The National Union of Students, the organisation that represents each and every one of us in that terrifying non-university world, rolled into town on Tuesday for their 2012 national conference. The three day conference is a big deal for the NUS – not only will it be bringing in a tidy one million for the Sheffield economy, but great student minds from all over the country will be debating important issues and electing a new leader to fight for the cause.
A first year Architecture student has spoken about his ordeal after an error by Student Finance England left him to survive his first four months at University on a budget of just £250.
Voter turnout at this year’s officer elections has smashed the all-time record for Students’ Unions across the country.
The University has been ordered to pay out thousands of pounds to residential mentors who were paid less than the minimum wage, Forge Press can reveal.
Students who want to take on the Students’ Union latest officer role now have a second chance to put themselves forward for the job.
Sheffield Students’ Union’s all day end of exams event, Exam Slam, will not be taking place this semester.
Sheffield Cathedral is to take protesters to court in a bid to remove them from the cathedral forecourt.
Police are appealing for a man who gave vital first aid to a student hit by a double decker bus to come forward.
The University of Sheffield’s Students’ Union could face losing its licence to sell alcohol after a student from Suffolk was taken to hospital with a punctured lung and serious head injuries.
Lectures were disrupted and cancelled after the University of Sheffield raised concerns over student safety in the Arts Tower following the occupation of the building by student protesters.