Since then I have become a leading activist, campaigning on a broad range of issues, from the fight against racism and the effects of globalization on the worlds black community, to highlighting the injustices of the so called ‘war on terror’.

The Black Students Campaign has done some good work on lots of important issues, but I wish to take our struggle further, focusing more on developing our awareness-based campaigning into action based-campaigning. As Black Students Officer I will:

•Seek to widen the centre of gravity of the Black Students campaign, taking our fight against fascism, racism and inequality to all parts of the country by strengthening the involvement of Black Students officers across the UK.

•Campaign in conjunction with the Fair Trade foundation in support of black farmers around the world who are struggling against multi-national corporations for a fair wage. The Black students Campaign should be at the centre of the struggle against global inequality by educating Black activists on the policies of the World Bank and the IMF.

•Campaign against institutional discriminatory policies that affect Black students as students and as members of their wider communities’ e.g. racist stop and search police practices and the lack of anonymous marking at universities, both of which disproportionately affect black students.

There are many more things that I would like us to do, but since I believe the Black Students Campaign should be a movement that is in touch with its members at the grass roots level, moving forward organically in response to our members needs, I will be continuously consulting with Black students across the UK to find out what those needs are.

Assed Baig
NUS Black Students Committee
WMANUS Anti-racism Anti Fascism Officer
Staffordshire University Student Union Executive Member