# Quality Students' Unions Framework
The NUS Quality Students' Unions framework is a sector kitemark for students' unions, assessing organisational quality across baseline compliance (Part A) and quality descriptors (Part B).
## Overview
QSU has two parts:
- **Part A**: Baseline compliance requirements (pass/fail)
- **Part B**: Quality descriptors across 12 components (Good / Very Good / Excellent)
## Part A - Baseline Compliance
[[QSU Part A Compliance Checklist]]
## Part B - Quality Components
| Component | Self-Assessment | Evidence Status | Notes |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-------|
| [[QSU - Strategic Planning]] | 🔘 | 🔘 | |
| [[QSU - Relationships and Partnerships]] | 🔘 | 🔘 | |
| [[QSU - Governance]] | 🔘 | 🔘 | |
| [[QSU - Democracy]] | 🔘 | 🔘 | |
| [[QSU - People]] | 🔘 | 🔘 | |
| [[QSU - LEDI]] | 🔘 | 🔘 | |
| [[QSU - Communication]] | 🔘 | 🔘 | |
| [[QSU - Services]] | 🔘 | 🔘 | |
| [[QSU - Participation]] | 🔘 | 🔘 | |
| [[QSU - Representation and Campaigning]] | 🔘 | 🔘 | |
| [[QSU - Sustainability]] | 🔘 | 🔘 | |
| [[QSU - Insight and Learning]] | 🔘 | 🔘 | |
**Legend**: 🔘 Not started | 🟡 In progress | 🟢 Complete | ⭐ Excellent
## My Involvement
### As a Verifier
- [[Quality Students' Unions (QSUs) application May 2024|My QSU Verifier Application (May 2024)]]
### Our Submission
- [[136.01 Investigate the Quality SUs Part A]] - Initial investigation project
- [[136.02 QSU Accreditation]] - Full accreditation project
## Related
- [[NUS Charity]]
- [[Students' Unions]]
## Notes