Alumni

Welcome back!

Are you one of the Society’s 65,000 alumni members entitled to a lifetime’s access to our debates, speaker events and facilities? The Society’s Alumni and Development Office is here to help you continue to enjoy and benefit from your membership, and to reconnect you with your Society if you haven’t been back for some time.

	Keep up-to-date with the Society’s news by subscribing to our alumni email newsletter
	Find out about the Society’s 200th anniversary, and our campaign to restore our historic building
	Request a new electronic membership card to gain access to the building and our members-only events (coming soon!)
	Watch videos of our debates and speakers online
	Support the Union’s mission to promote debate and free speech by making a donation to our fundraising campaign
	Tell us what you want from your Society in our online questionnaire

Did you know?

The Society is a registered charity, our status derived in considerable measure from our continuing educational work amongst young people.
One-half of all freshers continue to join the Society each year making it the single largest and most popular society in the University.
We have more than 65,000 members worldwide.
We host at least 20 debates and 40 high-profile speaker events each year.
Our schools debating competition reaches over 600 schools throughout Great Britain and Ireland and the Society offers significant bursaries to encourage the participation of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Membership fees are the single most important source of revenue for the Society which receives no University or public monies.