NUS-USI Student Movement represents the interests of over 200,000 students in Northern Ireland and campaigns on their behalf in many different fields such as student hardship, health, prejudice and accommodation.
We also provide an infrastructure that helps individual Students' Unions in the North of Ireland to develop their own work through our research, training and development functions.
To help support its students, NUS-USI has some useful information and advice on:
Annual Conference
The NUS-USI Annual Conference 2009 is due to take place on 23-24 April in the Tullyglass Hotel, Ballymena. Download the following documents for further details:
Led by students for students: Our Vision
In attempting to review why the organisation was established and why it continues to exist, the following vision has been proposed:
The vision of NUS-USI is to promote social justice and reduce educational inequality where everyone has the right to participate in a society, which respects diversity and human rights. Every student will play an active part in and be a respected member of a society that values learning, participating with their students' union locally, and nationally through NUS-USI, which will continue to be the recognised voice of students in Northern Ireland.
Our Mission
The organisation’s sense of purpose and goal can be summarised as:
NUS-USI will improve the lives and experiences of students in Northern Ireland by representing and fostering strong students union's & providing clear, effective and democratic leadership.
Our Values
The values that underpin this mission can be described as follows:
‘NUS-USI is committed to working in accordance with the following core values:
Openness - We strive for transparency in all our operations and are committed to providing access to our information for our members and the general public.
Accountability - We strive to be member focused and responsive to the needs of students' Unions, students and other stakeholders and encourage their participation in our governance.
Effectiveness -We are committed to the efficient and effective use of resources. We actively seek feedback and evaluate our performance.
Excellence -We seek to be creative and innovative and are committed to continuous improvement.
Diversity -We value diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity. At all times we will treat individuals with dignity and respect.
Independence -We seek to be completely independent from any Government, political party, group of activists, business or other interest group and to preserve our ethos as an organisation run ‘by students for students’.
Collectivism - We believe that student organisations should be student-led and that education is a benefit to the individual and to society.
Our team:
Staff members
Director - Gail Ferguson
Student Finance Officer - John Caldwell
Project Coordinator - Elaine Kelly
Training and Development Advisor (Diversity Programmes) - Benjamin Ewan
Education and Public Affairs Officer - Peter Quinn
Steering Committee
Chair - Ciáran
Credentials & Entitlement - Darren and Mark
Elections - Mark and Darren
Conference Documents & Mailings - Ciáran
Training, liaison with Region - Ciáran
Drafting Steering Committee Motions - Ciáran and Mark
Constitution - Mark
Regional Executive Committee
The NUS-USI regional Executive is made up of the following 12 full-time and part-time (voluntary) officer posts:
- President (only full-time officer) - Katie Morgan
- Deputy President - Marie McLoon
- Further Education Union Development Officer - Matthew Collins
- Education & Welfare Officer - David Cassidy
- Student Volunteering Officer - Jay Downs
- Environmental Awareness Officer (position available)
- Disability Officer - Stephen McShane
- Women's Officer (position available)
- LGBT Officer - Chris Geddis
- Equality Officer - Annie Pauli
- Oficer Without Portfolio - Daniel O'Boyle
- Officer Without Portfolio - Gavin McMurray
Contact NUS-USI
To get in touch with any member of the NUS-USI Regional Council contact:
NUS-USI
42 Dublin Road
Belfast
BT2 7HN
Tel: 028 9024 4641
Fax: 028 9043 9659
Textphone: 028 9032 4878
Email: info@nistudents.org