Student partnerships and fee waivers: first or fail?
Aaron Porter gives the higher education sector's growing support for student partnerships the thumbs up, while fee waivers get a thumbs down for their marginal benefit to future graduates
May 2011
NUS Palestinian policy could cause Jews to suffer, says union president
But fellow senior union members accuse Aaron Porter of misrepresenting motion voted for by national executive
April 2011
Shortcuts
Advice for the new NUS president
Students' union frontrunner backs sit-ins as fees fight intensifies
February 2011
The G2 interview
Aaron Porter: 'While I disagree with tuition fees, they are not the biggest evil in society'
Cribsheet
Cribsheet 22.02.11
NUS leader to step aside amid recriminations over student tuition fees
Under Porter, the NUS risked making itself irrelevant
Michael Chessum
NUS president to stand down after criticism from student protesters
Cribsheet
Cribsheet 14.02.11
Judy Friedberg
January 2011
Student protesters target NUS president
Police escort Aaron Porter away from crowds in Manchester on day of protests against cuts and rise in tuition fees
Aaron Porter: Let's press universities to keep fees down
NUS president says students must accept that parliament has voted on tuition fees and refocus campaign on lobbying universities
Aaron Porter is no longer fit to lead the student movement
Mary Robertson
Mary Robertson: Students need an NUS leader who will fight for us, not one who admits defeat before the battle over tuition fees has started
December 2010
Aaron Porter: 'We've started to bring the coalition down'
Tuition fees: NUS optimistic as MPs vote
November 2010
The cuts get personal
These student protests will grow with or without Aaron Porter's support
Rowan Rheingans
Rowan Rheingans: The NUS leader's belated support for the university occupations reveals someone uneasy with radical direct action
Cribsheet
Cribsheet daily 29.11.10
Judy Friedberg
Are we seeing the real Aaron Porter at last?
Student protests: NUS president apologises for 'spineless dithering'
Aaron Porter tells occupiers at UCL that the NUS has been too cautious about supporting student activism
June 2010
Smart suit, shiny shoes … meet the new NUS president leading the battle against fees
As the union turns to persuasion not placards, Aaron Porter is finding unlikely support – from senior Tories
April 2010
NUS elects new president who opposes fees hike
Aaron Porter could set the union on a collision course with university heads and ministers seeking a rise in tuition fees
