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The Nus!
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Just a quick rant...
Today was a fancy dress party down at my students union, and i got all ready, dressed, etc... in a pretty nice 'full on' hippy costume.... Then what hapens when i try to go in????? even after paying for the ticket??? THEY WOULDNT LET ME IN BECAUSE I DIDNT HAVE AN NUS CARD :impissed: .
:mad: tried showing my enrolement card, drivers licence, even my on campus room keys.... but they wouldnt have it, all because i refuse to take part in the utter utter rubbish that is the 'national students union'!
Thanks to this, ive had to miss the one party i was really looking forward to and ill have to get an NUS card tomorow.
:banghead: i should boycot this rubbish and just goto the local pub / clubs which are only about 5p more a pint.
Rant Over
Today was a fancy dress party down at my students union, and i got all ready, dressed, etc... in a pretty nice 'full on' hippy costume.... Then what hapens when i try to go in????? even after paying for the ticket??? THEY WOULDNT LET ME IN BECAUSE I DIDNT HAVE AN NUS CARD :impissed: .
:mad: tried showing my enrolement card, drivers licence, even my on campus room keys.... but they wouldnt have it, all because i refuse to take part in the utter utter rubbish that is the 'national students union'!
Thanks to this, ive had to miss the one party i was really looking forward to and ill have to get an NUS card tomorow.
:banghead: i should boycot this rubbish and just goto the local pub / clubs which are only about 5p more a pint.
Rant Over
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they could've let you in with an enrolment card, i'm sure..but like i say they're just doing their jobs. there will be other parties!
then they have every right not to let you into the student union. It is for members of the National Union of Students, so it seems pretty fair and straightforward to me.
and only people who 'take part' in runnign the NUS are career politican wannabes
In short - the NUS has become the very thing it started out fighting against - a group trying to seduce students into financial servitude with meaningless discounts and 'cool' sponsorship.
I wish every Uni took Southampton and UCL's lead and disaffiliated themselves.
What bollocks are you talking?!
The NUS organised something for their members with their time and money and you are complaining that because you are not part of the NUS you cannot go?
You haven't got a leg to stand on. You either reap benefits of that sort of stuff by joining NUS or you don't join and can't enjoy the benefits.
Techincally if it's a student discount on offer - any student id should be fine - you would only need an NUS card if it's specifically an NUS discount.
Yeah thats what my college ID is like... we are part of the NUS but we don't have our official NUS numbers or anything like that.... it says NUS on the back of our ID card, but I've never been asked to show that. Bloody thing. Means I get 10% off my dinner though....
Still don't get why we are actually charged for NUS cards...1st year we got them free, 2nd year they were £2 and this year they've gone up to £10...it's a complete and utter rip off.
Our university is the same. You can't any student deals without them. Tried to get an Orange Student contract last month but they refused to accept my university id as proof of being a student.
Not all university students unions are affiliated with the NUS, such as Sunderland, but in most places you join the NUS when you join the uni students union, as they are affiliated.
I never had any trouble with my Durham DUS card, and that was their own card not an NUS one. If it says NUS on it then it shows you are a member of the NUS, and shops that get arsey you should lay down the law to.
The problem goes far deeper than the NUS. Individual Students' Union can be even worse as is the case with the Lampeter Union and individual students themselves.
Yes but affiliated unions aren't allowed that much freedom by the NUS. They are forced to buy from pre-approved suppliers and have to charge what the NUS say they have to charge.
Unaffiliated Unions are free to hop into bed with whomever they choose. I don't think most students actually give a damn about whether their union is affiliated or not it's just that there was a massive debate in Bristol 2 years ago about whether we should remove ourselves from it or not. The motion passed but wasn't seconded so we're still there as one of the founding members.
WAIT HEY!?!?! How come every time I strike up conversation with someone who sounds vaguely interesting, they get banned? What did NeoConservative do to piss people off so much?
This is the first year I have come across NUS as Edinburgh Uni aren't part of it. They had their own union and the likes. It worked really well.
A case of mistaken identity. I have no big problem with it, afterall we're only human. And you seem to under-estimated the automony of individual Student Unions in managing it own affairs as I know from sitting on the Union Council at my previous university.