Applications for Membership now open
24 March 2009
We are currently recruiting new applicants to the National Student Forum. As NSF members leave the Forum, they are replaced from a ‘pool’ of successful applicants; this is your chance to apply to be part of the pool, and ultimately to be a member of the NSF.
NSF members provide direct feedback to the government about the student experience in England today; they bring together a broad range of personal experience and opinions to produce formal recommendations for improvements based on debates and conversations with expert advisers.
You don’t need to be involved with your student union to become a member; you don’t even need to be politically-minded; you just need to be a student in higher education, and keen to make a difference to your own experience and that of future generations of students.
Membership of the NSF is a responsible commitment, and you should read the background application information
(101 KB)(98 KB) before applying. The deadline for applications is Friday 1 May 2009
How to apply
Please download and complete the application form(101 KB).
Email your completed form to nsfapplications@dius.gsi.gov.uk
Or print out your completed form and post it to
NSF Applications
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
66-74 Victoria Street
London SW1E 6SW
We look forward to receiving your application.
Government response to National Student Forum report
30 Jan 2009
In January 2009, the Government produced its formal response to the Forum's first annual report. The response recognises the relevance of the Forum's recommendations and the innovative forward-thinking that produced them. Many of the recommendations are for areas where there are existing, though insufficiently widespread, measures already in place, and the Forum's report will help to drive these forward and spread best practice around the whole HE sector.
Download a copy of the Government response to the Forum's Annual Report for 2008
(421 KB)
Student listening blog
In January 2009, the Department launched the student listening blog. It gives students, and those with an interest in the student experience, the chance to read and see what students are saying during Ministers' visits to universities.
Visit the student listening blog
