Top NUS Role For Derby Student
11 April 2013
Dom Anderson, far left, with the UDSU Sabbatical Team
I'm really pleased to have the opportunity to represent so many students, and it's down to the strong relationship between the University of Derby and its Students Union that I felt confident enough to put myself into the national arena.
”The University of Derby is proud to announce that its Students' Union's (UDSU) current Vice President, Dom Anderson, has been elected to the National Union of Students' National Executive Committee.
Dom, 26 from Sinfin, Derby, will become the Vice President Society and Citizenship for the NUS, representing higher and further education students across the UK.
He won by an overwhelming margin at the NUS elections held in Sheffield on Tuesday April 9, with 586 votes out of a total 793 votes.
Dom Anderson said: "I'm really pleased to have the opportunity to represent so many students, and it's down to the strong relationship between the University of Derby and its Students Union that I felt confident enough to put myself into the national arena."
The University's Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Coyne, said: "This is a great outcome for Dom and a role that we know he will carry out with distinction. We send him our congratulations and very best wishes as he takes up his new role."
The newly elected President of the NUS is Toni Pearce. Toni became the first NUS president not to have attended university.
For more on the University of Derby's Students Union visit www.udsu.co.uk
