NSLP is a project set up in partnership with NUS and the Department for Education and Employment.

Through the National Student Learning Programme, the NUS is making a significant contribution to the development of key skills in Higher Education.

NSLP was set up with six objectives:

• To establish within two years a national network of student trainers who will deliver key skills based training to their peers.
• To train at least 14,000 students in at least one key skill over the next two years.
• To produce six high quality, cost effective and comprehensive training resource packs for use by student trainers.
• To develop a standard portfolio which will allow participants to reflect upon their learning and record it.
• To encourage students to take responsibility for the creation of their portfolios and record all their development and acheivements.
• To develop good practice for students' unions in the provision of training and supporting activities which will allow them to be recognised by institutions and employers alike as being able to provide a wide range of opportunities for student development of transferable skills.

Each year the Students' Union recruits a team of students to go on a residential training event where they are trained to be trainers. Students from different universities come together and are taught to develop the ability to present an idea to a group using a variety of teaching and presentation methods - understanding different people's learning styles. They then go back to their universities and work together to develop a series of training events tailored to meet the needs of students in their university.

Each university that is a part of the NSLP programme develops their own training sessions, so that they can be tailored to the needs of their own students. NUS does produce resource packs to aid the development of core sessions. The general focus of the programme is transferable key skills.

Examples of subjects include:

• Communications Skills
• Presentation Skills
• Meeting Skills
• Negotiation Skills
• CV Skills
• Stress Management
• Meeting and Committee Skills

NSLP was started by the NUS, who provide the headquarters and coordinators for the scheme. The scheme is also funded by a variety of companies and organisations from around the UK. Much of the funding comes from the Department for Education.

Other significant funding comes from Ford and Procter & Gamble. Other companies also provide support such as Manpower.

	SORTED SORTED Online - the Bath Students' Union Student Training website
	NSLP NSLP - the National Student Learning Programme
	DfEE Report The full DFEE report of the NSLP Programme.