National Union of Israeli Students

The department works first and foremost to advance the quality of learning and the accessibility of Israel’s young population to higher education institutes and vocational schools. Secondly, it represents pro student legislation and the student community before the council for higher education and the planning and budget committees. Thirdly, it aids individual students who struggle inside the system or encounter difficult positions in the academic sphere.

The unit operates as part of the academic department. Its core goal is to identify methods, activate projects and implement recommendations advancing the integration of students from minority communities into the academy. The department’s projects empower the minority students, bridge over the existing gaps within the academy and bring sectors closer together.

The department has made a goal of encouraging and leading social change and empower the involvement of students in community and in what is happening in Israeli society. The department strives to lighten the student economic burden of academic studies by granting scholarship in exchange for their activity in a community involvement framework. Additionally, the department is a leading body in Israel for the provision of information regarding scholarships to students.

The department works to advance policy and legislation for the improvement of the status of youth and students in Israel, by establishing a body that can derive research and thought. The overall purpose of the department is to provide a centralized support service to all parts of the union and specifically to assist NUIS representatives with clear information and analysis to equip them for effective performance and informed decision-making in the development of union policy.

The department acts to advance student involvement in the social sphere in Israel. It aims to enhance the personal awareness and participation of students in projects promoting a positive and equal social reality in Israel. By encouraging individual and group student initiatives, the department molds the student’s status as one who plays a crucial role in regard to struggles relating to the academic world as well as in other fields such as social justice human rights, environment and society.

By generating a joint dialogue and a relationship based on common values and understandings, the department aims at developing and deepening the relationship between the student public in Israel and the student publics all over the world. The department represents NUIS in the international arena, taking an active role in the Israel public diplomacy efforts, and it is a full member of the European Student Union (ESU) and the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS). The department also represents NUIS in the national and international philanthropic and business world in order to increase NUIS income for the benefit of the Israeli students public.

The department is responsible for the branding and image of the student union. Works to explain and reflect the Union’s policy and its decision making as well as promote its goals and core projects in various fields to the Student Associations. Additionally, the department operates in the new media channels among them: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in order to strengthen the direct and unhindered connection between the students in Israel and the world.