Megan Dunn

  • First black female NUS President elected amid ‘anti-Semitism’ allegations

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    April 23, 2016 15:28
    Malia Bouattia, former NUS Black Students’ Officer, has been elected as the new NUS President for the 2016-2017 academic year. Malia is the first black female President in NUS’s 94 year history, replacing the current President Megan Dunn as representative of seven million students across the country. In her presidential campaign...

  • NUS urges students to “age themselves” in protest against student debt

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    December 21, 2015 00:03
    As part of its #CutTheCosts week, the NUS has encouraged students to age themselves to show MPs how long student debts could take to pay off. Students have been urged to take a photograph of themselves, use the editing software on the AgingBooth app to age their faces and send...

  • NUS refuses to work with advocacy group Cage

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    October 9, 2015 10:40
    The president of the National Union of Students (NUS), Megan Dunn, has ruled out co-operating with Cage, a controversial advocacy group that campaigns against government policies developed as part of the ongoing War on Terror. Among its work, Cage has provided advice and support for Mohammed Emwazi, the ISIS militant responsible...

  • Students’ union protest against changes to Maintenance Grants

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    September 21, 2015 10:50
    A national day of action took place on 18 September in protest of government proposals to replace maintenance grants with a loan system. Universities minister Jo Johnson, Chancellor George Osborne and London mayor Boris Johnson are among the MPs targeted by campaigners on Thursday. “An NUS called strike beat Thatcher...