New NUS chief inspired by 'rough' schooldays

Gordon Maloney talks to TESS about student activism and his next steps

Gordon Maloney may have been the president of NUS Scotland for only a few weeks - but it is a role for which he has been preparing for many years.

Speaking exclusively to TESS, Mr Maloney said he was first inspired to get involved in student activism while at school, which he describes as a "rough time".

"When I came to university, I was already quite switched on and had a real sense of some of the ways in which educational institutions can let people down, but also some of the ways in which they can pick people up, help people back on the tracks," he said.

"I wanted to be part of stopping the former and making the latter happen."

Mr Maloney has taken over his new role from Robin Parker. 

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