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  • New research on college student mental health

    New research published by the Mental Health Foundation has revealed that almost two thirds (64%) of college students report having low wellbeing and more than half (54%) reporting moderate, moderately severe or severe symptoms of depression.  
    December 01, 2022

  • NUS Scotland sets out cost of living demands

    Ahead of the Scottish Government's Programme for Government statement, NUS Scotland has written to the Minister for Further Education, Higher Education, Youth Employment and Training calling for action on the cost-of-living for students. We have called for: a raise in student support grants and bursaries; an immediate rent freeze for all...
    October 27, 2022

  • Help shape the future of NUS Scotland

    In April 2022, a historic policy was passed at NUS Scotland Conference calling for an independent NUS Scotland. That proposal established the democratic will of students in Scotland via their delegates to actively explore what independence for NUS Scotland could look like. That process has now formally begun!  NUS Scotland...
    October 27, 2022

  • The Big Student £££ Survey 2022

    Last year our first Big Student £££ Survey found high levels of poverty and homelessness amongst students in Scotland.With over 3,500 responses we were able to demand and win new support from the Scottish Government – including a £350 uplift in student support for the poorest university students. You can read the results...
    October 25, 2022

  • Meet the Candidates for the future of NUS Scotland Working Group

    NUS Scotland is pleased to announce candidates for the Future of NUS Scotland Working Group. The Future of NUS Scotland Working Group will explore options and organising models for NUS Scotland and its future relationship with NUS UK. Elections are taking place for 4x positions representing the membership of NUS Scotland: 2...
    October 24, 2022

  • Demand for action on broken student housing system

    NUS Scotland has warned of yet another year of student housing shortages, with a “broken housing system” driving up student homelessness. Student activists in St Andrews have highlighted the difficulties students are having finding housing for the coming year and first-year students at the University of Glasgow have been told...
    August 16, 2022

  • Student rent has risen 34% in three years across Scotland

    The average annual cost for student accommodation in Scotland now stands at £6,853, according to new figures from student housing charity Unipol and the National Union of Students (NUS). 
    December 08, 2021

  • NUS Scotland publishes  A Student Guarantee  ahead of Holyrood elections.

    NUS Scotland has launched its Scottish Parliament Election manifesto - A Student Guarantee for Scotland. Amidst a pandemic that has exposed a mental health crisis and rising debts and poverty amongst students, NUS Scotland is calling for education to be at the heart of our recovery from Covid-19 and for no student...
    March 17, 2021