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NUS-USI, the student movement in Northern Ireland was formed in 1972 by bilateral agreement between the National Union of Students of the United Kingdom (NUS) and the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), to address the particular problems of macro-representation of students in the Northern Ireland.

Students at an affiliated college are members of both national students' unions, and benefit from full representation in each body. The elected leader of the organisation is a full-time representative, elected as a sabbatical from one of the member colleges, and serves as a member of the USI Officer Board and the NUS National Executive Committee. An elected term is one year long (July-June). An officer within the executive of the movement may hold an officer position for a maximum of three terms.

The current Convenor / President of NUS-USI is Colleen Dowdall, a former Overall President of the University of Ulster Students' Union.

[edit] Convenors of NUS-USI

Past Convenors
Years of office	Name	College of Origin
2005-2006	Colleen Dowdall	University of Ulster, Magee
2004-2005	Damien Kavanagh	Queens University Belfast Students' Union.
2003-2004	Damien Kavanagh	Queens University Belfast Students' Union.
2002-2003	Ben Archibald	Queens University Belfast Students' Union.
2001-2002	Ben Archibald	Queens University Belfast Students' Union.
2000-2001	Brian Slevin	Queens University Belfast Students' Union.
1999-2000	Shane Whelehan	University of Ulster, Jordanstown
1998-1999	Maurice Dickson	North Down and Ards
1997-1998	Nigel O'Connor	Queens University Belfast Students' Union.
1996-1997	Denis Carson	Belfast Institute
1995-1996	Denis Carson	Belfast Institute
1994-1995	Gerard Green	Queens University Belfast Students' Union.
1993-1994	Gerard Green	Queens University Belfast Students' Union
1992-1993	Paul McMenamin	Queens University Belfast Students' Union
1991-1992	Richie Carruthers	BIFHE [BIFHE follows the amalgamation of COBS, Rupert Stanley and College of Technology] Students' Union
1990-1991	Shauneen Armstrong	College of Business Studies Students' Union [COBS]