Opinion Panel

Aaron, former President of the NUS, is Chief Columnist with Opinion Panel as well as a higher education consultant and a freelance journalist.

He was President of the National Union of Students in 2010-11 during the high profile debate over tuition fees. In addition to his role at NUS, he also served on the Board of directors for the Universities and Colleges Admission Service (UCAS), the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA). He was also the first President to be invited as an observer on the board of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), and the first in 40 years to address the annual vice-chancellors UUK conference.

Prior to his year as President of NUS. He served two terms as Vice-President (Higher Education) for NUS, and before that was President of the University of Leicester Students' Union. He graduated from the University of Leicester with a BA English, and was also editor of the student newspaper, 'The Ripple'. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Aaron tweets @AaronPorter