page_title: List of students' unions in the United Kingdom
section_title: B
hierarchical_section_title: List of students' unions in the United Kingdom / B
caption_attribution_description: University of Bristol Union
context_page_description: In the United Kingdom, students' unions are organisations which exist at universities to represent the interests of students. Although most are known as "Students' Unions" other common terms include "Guilds of Students " and "Students' Associations", the latter being the more common term in Scotland. Student unions facilitate student societies, such as sports clubs and student newspapers, as well as representing students politically to their respective universities and at a national level. Most unions are affiliated to the National Union of Students, although it is possible for unions to disaffiliate from the NUS and for individual students not to be a member of their union. Although most students' unions are members of the NUS, there are several other representative bodies of which unions may be members, such as the Aldwych Group, for unions of Russell Group institutions, and the National Postgraduate Committee, which represents postgraduate students. In Northern Ireland, all unions are members of the National Union of Students-Union of Students in Ireland.
  Students' unions tend to be run by a team of student-elected sabbatical officers.
context_section_description: Bangor University
  Bangor University Students' Union
  University of Bath
  University of Bath Students' Union
  Bath Spa University
  Bath Spa University Students' Union
  University of Bedfordshire
  University of Bedfordshire Students' Union
  University of Birmingham
  University of Birmingham Guild of Students
  Birmingham City University
  Birmingham City Students' Union
  Bishop Grosseteste University
  Bishop Grosseteste Students Union
  University Centre at Blackburn College
  Blackburn College Students' Union
  University of Bolton
  University of Bolton Students' Union
  Bournemouth University
  Students' Union at Bournemouth University
  University of Bradford
  University of Bradford Union
  University of Brighton
  University of Brighton Students' Union
  University of Bristol
  University of Bristol Union
  Brunel University
  Union of Brunel Students
  University of Buckingham
  University of Buckingham Students' Union
caption: University of Bristol Union
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