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Leeds Student, The NUS, however, had other ideas. An open letter published on NUS Connect’s website from Aaron Kiely, the NUS Black Students’ Officer, demanded ‘that the Editor of Leeds StudentGuardian Student Blogs Dave Halls, President of Surrey’s Student Union, wrote an open letter in support of It is interesting to note that the NUS then released another post on NUS Connect, from Liam Burns, President, stating that although they have a ‘no platform to Fascists’ policy, the NUS is a ‘member- led organisation’ and ‘[they] cannot and should not attempt to comprise the independence and autonomy of our members by dictating to them’.

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The Stag is an editorially independent newspaper published by the University of Surrey Students’ Union. It is published every fortnight – you can pick up your copies from newspaper bins around campus, or read it here online. The Stag aims to cover events on campus, news relevant to university students, and special features.

The views expressed in the paper are those of individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the editorial team, the University of Surrey Students’ Union, or the University of Surrey.

From Wikipedia:

The newspaper was established under the name barefacts in 1967. In 1968, the university was to move from its home in Battersea Park, south-west London, to Stag Hill, in Guildford, Surrey. Concerns were raised at a lunchtime Students Union meeting over troubles in communication between the students on each site while the move was in progress. Outgoing Union President, Bob Matthews, suggested a one-page newsletter covering both campuses, which would carry messages by clubs and societies, as well as general notices from the students’ union. The first few hundred issues were usually edited by the Union Executive, before an annual editor was appointed.