Bernie Savage, the new vice president for FE at the NUS, was blown away by her time in a strong and well-funded student union. She relays her message for unconvinced college principals to Jess Staufenberg
The vice president for FE at the National Union of Students has a proud history of postholders very happy to rock the boat: Shakira Martin, Emily Chapman – and even FE Week’s own editor, Shane Chowen.
But never before has it been held by an adult learner who spent time in women’s refuges and foster care, and cut their teeth at a well-funded students’ union in Scotland.
