Students APPG

First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 08/04/2024

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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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4 Current APPG Officers
Paul Blomfield Portrait
Paul Blomfield
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Sheffield Central
Joined: 30th July 2015
2 APPG Memberships
Somaliland , University
Alison Thewliss Portrait
Alison Thewliss
Officer
Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central
Joined: 30th July 2015
7 APPG Memberships
Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax , Fair Business Banking , Fairgrounds and Circuses , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Immigration Detention , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Yemen
Lord Willetts Portrait
Lord Willetts
Officer
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 24th February 2020
2 APPG Memberships
Space , University
Robin Walker Portrait
Robin Walker
Officer
Conservative - Worcester
Joined: 30th November 2022
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Paul Blomfield MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7142.

Email: paul.blomfield.mp@parliament.uk

Secretariat:

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

Group's Website:

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

Benefits in Kind
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
Alex Sobel Portrait
Alex Sobel
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Leeds North West
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
23 APPG Memberships
22q11 Syndrome , Aid Match , Albania , British Jews , Cayman Islands , Global Deforestation , Heritage and Regeneration , Hospitality and Tourism , Human-Relevant Science , Internet, Communications and Technology , Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services , Kosovo , Modern Conflict , Montenegro , Music , Net Zero , North Macedonia , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sweden , United Nations , Video Games and Esports , West Papua , Zoos and Aquariums
Wera Hobhouse Portrait
Wera Hobhouse
Vice Chair
Liberal Democrat - Bath
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 6th March 2024
8 APPG Memberships
Childhood Trauma , Community Energy , Eating Disorders , Environment , Key Cities , Music Education , Net Zero , Tidy Britain
Caroline Lucas Portrait
Caroline Lucas
Vice Chair
Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion
Joined: 30th July 2015
Departed: 6th March 2024
3 APPG Memberships
Climate Change , Land Value Capture , Limits to Growth
Jason McCartney Portrait
Jason McCartney
Vice Chair
Conservative - Colne Valley
Joined: 14th July 2021
Departed: 4th May 2022
6 APPG Memberships
Fairtrade , ITV , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Parkinson's , Stem Cell Transplantation and Advanced Cellular Therapies , Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention
Jane Hunt Portrait
Jane Hunt
Vice Chair
Conservative - Loughborough
Joined: 24th February 2020
Departed: 2nd June 2021
1 APPG Membership
Swimming
Jo Stevens Portrait
Jo Stevens
Vice Chair
Labour - Cardiff Central
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