Students APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 12/02/2025

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To bring HE and FE (higher and further education) students’ issues to Westminster, connecting students’ unions, students and decision-makers to better understand student life today.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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Current Members - Contact Details - Benefits in Kind - Financial Benefits - Former Members
Reticulating Splines
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4 Current APPG Officers
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 14th July 2021
5 APPG Memberships
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Ukraine , West Papua
Lord Willetts Portrait
Lord Willetts
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
No other APPG Memberships
Abtisam Mohamed Portrait
Abtisam Mohamed
Vice Chair
Labour - Sheffield Central
Joined: 2nd January 2025
5 APPG Memberships
International Students , Palestine , Race and Community , Somaliland , University
Gideon Amos Portrait
Gideon Amos
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Taunton and Wellington
Joined: 2nd January 2025
1 APPG Membership
Healthy Homes and Buildings
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Alex Sobel MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 8295.

Email: alex.sobel.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Hannah Sketchley, National Union of Students UK. Tel: 07900 482427

Email: APPGStudents@nus.org.uk

Secretariat:

National Union of Students UK acts as the group's secretariat. https://www.nus.org.uk/

Benefits in Kind
Date
3 Dec 2024
Source
National Union of Students UK
Description
Secretariat   From : 03/12/2024 To : 02/12/2025
Value
£4,501
Date
28 Jan 2024
Source
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2024 To : 27/01/2025
Value
£4,501
Date
28 Jan 2023
Source
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Value
£4,501
Date
28 Jan 2020
Source
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat   From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Value
£4,501
Date
11 Jul 2018
Source
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Value
£4,501
Date
11 Jul 2017
Source
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Value
£4,501
Date
11 Jul 2016
Source
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/07/2016 To : 11/07/2017
Value
£4,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
Source
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat   From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£4,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Students APPG

Former APPG Officers
Paul Blomfield Portrait
Paul Blomfield
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Sheffield Central
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Robin Walker Portrait
Robin Walker
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Worcester
Joined: 30th November 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Wera Hobhouse Portrait
Wera Hobhouse
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Eating Disorders , Environment , Europe , Net Zero , Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Caroline Lucas Portrait
Caroline Lucas
Vice Chair
Green Party - Former Member for Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Jane Hunt Portrait
Jane Hunt
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Loughborough
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Jo Stevens Portrait
Jo Stevens
Vice Chair
Labour - Cardiff East
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Memberships
None Portrait
Nicky Morgan
Vice-Chair
 Joined: 28th September 2017
Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Ben Howlett Portrait
Ben Howlett
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bath
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Sharp of Guildford Portrait
Baroness Sharp of Guildford
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Memberships