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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Reticulating Splines
4 Current APPG Officers
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Alex Sobel
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 14th July 2021
5 APPG Officer Positions
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Ukraine , West Papua
28 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Armenia , Autism , Aviation , Belarus , Bosnia and Herzegovina , British Jews , Carers , City Regions Transport , Climate Change , Environment , Financial Technology , Fusion Energy , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Greece , Grid Networks , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , International Conservation , Internet, Communications and Technology , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Italy , Long Covid , Modern Conflict , Modernising Employment , Mutuals , Race and Community , Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy , Tennis
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Ukraine , West Papua
28 APPG Memberships
Aid Match , Armenia , Autism , Aviation , Belarus , Bosnia and Herzegovina , British Jews , Carers , City Regions Transport , Climate Change , Environment , Financial Technology , Fusion Energy , Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support , Greece , Grid Networks , Gypsies, Travellers and Roma , International Conservation , Internet, Communications and Technology , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Italy , Long Covid , Modern Conflict , Modernising Employment , Mutuals , Race and Community , Social, Cooperative, and Community Economy , Tennis
No other APPG Officer Positions
5 APPG Memberships
ClimateTech , Housing and Care for Older People , International Students , Science and Technology in Agriculture , University
5 APPG Memberships
ClimateTech , Housing and Care for Older People , International Students , Science and Technology in Agriculture , University
4 APPG Officer Positions
International Students , Palestine , Somaliland , University
16 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Beer , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Carers , Climate Change , Environment , Homelessness , Long Covid , Miscarriages of Justice , Net Zero , Prostate Cancer , Refugees , Waterways , Women in Parliament , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers , Youth Affairs
International Students , Palestine , Somaliland , University
16 APPG Memberships
Access to Justice , Beer , Care-Experienced Children and Young People , Carers , Climate Change , Environment , Homelessness , Long Covid , Miscarriages of Justice , Net Zero , Prostate Cancer , Refugees , Waterways , Women in Parliament , Young Carers and Young Adult Carers , Youth Affairs
1 APPG Officer Position
Healthy Homes and Buildings
9 APPG Memberships
Adoption and Permanence , Apprenticeships , Climate Change , Energy Studies , Environment , Housing and Care for Older People , Marine Energy , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , University
Healthy Homes and Buildings
9 APPG Memberships
Adoption and Permanence , Apprenticeships , Climate Change , Energy Studies , Environment , Housing and Care for Older People , Marine Energy , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , University
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered 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
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Date
3 Dec 2024
3 Dec 2024
Source
National Union of Students UK
National Union of Students UK
Description
Secretariat From : 03/12/2024 To : 02/12/2025
Secretariat From : 03/12/2024 To : 02/12/2025
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
28 Jan 2024
28 Jan 2024
Source
National Union of Students
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2024 To : 27/01/2025
Secretariat From : 28/01/2024 To : 27/01/2025
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
28 Jan 2023
28 Jan 2023
Source
National Union of Students
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Secretariat From : 28/01/2023 To : 27/01/2024
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
28 Jan 2020
28 Jan 2020
Source
National Union of Students
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Secretariat From : 28/01/2020 To : 27/01/2021
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
11 Jul 2018
11 Jul 2018
Source
National Union of Students
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Secretariat From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
11 Jul 2017
11 Jul 2017
Source
National Union of Students
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Secretariat From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
11 Jul 2016
11 Jul 2016
Source
National Union of Students
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat From : 11/07/2016 To : 11/07/2017
Secretariat From : 11/07/2016 To : 11/07/2017
Value
£4,501
£4,501
Date
1 Jan 2015
1 Jan 2015
Source
National Union of Students
National Union of Students
Description
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Secretariat From : 01/01/2015 To : 31/12/2015
Value
£4,501
£4,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Students APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Paul Blomfield
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Sheffield Central
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Alison Thewliss
Officer
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Robin Walker
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Worcester
Joined: 30th November 2022Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
6 APPG Officer Positions
Eating Disorders , Emergency Care , Environment , Europe , Net Zero , Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Eating Disorders , Emergency Care , Environment , Europe , Net Zero , Renewable and Sustainable Energy
No other APPG Memberships
Caroline Lucas
Vice Chair
Green Party - Former Member for Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 14th July 2021Departed: 4th May 2022
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Jane Hunt
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Loughborough
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 2nd June 2021
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Nicky Morgan
Vice-Chair
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Ben Howlett
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Bath
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Sharp of Guildford
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 21st July 2016
No other APPG Officer Positions
No other APPG Memberships