conference could union's executive, report. 'YES...and no'. This was the decisive response of Sue Slipman, president of the National Union of Students, to the Department of Education proposals which will undermine the independence of student unions She was speaking at a 400-strong NUS briefing London TALBOT and I.EWIS DAVIES, both members of the major issues!
the Saturday. COLIN supporters, bad cam raigned for a decision-making conference and the outcome of the briefing conference which Teadership called instead, showed why a more authoritative conference has vital, Conference eveil failed, by a narrow vole, to agree to take indicative votes on the So, despite the real dangers of the propassis, no vote was taken for in against chem. And "Autonomy Charter which SSA supporters argue could be the basis of an active campaign to deiend unions -was similarly left in the air.