Imperial College Union to Disaffiliate from NUS
Wednesday 25 Jun 2008
The results of our NUS Referendum have been announced and members of Imperial College Union have voted to disaffiliate from the National Union of Students. 2074 votes were cast passing the needed 15% for the referendum to stand with 70.3% voting to leave the NUS.
NUS Disaffiliation Press Release
Press Release: Imperial College Union students vote to leave the National Union of Students.
In a referendum held between Tuesday 17th and Monday 23rd June 2008 the Members of Imperial College Union have decided that their Union should no longer affiliate to the National Union of Students.
2074 ballots were cast giving a turnout of 15.4% with the votes being as follows:
Yes: 617 (29.7%)
No: 1457 (70.3%)
Imperial College Union President, Stephen Brown, said:
“It is unfortunate that the NUS failed to modernise this year but it is not reasonable for the NUS to expect Unions to continue to generously fund an organisation that has consistently failed to fulfill its potential. During this debate students felt that the quality of representation offered to them by NUS was woefully lacking and that on balance it was best that officer time and financial resources were re-directed to other priorities. I would like to thank both campaign teams and the student media for bringing the debate on NUS affiliation to the student body and I would like to thank the Returning Officer Alistair Cott for the fair and efficient manner in which he ran the referendum.”
Although Imperial College Union was a founding member of the NUS, it rejoined the National Union in autumn 2006 having previously not been a member since 1977.
For further information please contact Stephen Brown at president@imperial.ac.uk or 020 7594 8060
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