Simon Blake admits his first year has been a steep learning curve, from dealing with the media storm over Malia Bouattia to scrutiny over what he earns
Being chief executive of the National Union of Students is notoriously tricky – and Simon Blake, who’s been in the post since May 2015, has found the past year particularly challenging, despite his experience of leading charities.
Rather than reporting to a board of trustees, Blake answers to the elected president, and supports them and the other elected students in doing their jobs. All the while there are regular battles with politicians over policy, such as scrapping bursaries for student nurses. Rumours of internal power struggles and differences in strategy circulated when Blake’s predecessor Ben Kernighan, the former deputy chief executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, stepped down after less than 10 months in the role.
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