Students APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 30/05/2024

Note: This APPG was last registered on 30th May 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 20th November 2024 and may be defunct.

To provide a forum for all parliamentarians to develop greater understanding of the range of issues affecting students in further and higher education. To ensure that student views and experiences are heard in Parliament, facilitate interaction between students and MPs and Peers, and ensure education policy takes account of student views.

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
Former APPG Members
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
Lord Willetts Portrait
Lord Willetts
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
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
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
5 APPG Memberships
Fair Elections , Music , Net Zero , Ukraine , West Papua
Wera Hobhouse Portrait
Wera Hobhouse
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
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
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Paul Blomfield MP,

Email: No email supplied

Secretariat:

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

Group's Website:

http://appg-students.org.uk/

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