NUS website updated - New NUS Cards and Discounts

bobtastic

CM86 wrote:

I can't wait to see other people's cards with webcam photos! It'll be like myspace in your wallet!

Well, it does say "sensible ones only please; no festival mudlarks or last year's end of term fancy dress pics"

CM86_2

Aww i'll just scan in the photo from last year's card then!

Chris2287

What is the point of this really, i just show my Uni card for a discount at places like burtons etc and they never ask for my NUS!!!!!
Seems pointless to me

Aletank

Do you think its possible for non students to get a NUS card? I just put my details in with a local uni and course but you have to pick the card up from the union office.Would they check that you are actually enrolled on the course ?:p

kittiwoz

Diminutive wrote:

the standard NUS card for university students used to be free and get your all the discounts.

When was that then? You had to pay £10 for an NUS card if you were a Salford student last year. The year before that I got a joint library card and NUS card as a result of the merger between UMIST and Manchester which I didn't have to pay for but I think I had essentially already paid for it since I paid a membership fee to UMIST students association when I started to course, I think it was included in the tuition fees. I could be wrong but I think it has been the case for many years that you had to pay for NUS membership and if you didn't directly pay it to the NUS it was only because you'd already paid to your university students union (possibly without having noticed) and they paid the money to the NUS on your behalf.

Chris2287 wrote:

What is the point of this really, i just show my Uni card for a discount at places like burtons etc and they never ask for my NUS!!!!!

Not everywhere will do this. Most places won't accept a Salford card as proof of student status because there's no expiry date on it. It could be that your student card is a joint library and NUS card like the Manchester ones.

Aletank wrote:

Do you think its possible for non students to get a NUS card? I just put my details in with a local uni and course but you have to pick the card up from the union office.Would they check that you are actually enrolled on the course ?

You can try it but I think they'll ask for your registration number or to see your library card.

black-saturn

bobtastic wrote:

http://www.nusonline.co.uk/extra/

Thanks but I'm afraid the drop down list doesnt include correspondence courses

C_Ronaldo

im at college and we were told about the nus card now being £10, last time i got one it was a few quid

C_Ronaldo

Aletank wrote:

Do you think its possible for non students to get a NUS card? I just put my details in with a local uni and course but you have to pick the card up from the union office.Would they check that you are actually enrolled on the course ?:p

well for me to get my card, i take a photo and a tenner along to student services and they sort the card out and post it to me,

i would have thought if you signed up via the link that they would check

postdigital

CM86 wrote:

If any of the SUs around the country are in debt like ours claim to be, they'll be grateful to make a bit of profit on them, and I think that £10 a year is good VFM considering what the SU provide.

Apparently it's being done to give extra funding to local unions - but our union's absolutely loaded! It's got so much money it's quite literally having trouble spending it all - and it's a hugely commercially successful business (although all the profits go straight back into the union facilities)

I don't think the local unions need the extra cash, they should be providing it themselves through their ents, not forcing students to hand over the cash for not much in return! Our Union works very hard to be competitive commercially, and it's got some of the most popular club nights in the region (and even the country, according to mixmag and the guardian) for both students and non-students.

Chris2287

kittiwoz wrote:

Not everywhere will do this. Most places won't accept a Salford card as proof of student status because there's no expiry date on it. It could be that your student card is a joint library and NUS card like the Manchester ones.

My SHU card does have a expiary so i soppose thats why ive never had a problem in meadowhall etc