#90943 After the sit-in at Guildford School of Art ended, the students were still fighting for changes to how the school was run and for the re-instatement of the sacked staff. At this meeting, Jack Straw, then Vice-President of the National Union of Students (and later Foreign Secretary), came to talk about the next moves. 22nd October 1968 The sit-in was the longest ever at a UK education establishment and led directly to students being on the boards of all establishments today.