National Union of Students Scotland

National Union of Students Scotland
President	Robin Parker
Founded	1922
Headquarters	29 Forth Street Edinburgh EH1 3LE
International affiliation	National Union of Students of the United Kingdom
Website	www.nus.org.uk/scotland

The National Union of Students Scotland is an autonomous body within the National Union of Students. It is the national representative body of 530,000 students studying in further and higher education in Scotland and was formed following the merger of NUS in Scotland with the Scottish Union of Students in 1971.

As of July 2011, NUS Scotland's full-time sabbaticals are President Robin Parker from University of Aberdeen, Depute President Graeme Kirkpatrick from Aberdeen College and Women's Officer Kelley Temple from University of Strathclyde.

Parker succeeded Liam Burns, who served as President of NUS Scotland from 2009-2011 and is now President of NUS UK.

Democratic Structure

NUS Scotland policy is set by the 13-member Scottish Executive Council (SEC), which meets monthly.

The NUS Scotland President, Depute President, Mature Students' Officer and six Scottish Executive Council (SEC) positions are elected each year at the NUS Scotland Conference, which is usually held in March, by student representatives from member students’ associations. All elected officers hold the post from 1 July to 30 June.

Of the six open block Scottish Executive Council positions, two are reserved for further education students. The remaining seven SEC positions are filled by the President, Depute President, Liberation Officers (Women's Officer, Black Students' Officer, LGBT Students' Officer, Disabled Students' Officer) and the Mature Students' Officer.

Elected officers can hold each post for a maximum of two years.

Affiliated Students' Unions

Fifty-five students' associations in Scotland are affiliated to NUS:

Higher Education

• University of Aberdeen
• University of Abertay Dundee
• Edinburgh College of Art
• University of Edinburgh
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• Heriot-Watt University
• Edinburgh College of Art
• Edinburgh Napier University
• Open University
• Queen Margaret University
• Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
• Robert Gordon University
• Scottish Agricultural College
• Stirling University
• University of Strathclyde including their Sports Union
• University of the West of Scotland
• University of the Highlands and Islands

Further Education

• Aberdeen College
• Adam Smith College
• Angus College
• Anniesland College
• Ayr College
• Banff and Buchan College
• Borders College
• Cardonald College
• Carnegie College
• City of Glasgow College
• Clydebank College
• Coatbridge College
• Cumbernauld College
• Dumfries & Galloway College
• Edinburgh's Telford College
• Elmwood College
• Forth Valley College
• Inverness College
• James Watt College

• Jewel & Esk Valley College
• John Wheatley College
• Kilmarnock College
• Langside College
• Lews Castle College
• Moray College
• Motherwell College
• North Glasgow College
• North Highland College
• Oatridge College
• Orkney College
• Perth College
• Reid Kerr College
• Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
• Shetland College
• South Lanarkshire College
• Stevenson College
• Stow College
• West Lothian College

Six students' associations in Scotland are not affiliated to NUS:

• Barony College
• Dundee College
• University of Dundee
• Glasgow School of Art
• University of Glasgow
• University of St Andrews

NUS Scotland Chairpersons & Presidents

The full list of past Chairpersons and Presidents of NUS Scotland are as follows:

Presidents
Years of office	Name	Institution(s)	Faction
1971-72	Doug Henderson	University of Strathclyde	Broad Left - Labour Party
1972-73	Stuart Paul	Heriot-Watt University
1973-75	Doug Harrison	Jordanhill College of Education
1975-77	Stewart McIntosh	University of Strathclyde
1977-78	Alan Christie	Heriot-Watt University
1978-79	Martin Currie	Stirling University	Broad Left (Young Communist League)
1979-81	Jeanne Freeman	Glasgow College of Technology
1981-82	Neil Stewart	Aberdeen College of Commerce	Labour Students
1982-84	Bob McLean	University of Aberdeen	Labour Students
1984-86	Alan Smart	Jordanhill College of Education	Labour Students
1986-88	Pauline McNeill	Glasgow College of Building and Printing	Labour Students
1988-89	Benny McLaughlin	Glasgow College of Technology	Labour Students
1989-91	Donna MacKinnon	Glasgow College of Technology	Labour Students
1991-92	Derek Munn	University of Aberdeen	Labour Students
1992-94	Jim Murphy	University of Strathclyde	Labour Students
1994-96	Douglas Trainer	University of Strathclyde	Labour Students
1996-97	Keith Robson	University of Strathclyde	Labour Students
1997-98	Shamin Akhtar	University of Abertay Dundee	Labour Students
1998-2000	Richard Baker	Aberdeen University	Labour Students
2000-02	Mandy Telford	University of Strathclyde	Labour Students
2002-04	Rami Okasha	Aberdeen University	Labour Students
2004-06	Melanie Ward	Stirling University	Labour Students
2006-08	James Alexander	Heriot-Watt University	Labour Students (2006/07) Independent (2007/08)
2008-09	Gurjit Singh	University of Strathclyde	Organised Independents
2009-11	Liam Burns	Heriot-Watt University	Independent
2011-12	Robin Parker (from July 1)	University of Aberdeen	Independent

See also

Equivalent autonomous bodies within National Union of Students of the United Kingdom:

• NUS Wales (UCMC)
• NUS-USI (Northern Ireland)

National organisation:

• National Union of Students

External links

• NUS Scotland section of NUS home page
• NUS internal resource site for elected officers and students
• NUS Scotland Facebook site, Twitter feed and Flickr page
• NUS Extra Card

Video clips

• NUS Scotland YouTube channel