Wes Streeting
National President
NUS
Wes Streeting is President of the National Union of Students, a full-time elected position responsible for representing more than 7 million students and 600 students’ unions across the Further and Higher Education sectors.
He was elected to the post in April 2008 with a convincing majority, having previously served for two years as the union’s Vice-President for Education. Wes read history at Selwyn College, Cambridge and was President of Cambridge University Students’ Union from 2004-5 before being elected to the NUS National Executive Committee as a non-portfolio member for 2005-6.
Wes has a strong interest in education policy, particularly on widening participation, and has held a number of positions within the higher education sector, notably membership of the ‘Burgess Group’ on measuring and recording student achievement. He was a non-executive director of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education from 2006 to 2008 and has been a non-executive director of the Higher Education Academy since 2006. He continues to serve on the HE sector delivery partnership steering group on HE admissions reform.
Wes Streeting is a non-executive director of Endsleigh Insurance Ltd. as well as the NUS’ trading arm NUS Services Ltd. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is currently serving as a member of the Government’s Youth Citizenship Commission.
Wes has a strong interest in education policy, particularly on widening participation, and has held a number of positions within the higher education sector, notably membership of the ‘Burgess Group’ on measuring and recording student achievement. He was a non-executive director of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education from 2006 to 2008 and has been a non-executive director of the Higher Education Academy since 2006. He continues to serve on the HE sector delivery partnership steering group on HE admissions reform.
Wes Streeting is a non-executive director of Endsleigh Insurance Ltd. as well as the NUS’ trading arm NUS Services Ltd. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is currently serving as a member of the Government’s Youth Citizenship Commission.
