He has an excellent understanding of the challenges facing SUs of all sizes as campaigning, representative and service delivery organisations. He was Company Secretary of the National Union of Students in the year it won a Third Sector Award for Trustee Boar of the year. He oversaw all aspects of NUS’ democracy from the National Executive Council to the 4 day NUS National Conference involving 1,400 participants.
He has been an Executive Officer within a leading UK Medical School and Assistant Registrar for Governance at a Russell Group University. He has particular expertise in supporting student officers and governors in understanding university governance.
He has been a board member of several charities including City University Students’ Union where he was Deputy Chair. He is Company Secretary of the policy blog wonkhe.com and five students’ unions in London. Nick has trained hundreds of trustees and other young people over the past 10 years.
In the past years his work has included democracy and governance reviews at over a dozen students' unions and overseeing the incorporation of two others as well as supporting widening participation projects and academic elections.