Mandy Telford

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Mandy Telford (born June 5, 1976) was President of NUS from 2002 to 2004, having served the previous two years as President of NUS Scotland. She was the fifth woman to hold the NUS presidency and was twice elected as the Labour Students candidate.

[edit] Early life

She was educated at the University of Strathclyde. For the final year of her Education course, she was vice-President of the Strathclyde Students' Association at the Jordanhill campus from 1999-2000. From 2000-1, she was the Women's Officer of NUS Scotland.

[edit] NUS President

As President of NUS, Telford led the campaign against the government's controversial policy to charge university top-up fees, becoming a regular writer for the Guardian and a broadcaster on BBC Radio 5 Live.

She went on to work for the British trade union Amicus (now part of UNITE the union) as the Dignity at Work (bullying) campaign coordinator and is currently special advisor to Rt. Hon. Tessa Jowell MP, Minister for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

[edit] External links

• IMDb
• January 2004 interview for the Guardian

Political offices
Preceded by Owain James	President of the National Union of Students 2002–2004	Succeeded by Kat Fletcher