NationStates Jolt Archive

Right, the National Union of Students' National Conference is on the 1st to the 3rd of April in Blackpool, any other Generalites off?

It's my second time, and I heartily recommend people blag their way into the unions and get to conference at least once in their student lives, it's Good Times.

No, although it wouldn't have been hard to go. We had as many people standing for election as we have delegates for the convention this year, such is the sheer irrelevance of the NUS.

My uni never really had much interaction I don't think. I've certainly never got involved in student politics, though I was at one day of the Labour party conference a few years ago, but that was because I was providing musical interludes.

Right, the National Union of Students' National Conference is on the 1st to the 3rd of April in Blackpool, any other Generalites off?

It's my second time, and I heartily recommend people blag their way into the unions and get to conference at least once in their student lives, it's Good Times.

No, but then I haven't been a student in almost 15 years...

The NUS is the most pathetically awful organisation ever invented.

No offence.

The NUS is the most pathetically awful organisation ever invented.
Aye, I hate the actual conference part, and the way that the NUS is run in general, it's a bunch of self-important lefties talking out of their arses for 14 hours a day at conference.

On the other hand, the fact that you meet hundreds of awesome people on the first night, some of them bound to be staying at your hotel, means that the other two days are basically a drunken orgy, which I don't think anyone can disagree with.

Unless they were a nun or something.

Nah. After being pestered the whole month to vote in the Student elections I'll give it a miss. However I'll be standing for Entertainments Officer next year at my Student Union.

... I was going to just rant about how I hate the NUS, but I've had a better idea. I'm going to try and get myself elected as a delegate and then go and pie the NUS President at conference. That is so something I want to do. :D

Maybe not this year. I think elections have been and gone, but maybe next year... *plots*.

... I was going to just rant about how I hate the NUS, but I've had a better idea. I'm going to try and get myself elected as a delegate and then go and pie the NUS President at conference. That is so something I want to do. :D

Maybe not this year. I think elections have been and gone, but maybe next year... *plots*.
I will totally vote for you. If I could. Which I can't. Ah, well, there's your only vote out the window. ;)

As for the NUS, the only thing it's good for is a 10% discount.

I will totally vote for you. If I could. Which I can't. Ah, well, there's your only vote out the window. ;)

As for the NUS, the only thing it's good for is a 10% discount.Meh, I managed to get myself elected to to the council of my student union (they like to think they have a say in how the SU is run...) with all of two votes. One of which was my own. I'm sure it wouldn't be that much harder to get elected as a delegate.

That's even considering that it would be a contested election. Several of the sab positions on the Exec were uncontested this year... students don't care about student democracy. Me thinks it's because the government learnt to give students more money so they pissed for more of their waking hours and therefore unable to care about anything of much consequence other than where the next drink is coming from. I reckon students in general and Heather Mills should hook up together and they can all complain about how unfair life is together. How anyone could complain about only getting £35,000 a year to look after their kid is beyond me... and another thing... *continues ranting*

edit: I think you're only supposed to get the 10% discount now if you buy an 'NUS Extra' card now. I think they cost £10. Me, I just stand there at the counter asking for a discount until I get one.

I love to in there and to cause chaos and disorder by talking about how great our nation is, about how the world is not warming, Social Darwinism, that people are not all equal, what the world is really like, how Socialism only works in theory, and other things along those lines.:p

Meh, I managed to get myself elected to to the council of my student union (they like to think they have a say in how the SU is run...) with all of two votes. One of which was my own. I'm sure it wouldn't be that much harder to get elected as a delegate.

That's even considering that it would be a contested election. Several of the sab positions on the Exec were uncontested this year... students don't care about student democracy. Me thinks it's because the government learnt to give students more money so they pissed for more of their waking hours and therefore unable to care about anything of much consequence other than where the next drink is coming from. I reckon students in general and Heather Mills should hook up together and they can all complain about how unfair life is together. How anyone could complain about only getting £35,000 a year to look after their kid is beyond me... and another thing... *continues ranting*

edit: I think you're only supposed to get the 10% discount now if you buy an 'NUS Extra' card now. I think they cost £10. Me, I just stand there at the counter asking for a discount until I get one.

I still get a 10% discount with my normal Student Card though one time the Cashier made a mistake on a pair of shoes worth 25 quid. I got them for 18! The elections at my uni are a massive deal. Huge voter turnouts.

