At this time, debates and addresses were not attended by a wide range of students, and thus a separate organisation was created with a purpose of publicising and hosting these events.

The principal founders of the second incarnation were students Findlay Milne, Adam Moses, Josef Bräutigam, Cameron Bennett, and Henry Howard.

[7] The fourth Union President was Alexandra Brates, whose term began with an address by Darren Hughes, Managing Director of the Electoral Reform Society.

[9][10] The Union hosted Thomas Harrison, Keeper of Greece and Rome at the British Museum[11] as well as a debate on the controversies surrounding Just Stop Oil.

[citation needed] A debate on concerns about Chinese influence on UK universities was temporarily postponed by YUSU over an administrative issue, although the Union President and Head of Outreach began preparations to hold the event privately off campus.