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Edinburgh University Students' Association is the oldest students' union in the United Kingdom and Liverpool Guild of Students is England's oldest students' union. [2] The University of Glasgow has two independent students' unions , although undergraduates usually only join one of these (but can choose to join both).
This article lists some of the students' unions in the United Kingdom that are not affiliated with the National Union of Students.Around five per cent of student unions in the UK are not affiliated with the NUS, [1] including 21% of student unions who represent Russell Group Universities (the Aldwych Group).
The first students' union in the UK was the Student Representative Council formed at the University of Edinburgh in 1884. The Universities (Scotland) Act 1889 secured the existence of students' representative councils (SRCs) at the four Scottish universities then in existence and their right to make representations to the university courts.
The University of Manchester Students' Union is the representative body of students at the University of Manchester, England, and is the UK's largest students' union with over 40,000 members. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was formed out of the merger between UMIST Students' Association (USA) and University of Manchester Union (UMU) when the parent ...
University of St. Andrew's Union Debating Society University of St. Andrew's Debating society All/None 1890 Liberal Youth (as National League of Young Liberals) United Kingdom National youth wing Liberal: 1903 Cambridge Universities Labour Club (as Cambridge University Fabian Society) Cambridge University Political party branch Labour: 1905
Students at the university instituted the idea of a union building in 1885 to help promote social interaction on campus. The union's formation was driven by members of Glasgow University Dialectic Society, the Glasgow University Medico-Chirurgical Society and the Glasgow University Athletic Club. The same group formed a Students ...
However, for the university itself, a Student Representative Council (SRC) was formed in 1906, with the name 'The University of Sheffield Union of Students' being first used in 1923. The first SRC had 20 men and 10 women elected, with 4 men and 3 women as officers. There was a Student President and two Vice-Presidents, one male and one female. [4]
Lancaster University Students' Union; Leeds University Union; University of Leicester Students' Union; Liverpool Guild of Students; Loughborough Students' Union; M.