Humanist Students
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Humanist Students is the national umbrella organisation for free-thinking, atheist, humanist and secular student societies in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to provide a national voice for non-religious student societies in the UK and help coordinate national activities.[1]
Formation | 2008 |
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Type | Nonprofit organisation |
Purpose | Supporting atheist, humanist and secular student groups |
Region served | United Kingdom |
President | James Dart |
Website | humanists.uk/students |
The group is a membership body composed of student societies in higher education institutes across the UK. In 2012, it became the student section of the Humanists UK (then known as the British Humanist Association), the UK charity which promotes Humanism and secularism in Britain.[2][3] Until 2017, it was known as the National Federation of Atheist, Humanist, and Secular Student Societies, and later simply Atheist, Humanist, and Secular Students (AHS). In 2017, member societies voted to rename the AHS 'Humanist Students', as well as introducing new structural changes, such as the direct election of the President of Humanist Students by the members of individual societies each year.[4]
Through Humanists UK, the organisation is represented internationally as part of Young Humanists International, the youth wing of Humanists International.