{"id":239010,"date":"2017-11-20T11:31:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T11:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/gsi_study_guides\/best-student-unions-uk-universities\/"},"modified":"2017-11-20T11:31:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T11:31:16","slug":"best-student-unions-uk-universities","status":"publish","type":"gsi_study_guides","link":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/study-guides\/best-student-unions-uk-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"The best student unions in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Student Unions at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/study-info\/university-rankings\">UK universities<\/a> are run by elected student representatives who carry a voice on your behalf. All students can vote for whom they wish to be elected, and any student may stand for election in their final year of study.<\/p>\n<p>Student Unions provide care and assistance on a number of issues including housing, education and legal advice, but they are more commonly the centralised hub of all the entertainment you will enjoy while studying at your chosen university.&nbsp;Here are four of the best student unions in the UK as voted for by students in the Which? University Student Survey 2017.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/sheffield\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/siuk-europe.s3.amazonaws.com\/assets\/study-guide\/sheffield-student-union.jpg\"  width=\"644\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Four of the best Student Unions in the UK<\/h2>\n<h3>Cardiff&nbsp;University<\/h3>\n<p>Cardiff University Student Union (CUSU) has over 200 different student societies and 60 sports clubs which support more than 10,000 students. CUSU is consistently graded the number one Students&rsquo; Union for students&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/study-info\/study-in-wales\">studying in Wales<\/a> and in the top five in the UK for student satisfaction.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/cardiff\">Cardiff University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>University of Leeds<\/h3>\n<p>Leeds University Union&nbsp;has over 320 clubs and societies so the 34,000 students enrolled at Leeds can explore their many interests and hobbies in safe, supportive spaces. In 2016, Leeds University Union&nbsp;was the first students&rsquo; union in the UK to be awarded an &lsquo;Excellent&rsquo; status by the National Union of Students (NUS) as part of its Quality Students&#8217; Unions accreditation scheme.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/leeds\">University of Leeds<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Loughborough University<\/h3>\n<p>Over 100 societies and sports clubs are offered at the Loughborough Student Union, and it is one of a select few student unions in the UK to be owned and managed by its own students. Noteable awards won by Loughborough SU include Best Students&#8217; Union (Whatuni? Student Choice Awards 2015 and 2016) and Best Student Experience (Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2016).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/loughborough\">Loughborough University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>University of Sheffield<\/h3>\n<p>The University of Sheffield&rsquo;s award winning Student Union is regularly voted as the best student union in the UK and, following a &pound;20 million state-of-the-art refurbishment in 2013, student satisfaction numbers continue to rise. In 2017, Sheffield achieved a 98% overall student satisfaction rating!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/universities\/sheffield\">University of Sheffield<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Apply to study in the UK<\/h2>\n<p>If you are interested in learning more about any of the above UK universities, <a href=\"http:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/free-consultation\">arrange your free consultation<\/a>&nbsp;at our offices in London or Manchester today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"study-guide-destinations":[24],"study-guide-canada-categories":[],"study-guide-australia-categories":[],"study-guide-usa-categories":[],"study-guide-uk-categories":[31],"study-guide-nz-categories":[],"study-guide-ireland-categories":[],"class_list":["post-239010","gsi_study_guides","type-gsi_study_guides","status-publish","hentry","study-guide-destinations-study-in-uk","study-guide-uk-categories-student-experience"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides\/239010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gsi_study_guides"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"study-guide-destinations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-destinations?post=239010"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-canada-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-canada-categories?post=239010"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-australia-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-australia-categories?post=239010"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-usa-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-usa-categories?post=239010"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-uk-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-uk-categories?post=239010"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-nz-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-nz-categories?post=239010"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-ireland-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-ireland-categories?post=239010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}