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Students' unions are regulated under the Education Act 1994, an Act of Parliament which states that student unions must be run in a democratic manner. 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]
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).
Although "students' union" is by far the most common name adopted by these organisations in the UK, seven (including Exeter, Liverpool and Birmingham) are named 'guilds' of students while the term 'students' association' is also used at some institutions, particularly in Scotland, where the ancient universities used to have a pair of segregated student unions for men and women and/or had ...
Approximately 600 student unions are affiliated, accounting for more than 95% of all higher and further education unions in the UK. Although the National Union of Students is the central organization for all affiliated unions in the UK, there are also the devolved national sub-bodies: NUS Scotland in Scotland, NUS Wales (UCM Cymru) in Wales and ...
This is a list of trade unions in the United Kingdom formed under UK labour law. The criteria for being an independent trade union, free from employer influence and domination, are set out in the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 section 5.
The UK government has a list of professional associations approved for tax purposes (this includes some non-UK based associations, which are not included here). [1] There is a separate list of regulators in the United Kingdom for bodies that are regulators rather than professional associations.
Students' unions at UK universities. Across Europe, it is not common for universities to have students' unions, and they are more a phenomenon of English-speaking countries. The NUS broadly represents students' unions in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The National Union of Students (NUS) is the main representative body for the students' unions that exist inside the United Kingdom.Although the NUS is the central organisation for all affiliated unions in the UK, there also exist the national bodies NUS Scotland, UCMC/NUS Wales and NUS-USI in Northern Ireland.