Toni Pearce succeeds Liam Burns as NUS president – despite never have been to university

Brace yourselves – the Students’ Union elections are here. The Mancunion considers why the candidates might be standing, and what Manchester SU is for

The next president of the National Union of Students will take the helm of a well-intentioned but divided movement

– Low turnout and infighting mars #Demo2012 – Rival student group call for Dec 5 march

Savings from fee increases “mostly taken up” by extra annual spending created by inflation

– Liam Burns concerned that violence may hamper #Demo2012 – Millbank protest left ‘a cloud over the organisation’

Andrew Williams sits down with President of the NUS, Liam Burns, ahead of this month’s #Demo2012

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