The first zone that we discussed was education. Delegation leaders voted prior to annual conference to determine the order in which zones were discussed.
The zone as a whole, was very consensual, with conference united in it's aim to protect students in the economic recession and enhancing the learning experience. Debate arose around the issue of free education: whether NUS should go back to fighting for free education and grants for all, or continue with Broke and Broken and call for a fairer funding system.
The full motions doucument can be viewed here. The education motions are from page 51-67. In the interest of transparency, here is how I voted on each of the motions (some were Guild mandates and are marked accordingly).
Supporting Students in the Recession-> For (Guild mandate)
Campaign Alliance for Lifelong Learning-> For
ULN Got Your Number-> For
Postgraduate Study-> For
Arts Education Funding and Hidden Course Costs-> For
Stop Ripping off those on ALG and EMA-> For
The Student Experience-> For (Guild mandate)
amendments to this motion:
The Learner Voice: A Valid Voice? -> For
IAG-> For
Enhancing Feedback-> For (Fabian Neuner, President elect and Tom Marley VP Education and Access clearly persuaded me with their oratorical genius!)
Healthcare-> For
Placement Students-> For
Fair Academic Provision for All-> For
Course Reps-> For
E Learning-> For
Degree Classification-> For
Bin the Broke and Broken Funding System-> For (Guild mandate)
amendments to this motion:
For a Free Education-> Against (Guild mandate)
Radical Action-> Against
Aaron Porter, incumbent Vice President Higher Education was successfully re-elected. Below is a clip of his election speech:
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