| Toni Pearce | |
| Office: | 56th President of the National Union of Students |
| Term Start: | 1 July 2013 |
| Term End: | 30 June 2015 |
| Predecessor: | Liam Burns |
| Successor: | Megan Dunn |
| Majority: | 301 (41.8%) |
| Birth Date: | 13 April 1990 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Alma Mater: | Cornwall College |
Toni Pearce (born 13 April 1990) is a former President of the National Union of Students in the United Kingdom. Pearce was elected at the 2013 NUS National Conference in April 2013 and re-elected April 2014.[1]
From 2011 to 2013, Pearce held the position of NUS Vice President (Further Education).[2] Before that, she was President at the Students' Union of Cornwall College, an institution of Further Education. Pearce was the first ever NUS President not to have attended university.[3] [4]
Pearce attended Cornwall College from the age of 16, however she was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type III, which meant that she missed a large number of lessons whilst in hospital recovering from operations.[5] As such, Pearce failed two of her AS levels at the first attempt.
During the elections for NUS President (2013, 2014) Pearce stood as a candidate with no official affiliation to a political party. However, Pearce announced in 2013 that she joined the Labour Party.