Aye, I hate the actual conference part, and the way that the NUS is run in general, it's a bunch of self-important lefties talking out of their arses for 14 hours a day at conference.

On the other hand, the fact that you meet hundreds of awesome people on the first night, some of them bound to be staying at your hotel, means that the other two days are basically a drunken orgy, which I don't think anyone can disagree with.

Unless they were a nun or something.
Exactly why I voted to disaffiliate at the last referendum. Sixty grand a year to pay self important lefties to get drunk, and another £10 to actually get the 'benefits' of being a NUS member. I've yet to see any evidence that the NUS has done anything even partially worthwhile for its member unions or students. Unfortunately, almost everybody else (being the other five people) who actually vote in these elections went 'zomg! What will we do to plump our CVS???' and we stayed in the most useless, pointless and crap organisation ever devised by mankind.

Ugh. I hate NUS.

I love to in there and to cause chaos and disorder by talking about how great our nation is, about how the world is not warming, Social Darwinism, that people are not all equal, what the world is really like, how Socialism only works in theory, and other things along those lines.:p
Just say you're a Conservative. You'll get the same reaction without expending as mcuh energy.

I love to in there and to cause chaos and disorder by talking about how great our nation is, about how the world is not warming, Social Darwinism, that people are not all equal, what the world is really like, how Socialism only works in theory, and other things along those lines.:pI'm not sure how Socialist the NUS, one of the power blocs in the NUS is NOLS (National Organisation of Labour Students) who tended to be quite staunch Blairites... that was until Brown became PM...

I still get a 10% discount with my normal Student Card though one time the Cashier made a mistake on a pair of shoes worth 25 quid. I got them for 18! The elections at my uni are a massive deal. Huge voter turnouts.Which university are you at? Most universities barely get 10% turnout. My university saw its turnout drop from 10% to 5% this year however... Though people give a variety of reasons for that: introduction of e-voting, having a referendum a couple of week earlier, and lack of contested elections.

*rant rant rant NUS CARDS*
You can use your Extra card online, which is nice. Can't do that with a regular student card.
I love to in there and to cause chaos and disorder by talking about how great our nation is, about how the world is not warming, Social Darwinism, that people are not all equal, what the world is really like, how Socialism only works in theory, and other things along those lines.:p
...

Why not just say "I'm running as the Conservative Future candidate"?

The same level of derision, but without any level of pity that might result from you actually saying those things (in a kind of 'aww, poor evil fascist bastard who hates the working class, just like I will in 3 years when I finish my Medicine course and have to pay 40% but rather wouldn't, but ssh' kind of way). Also about half the effort.

I'm not sure how Socialist the NUS, one of the power blocs in the NUS is NOLS (National Organisation of Labour Students) who tended to be quite staunch Blairites... that was until Brown became PM...

Which university are you at? Most universities barely get 10% turnout. My university saw its turnout drop from 10% to 5% this year however... Though people give a variety of reasons for that: introduction of e-voting, having a referendum a couple of week earlier, and lack of contested elections.

Roehampton University. It was just easy to vote, took less than 5 minutes, do it on the way to a lecture. You couldn't walk into the library without seeing a large group of people casting their votes.

Roehampton University. It was just easy to vote, took less than 5 minutes, do it on the way to a lecture. You couldn't walk into the library without seeing a large group of people casting their votes.I hate to break it to you, Roehampton has approximately a 10% turnout as well... ;)

You can use your Extra card online, which is nice. Can't do that with a regular student card.Bah, you can't negotiate prices online though. It's either take it or leave.

No union at my college (well there is, but not one that takes part in things like this). Not sure if this is a good or bad thing.

No union at my college (well there is, but not one that takes part in things like this). Not sure if this is a good or bad thing.
Depends if you like a really nice clique-y, bugger-the-peons-who-aren't-us atmosphere in a select group of people or not, really.

The NUS is pretty useless, to be honest. It's a place for lefties to play at being politicians. That's about all it's good for.

edit: I think you're only supposed to get the 10% discount now if you buy an 'NUS Extra' card now. I think they cost £10. Me, I just stand there at the counter asking for a discount until I get one.
Fortunately, no one's told the shop assistants that. Besides, HMV and Virgin (or whatever it is now) have their own student cards. And, really, where else, except for takeaways who don't actually understand enough English to know the difference between an NUS card and an NUS Extra card, am I going to want to actually buy anything?