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29 October 2026

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Can Kaynat Ahmad give FE students their voice back?

From a private school in Pakistan to the national leadership of the NUS in just three years, Kaynat Ahmad has had an extraordinary journey. But can the 21-year-old revive college student representation as the National Union of Students faces disaffiliation and questions about its future?

Jessica Hill

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FE students have been left behind. I want to change that

Kaynat Ahmad, FE vice president for the National Union of Students

Kaynat Ahmad had every intention of becoming a doctor. 

Three years ago, she was attending a private school in Lahore, Pakistan, where teachers were strict and examination papers, she recalls, “sometimes got leaked”. 

She had completed her pre-medical studies and was preparing for a career in medicine when her mother, a hotel manager, married an entrepreneur and the family moved to the West Midlands. 

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