The National Union of Students is a voluntary membership organisation that makes a real difference to the lives of students and its member students' unions. NUS promote, defend and extend the rights of students and develop and champion strong students' unions.

NUS policies are shaped by students – from the submission of ideas from student officers and representatives at students’ unions, through discussions, workshops, and debate by students in our democratic conferences. They reflect the problems students want to solve and offer potential solutions for how these issues could be addressed.