Big decisions are being made – and we need your vote.

Come to the Term 3 Union Meeting on Tuesday 29 April to vote on major changes to how your Students’ Union works. Whether you join us in person or online, your voice will help shape the future of NTSU.

Plus, there’ll be free pizza, exciting updates from your Officers, and a chance to win £500 worth of prizes.

You can attend either in person or online:

👥 Joining in person? You’re welcome to just turn up on the day — but if you can, we’d really appreciate it if you sign up in advance.

💻 Joining online? You’ll need to book ahead so we can send you the access link.

👇 However you're joining, make sure to secure your spot now:

What is a Democracy Review?

Since the summer NTSU has been working with third party consultants and higher education experts to complete a comprehensive review of our Democratic Procedures Document. The review includes all levels of NTSU’s representation systems and will encompass elections, student meetings and our equality and diversity networks. This will determine how we channel student voice and how we get you involved in the decisions we make.

What has the SU done so far?

NTSU has spent the last year collecting feedback from various stakeholders of the Union to find the perceived strengths and weaknesses in the Union’s democratic structure and determining what our members want from its representation system. This feedback was gathered from several meetings with NTU and NTSU staff, current and former NTSU officers and NTSU trustees. As we moved into September time, we switched our attention to student feedback collecting over 200 survey responses and running student focus groups across each of our campuses.  Since Christmas our work has shifted. Now with initial idea and feedback on how our democracy needs to be changed we have been working with our consultant to come up with new ways that we can engage our students in democracy. These ideas focused on making our democratic structures more accessible and shifting our working patterns meaning we will come to you our members in spaces that are familiar to you rather than asking you to come to us.

What happens now ?

The proposals will now be taken to NTSU's Board of Trustees for ratification on the 23rd May. Once we have have received this we will work with the incoming NTSU Officer Team over the summer to make sure these changes are implemented for the start of next academic year.