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From 2000-1, she served as NUS Scotland's Women's Officer before being elected to consecutive one-year terms as NUS Scotland President.
As President of National Union of Students (United Kingdom), Telford led the campaign against the government's controversial policy to charge university top-up fees, becoming a regular writer for The Guardian and a broadcaster on BBC Radio 5 Live.
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