Students' Unions in England: Blackburn College Students' Union, Cambridge University Students' Union, Durham Students' Union, Hull University Union

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: Blackburn College Students' Union, Cambridge University Students' Union, Durham Students' Union, Hull University Union, Keele University Students' Union, King's College London Students' Union, Leeds University Union, Liverpool Guild of Students, Liverpool Students' Union, Loughborough Students' Union, MMUnion, Nottingham Trent Students' Union, Open University Students Association, Oxford University Student Union, Selwyn College JCRS, Union of UEA Students, University of Birmingham Guild of Students, University of Bradford Union, University of Bristol Union, University of Cambridge Graduate Union, University of Leicester Students' Union, University of Manchester Students' Union, University of Nottingham Students' Union, University of Plymouth Student Union, University of Salford Students' Union, University of Sheffield Students' Union, University of Warwick Students' Union, UWE Students' Union, Winchester Student Union, York St John Students' Union. Excerpt: The University of Nottingham Students' Union is the students' union at the University of Nottingham, England. The Students' Union is housed in the Portland Building on University Park campus a building shared with some non-Student Union activities. The Union receives a block grant from the University of over 2 million although the Union also raises money though income streams such as the Union Shop and a Bar. All members of the University of Nottingham are automatically members of the Students' Union unless they use their right to opt out of membership. The Students' Union is a charitable organisation, enshrined by legislation such as the Education Act 1994, and responsible for a number of areas of work: Student Representation, Student Activities, Student Advice on Education and Welfare, and Campaigning. Prior to 2000, the University of Nottingham Students' Union was known as the University of Nottingham Union, abbreviated to UNU. The renaming was intended to clarify the Union's status as a Students' Union. Its current full name is the University of Nottingham Students' Union, shortened to the Students' Union or simply 'SU' where appropriate. The Union's activity started in the 1880s when a cycling club was formed. At the old University College Site in the city centre the 'RAG' started in 1923. The Gong Magazine (now Impact, having been Gongster and Bias at various points) initiated in 1939 was an early sign of developing Union life. In 1928 the expanding college moved to the new out-of town Highfields Estate and here the Union's first permanent residence was in the lower corridor of the Trent Building. By 1956, the Portland Building had been opened, and was originally designated as a Union building, but although the Union is the major user, the management of the building has always rested with the University. In the 1960s, the Union rationalised its representative system into a series of guilds, mostly based on halls of residence as 'constituencies'. This systems