NUS National Union of Students

Today, the Federal Government announced it intends to introduce caps on international student enrolments from 2025.

Here's what the NUS thinks.

NUS National Executive stands with students in Bangladesh and condemns the Sydney University Campus Access Policy!

Swipe to see the motions which were passed at our meeting last night.

The NUS Disabilities Department cordially invites you to attend our biennial National Disability Conference.
Open to student representatives, students and academics alike we call on you to participate in our discussions of disability education rights, intersectional advocacy and the strength of our community.

We have an amazing guest speaker line up you are sure to live and we will release that over the coming weeks.

But for now make sure to grab a ticket as there are limited numbers!!
https://www.trybooking.com/CTSEQ
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Statement regarding the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Budget Week may be done, but the fight for a better, fairer tertiary education system isn't!

Swipe to see what your NUS reps got up to in Canberra last week.

Federal Budget just dropped 💪

For further comment:

Ngaire Bogemann, NUS National President (E: [email protected], P: 0411 606 808)

Grace Franco, NUS National Education Officer (E: [email protected])

It's been a big 48 hours for tertiary students with the Government announcing changes to HECS indexation and placement payments.

Here's what the NUS thinks.

❕NUS WIN❕

Starting next year, the Federal Government will pay students in teaching, nursing, social work and midwifery up to $319 a week while undertaking mandatory placements.

The NUS will continue to advocate for fair wages for ALL students undertaking mandatory placements and the amendment to the Fair Work Act to make unpaid placements illegal.

The average student can expect a $1,271 increase to their HECS loan this June, with indexation is sitting at 4.8% 🤢

Here's what we think of HECS indexation and the impact it's having on students and graduates.

Friendship ended with student poverty, students that aren't forced to choose between food, rent and education are my friends now.

It was great to join forces with SRC, USYD - Students' Representative Council, University of Sydney, Abigail Boyd, UNSW Education Collective, Students Against Placement Poverty and NSW Young Workers Hub to demand an end to student poverty last Friday - but the fight doesn't end here 💪

While students are living in poverty our current government thinks it’s ok to spend $300 billion dollars on nuclear submarines, continue funding Israel’s genocide on Gaza and refusing to make material conditions for students, workers and minorities better.

Join the National Union of Students (NUS) next Friday as we launch our campaign to demand an end to student poverty in Australia!

We will protest outside NSW Parliament house and demand are voices are heard.

Collective action is the only way we will be listened to. Join us in this fight.

https://facebook.com/events/s/end-student-poverty-snap-speak/980902473638869/

Can't be bothered to read all 408 pages of the Australian Universities Accord Final Report?

Don't worry - we've done it for you.

Here's some of the most important recommendations for students, and how we think they stack up.

The Australian Universities Accord Final Report was released today.

After two years of involvement with this process, here's how we think the Report shapes up.

Another week, another o-day dump 🤩

Your NUS reps were out and about in WA, NSW and SA chatting to students about our campaign to end student poverty and our fight to build an education system that works for students.

The NUS National Union of Students has advocated for students throughout the entire process of the Australian Universities Accord. So, with the Accord Final Report expected to be released soon, we thought it a perfect opportunity to highlight the our demands!

As the peak representative body for tertiary students in Australia, our focus is always on standing up for student rights - and our demands reflect the dire need for increased government attention for student welfare, wellbeing and representation both on and off campus.

We asked for:

❗️AN END TO STUDENT POVERTY ❗️
- The Age of Centrelink Independence to be lowered to18
- The rate of income support to be raised
- Placements to be paid

❗️STUDENTS TO BE SAFE ❗️
- A National Student Ombudsman (done 🥳)
- A National Student charter
- Expand TEQSA’s regulatory powers and responsibilities

❗️HIGHER EDUCATION TO BE ACCESSIBLE❗️
- Freeze HECS indexation
- Increases higher education funding to 1% of GDP
- Free undergraduate tertiary education

CW: mentions of sexual assault and harassment, no explicit detail

Yesterday, state and territory Education Ministers approved the Action Plan to address Gender-based Violence in Higher Education.

Here are some of our thoughts.

Kicked off O-Weeks with our comrades at UQ Union and Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association - SUPRA this week!

Keep an eye out for NUS reps at a campus near you in the coming weeks 👀

It was incredible to be joined by so many student leaders from around the country at our annual President's Summit last week, graciously hosted by RUSU - RMIT University Student Union.

From the Universities Accord Final Report to the ongoing fight to end student poverty and everything in between, this year is going to be a big one - and we can't wait to work with everyone to make real change for students 💪

January 26 is never a day to celebrate.

It's a day of mourning. It's a day that marks the beginning of the colonial project known as Australia. It's a day on which, 236 years ago, the violent dispossession and oppression of our First Peoples began.

So called Australia was built on the back of the genocide of First Nations people - and as such, the very foundations of this nation were built to disadvantage First Nations people. To this day, Indigenous students are both less represented in our higher education student population and less likely to finish their tertiary studies than their non-Indigenous counterparts.

We cannot celebrate a system that allows Indigenous kids to be removed from kin and country, that allows Indigenous people to die in custody and that has put Indigenous students more at risk of not attainting their right to an education.

The NUS was proud to march today with student unionists around the country. Today, tomorrow and everyday, we stand with our First Nations siblings as together we struggle for Indigenous sovereignty, self-determination and justice.

Are you enrolled to vote?

It’s easy to enrol or update your details online at www.aec.gov.au, or you can call 12 23 36 for more information.

On the 14th of October, all Australians will participate in a referendum on recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through a Voice to Parliament. Ensure your voice will be heard by checking that your enrolment details are up-to-date today.

You are eligible to enrol if you are an Australian citizen who is 18 years old or older.

Remember, enrolment and voting at referenda is compulsory - and quick and easy to

Welcome to our newest member organisation TUSA State Council. We are excited to reactivate the Tasmanian Brach and represent every state

TUSA HAS RE-ACCREDITED WITH

Read our President’s statement below 👇
"Earlier this year, the TUSA State Council voted to re-accredit with the National Union of Students (NUS) after a long period of consideration. During which time we came to the perspective that many of the issues that we are facing on the ground, be that the cost-of-living crisis, rental crisis, and student welfare supports, are not unique to UTAS, but issues that students face nationwide. As such, in order to address the root causes of these issues, change needs to occur at the national level, a level that the State Council on our own, do not have the ability to influence effectively with our current resourcing. The NUS provides UTAS students with a voice at the national level, a voice that is heard in the halls of parliament and in the rooms where legislation is written, our students voice joins the chorus of the 1.4 million other students that the NUS represents. Your TUSA State Council will continue to make students' lives easier on the ground whilst utilising this national voice to push for systematic change!"

NUS National Union of Students

Students at UQ Union have voted to formally accredit to the National Union of Students.
We are excited to have you onboard 💪💪

Last night the NUS National Executive showed their support for the generations of student sexual violence victims and condemned the inaction by universities to protect them.

We are joining EROC and Fair Agenda to demand a expert-led taskforce that can force Universities to do its job to protect its students.

NUS Media Release in Response to the Universities Accord Interim Report.