students’ unions in the FE sector.
The results – which confirm that students’ unions in the FE sector are, for the most part, under-funded, under-resourced and under-supported - will underpin the work of this year’s 'Loud and Clear' campaign.
You can read the interim report of the FE Students’ Unions’ Development Survey here or read now the full report.
Other briefings and resources
Education and Skills Bill briefing for MPs
Opportunity profiles
If your club or society is growing and you would like to get more students involved then an opportunity profile can help promote your activities.
Developing your students' union
Are you ready for a Sabbatical checklist.
Tips for running an election
A model of good practice and ideas for promoting involvement to maximise the number of students who stand and vote in elections.
Guide to Individual Representation
A handout about the role of students' union officers in representing students' concerns and dealing with the specific conditions which affect their learning.
The Modern Students' Union
It has long been recognised that the ability of students to organise their own system of representation, deliver services and facilitate activities that students have an interest in is a valuable part of the educational process.
Loud and Clear
NUS' definitive guide to developing learner voice in FE
NUS Response to the FE White Paper
Annex
Foster Review of Further Education
A briefing by NUS on the content of the Foster Report
Presentation on NUS' summary of the Foster Report
Powerpoint slides, for use by student officers or governors, on NUS' summary of the Foster Report
Housing Act 2004
FE College compliance with rules
SU Representation pack
A definitive guide to representation in the FE sector
SU clubs and societies pack
The definitive guide to clubs and societies in FE
Getting societies going in FE
A briefing on the importance of clubs and societies within FE
"Safe on Campus, Safe on the Street" FE college campus security policy
A campaign guide for SU officers and student governors on FE college campus security policy.
Consultations and Responses
NUS, as the recognised national voice for students, is consulted and invited to input on many issues affecting students.
You can read recent responses to government consultations here:
NUS' response to the QIA and CEL merger
NUS’ Response to the DfES Personalisation Proposals of January 2007
Further Education White Paper: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances, DfES March 2006
Response to the ODPM Consultation on GLA Powers over Learning and Skills in London
NUS' second response to the 'Review of the future role of FE Colleges' by Sir Andrew Foster, 2005
NUS response to DfES Governance Review, 2004
"Investing in Skills", Sept 2004
"Supporting young people to achieve: towards a new deal for skills", Sept 2004
"21st Century Skills: Realising our Potential", July 2003
Student governors
Colleges in the FE sector have to elect at least one student governor (they can have up to three).
NUS has produced the following resources to support students’ unions and student governors:
Elections
Students' unions elections pack
The definitive guide to running elections in students’ unions
Course reps
Students’ representative structures are different in every college, but representation is the most important thing a students’ union can do.
A good course reps system can help a students’ union to achieve their aim of effective representation.
Course reps' pack
A definitive guide to course reps’ systems in FE
Course reps' log
This log has been designed for course reps to use as a guide to their work, as well as a resource for getting further information.
Useful links
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