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Keep Cardiff in the NUS - Jack Oakley

To most students the NUS is just the logo on your student card getting you discounts, but it is so much more.

Many people have pointed out the other range of benefits, but I feel I need to explain why the NUS is so important to those of us who identify into the 5 liberation groups (these being the LGBT, Women’s, Black, Disabled and Welsh Students campaigns).  

For these students, life involves many additional challenges, and to be able to make the change needed in society to overcome these there is a need to campaign. However, as much as we may want to shout as an individual Students’ Union, as much as we push for change, our single voice will never be as strong as that of a unified national campaign. As a unified national body, students can generate some real momentum in their campaigns and make some dramatic improvements to the quality of students’ lives. We need people who will stand up for our rights, and fight to protect our interests. This, in my view, is the most important role for the NUS, and no one does it better.

On an individual level, the training provided by the NUS to liberation groups is invaluable, not only giving people the tools to drive the change but also many of the events, such as liberation training days and conferences allow us to meet the activists from other institutions, sharing ideas and pooling resources to reach our common goal, liberation.

It is important that those of us in the liberation groups are heard, so I urge you to vote for keeping our affiliation to the NUS during the referendum on the 16th – 18th April.

Jack Oakley

LGBT+ Officer

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