Editing Labour Students (section)

== Internal organisation ==
Prior to 2019, Labour Students was a '[[Socialist society (Labour Party)|socialist society]]', affiliated to the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. This means that, whilst its aims were broadly in line with the wider party, Labour Students was an independent organisation and was entitled to democratically determine its own policy and governance. Labour Students members were entitled to vote in the affiliates section of Labour leadership elections.

The refounded National Labour Students is a formal branch of the Labour Party, and as such is not responsible for its own governance. Any Labour Party member who is a student is automatically a member of National Labour Students

===National Events===
Generally, before the organisation's relaunch, Labour Students held four main national events each year, attended by club members from institutions across the country.

; Summer Training : Summer Training is primarily intended for members entering their second and third years of study. There is often a focus on preparing Labour Clubs for recruitment drives at the beginning of the new academic year. The event is usually structured with a variety breakout sessions and workshops, led by industry experts, trade unions and other campaigning organisations. In recent years{{When|date=April 2015}} Summer Training has included sessions led by Matthew Doyle (former deputy director of Communications, [[10 Downing Street]]), Kirsty McNeill (former adviser to [[Gordon Brown]]) and community organising group Movement for Change. There is also usually a heavy emphasis on training from the four liberation campaigns.

; Political Weekend : Political Weekend is usually the event where Labour Students welcomes its new members each year. Labour Students usually hosts a number of high-profile speakers, including government ministers during periods of Labour government and members of the [[Shadow Cabinet]] in times of opposition.

; Liberation Conference 
Liberation Conference sees the election of Labour Students’ four Liberation Officers (see ‘Liberation Campaigns’). It also includes panels and sessions around issues of particular importance to Liberation groups, for example mental health services or tackling antisemitism on campuses.

; National Conference : National Conference sees the election of the Labour Students National Committee for the following year, as well further policy debate. Though nominally described as an "election", only a small number of delegates vote, along lines pre-determined by their nominating clubs. National Conference is often held in conjunction with [[Young Labour (UK)|Young Labour]] Conference, to help reduce members' travel costs.

===National Committee===
The National Labour Students Committee convenes regularly and works together to ensure the organisation runs smoothly and works effectively to represent members.

===National Committee===
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! Role !! 2022-24<ref>{{cite web|date=2022-09-01|title=Results released in NEC, national policy forum, youth and student wing elections
|url=https://labourlist.org/2022/09/results-released-in-nec-national-policy-forum-and-youth-wing-elections/|access-date=2022-10-21|website=Labour List}}</ref> !! 2024-<ref>{{cite web|date=2024-04-08|title=Labour Students and Young Labour election results in full: Pro-Starmer candidates win control as left routed
|url=https://labourlist.org/2024/04/young-labour-students-election-results/|access-date=2024-05-02|website=Labour List}}</ref>
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| Chair || Ben McGowan || Ruby Herbert 
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| Secretary || Jonathan Heywood || Issy Waite 
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| Vice Chair || Fabiha Askari || Lewis Warner
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| BAME Officer || Elilee Arulkumar || Mason Humberstone
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| Disabled Students Officer || Moya O'Rourke || Madeleine Wainman
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| LGBT+ Officer || Kieron Warren || Rudi Ellis-Jones
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| Women's Officer || Lola Fayokun || Martha Dacombe
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| Trans Officer || Alex Charilaou || Willow Parker 
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| East Midlands Rep || ''vacant'' || Ben Duffy
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| Eastern Rep || Molly Bloomfield || Kerem Mumyakmaz 
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| London Rep || Nimah Ogas-Hersi || Bruno Dent
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| North West Rep || Chloe Brooks || Erin Hall 
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| Northern Rep || Joshua Freestone || Emily Gill 
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| Scotland Chair || Solomon Cuthbertson || Emma Russell
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| South East Rep || Zahra Lahrie || Cai Parry
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| South West Rep || Daniel Chappel || Carys Skingle
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| Wales Rep || Dylan Lewis-Rowlands || Bethia Tucker 
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| West Midlands Rep || Lily Soaper || Yusuf Amin 
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| Yorkshire and Humber Rep || Eleanor Falshaw || Daniel Wilton
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| Ordinary Rep || Zac Bates Fisher || Martin Barabas 
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| Ordinary Rep || Emma Bean || Zack Hayward 
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| Ordinary Rep || Hareem Ghani || Jess Hilton 
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| Ordinary Rep || Kieran Kavanagh || Rachel Holland 
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| Ordinary Rep || Libs Olley || Jacob Sammon 
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| Ordinary Rep || Cai Parry || Katie Truman 
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===Liberation Campaigns===

Within Labour Students there are four autonomous liberation campaigns. These were the [[Women's Movement|Women's]], [[LGBT social movements|Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Trans]], [[Disability rights movement|Disabled]] Students and [[Anti-racism|Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME)]] Students campaigns, all of which are entitled to elect an officer to the National Committee. Labour Students holds caucuses for each of the liberation groups at every national event, has an equal opportunities policy and ensures all events are fully accessible.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://labourstudents.org.uk/what-we-do-2/|title=What We Do – Labour Students|website=labourstudents.org.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-02-10}}</ref>

===Scotland and Wales===
There are separate organisations for Labour Clubs in the devolved nations, known as [[Welsh Labour Students]] and [[Scottish Labour Students]] respectively. The Chairs of these two organisations also sit on the committee of Labour Students as full members.