Daniel Snowdon

Today I am calling upon all Postgraduates to defend the NPC. For about a year the current leadership have been conspiring with the NUS to dissolve the NPC, therefore leaving all UK Postgraduates with NO academic representation to turn to should they need it. Moreover the behind the scenes work that the NPC had done prior to this year is under threat as there would be no continued representation of postgraduates on major decision making bodies within the Higher Education sector.

It has been reported to me that very little work has been done this year and as a result, the name and reputation of the NPC have been tarnished. The day to day work of the NPC normally includes: collection of affiliation fees, attending and organising Ordinary General Meetings, Management Sub-Committee meetings, policy responses, meetings with local postgrad reps and unions.


Hence, I would urge all Postgraduates to go along to the Annual General Meeting of the NPC at Keele University on 11th September 2009, and vote against the proposal for dissolution in order to save the representation of Postgraduates in the UK.