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NUS Press Office produces a daily media digest, tracking the national media's coverage of student issues.

Daily Media Monitoring is a service provided by NUS exclusively to NUS members. Non-NUS members are not eligible for this service.

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NUS Press Office

To contact the NUS Press Office, please email pressoffice@nus.org.uk or telephone 0871 221 8221.

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We positively promote NUS and its policies to students, the public and government. We aim to improve the lives and experiences of students in the UK by making sure their voices are heard by decision-makers.

How do we do it?

Our work involves liaising with the media and parliament. To do this:

  • We send out regular press releases detailing NUS campaigns, policies and issues
  • We keep in touch with student, national and local media – assisting them with articles, quotes, facts, figures and photographs
  • We lobby ministers, civil servants and policy makers to promote NUS policies and campaigns
  • We write and promote Early Day Motions (EDMs) and parliamentary questions, briefings for MPs and peers on NUS issues for speeches and debates. We also actively lobby individual MPs on our campaigns and policies on an almost daily basis
  • We write for NUS websites www.nusonline.co.uk and www.officeronline.co.uk
  • We respond to over 5,000 enquiries per year from students, parents, journalists, MPs, sabbatical officers, policy makers and other organisations in the UK and worldwide
  • We generate over 100 mentions of NUS per month in newspapers, magazines and on radio and TV to keep up a high profile for student issues and maintain the reputation of NUS
  • All interviews, statements, news releases and articles for NEC are issued and arranged by the Press Office.

Working together: achieving the best results

The PPA department can also support officers at a local level such as:

  • Provide information on local MPs and media
  • Help to write and promote press statements
  • Promote your stories such as accommodation disasters and cases of student debt and hardship
  • Advise you on your own press and parliamentary campaigns and strategies

latest profile:

This month we talk to Laura Patricia, Editor of Pugwash News.

We chat to Laura about scoops and breaking news in the University of Portsmouth's student newspaper.

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Tips for Arts Journalism
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Defining and pleasing your audience
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Student Media and Students’ Unions
It is important for student unions to establish a firm working relationship with their own college-based media

A new venture or re-design
Things to consider when planning to start from scratch

Budgeting and raising revenue
Running student media can sometimes be like running a small business. It can be a constant struggle to balance the books

Advertising and sponsorship
Raising advertising and sponsorship is a difficult business and you will have to be imaginative, determined and persistent.

Recruitment and running a team
However good you are, you cannot run the whole thing on your own.

Design and printing
Designing and re-designing are the most exciting parts about starting or re-launching a student publication

NUS/NUJ code of conduct
Students applying for the NUS/NUJ Student Press Card are asked to agree to abide by the NUS/NUJ Code of Conduct

Law and student media
It is still imperative that both the student media and the student union executive understand their responsibilities.

Developing a code of conduct with your union
A code can help in disputes over freedom of speech, finance and other issues

Highs, lows and words of wisdom
Former Media Awards winners reflect on the best and worst times as student journalists

From student journalist to media player
How some of today's most prominent media figures began their careers as student journalists

Writing for the web
Hints and tips about writing specifically for publication on the net

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