Free to think. Free to speak. Free to change your mind.
Free Speech Union membership for university students — £14.99 for your first year.
University is where ideas should be contested: in seminars, in societies, and with people who don't think like you. That's what learning is — putting forward something you're unsure about, hearing an opposing view, and thinking again.
For a lot of students it doesn't work that way. They stay quiet because of what speaking would cost them socially, societies drop speakers under pressure, and some are investigated by their own universities for lawfully held views.
That's where FSU student membership comes in.
Students can join for £14.99 with the code FRESHERS26.
The Free Speech Union is a non-partisan organisation with over 48,000 members and more than 6,500 cases taken on — from pro-Palestine protesters to gender-critical feminists, Christian conservatives to communists. We don't ask whether we agree with you, only whether you were exercising your lawful right to speak.
Student Membership
£29.99 £14.99 for your first year
Use code FRESHERS26Half the usual student rate of £29.99. Silver Concessionary membership, for anyone aged 16 or over in full-time education.
- Invitations and discounted tickets to FSU events
- Free access to all our online events
- Our weekly newsletter and member briefings
- Guidance and, in some cases, support if you are targeted for expressing your views — if your university or students' union investigates you for something you lawfully said, we may take up your case
- If you run a society that promotes open debate, or have an idea to start your own, you can apply to our Ian Mactaggart Programme for a grant of up to £1,500 a term
The £14.99 rate applies to your first year. Subsequent years are billed at the Silver Concessionary rate of £29.99 for as long as you remain a student. Cancel any time. Support is discretionary if you are penalised for exercising your lawful right to free speech; legal assistance is available in the UK only.
The code FRESHERS26 is applied for you at checkout. Offer closes 30 October 2026.
Give It As A Gift
£29.99 £14.99 for one year
Use code FRESHERS26For the student in your life. They get exactly the same Silver Concessionary membership — the same events, the same newsletters, the same support if they are targeted for something they lawfully said.
- We email them to set it up — naming you, or keeping you anonymous, as you prefer
- You can add a short message, and they choose where their welcome pack is sent
- Nothing renews automatically and they are never charged; the year simply ends unless they choose to continue
- If they are already a member, the gift goes towards their next renewal instead
The same £14.99 as a student joining themselves — half the usual concessionary rate of £29.99. We ask for their name and email address, and whether to tell them the gift is from you. You pay by card in the usual way, and we never see your card details.
The code FRESHERS26 is applied for you at checkout. Offer closes 30 October 2026.
Not a student? See our full membership options, or read why people join.
