The end of term 1 has rolled around quickly and your academic Reps have been busy taking part in Staff-Student Action Meetings, bringing forward your feedback in your department and implementing change!
The end of term 1 has rolled around quickly and your academic Reps have been busy taking part in Staff-Student Action Meetings, bringing forward your feedback in your department and implementing change!
Staff-Student Action Meetings happen 3-6 times per academic year with course reps and staff from your department attending. Ahead of these meetings, course reps gather feedback from their course peers which they discuss with university staff at the meetings to create solutions to make your student experience better. Some of these changes will even be implemented to your course in Term 2. Read below a snapshot of the course reps’ impact for this term!
This term Psychology has had two ‘Rep of the Month’ nominations! Read Poppy and Wania’s blogs to find out what they have been doing to represent your academic interests. Within the department, Reps have been working on improving the feedback loop, encouraging Reps to use social media to inform students how their feedback is being implemented. Reps have also requested more example essays to be explained during seminars.
Over in Classics, the department have continued to offer ‘Co-working sessions’ which give students the opportunity to work in a quiet space alongside other students, fostering productive and supportive learning environments.
PGT English Students are working on building more community within their cohort. Department staff will be looking into options for developing the PGT study room to make the space more welcoming.
Computer Science have asked for a Module Fair to be held to help them understand the module choices for third year. Reps also agreed that third year students should be at the Fair to answer questions from current second year students.
Your School Reps have been busy with a range of projects but to highlight a few: Josh from LSS has been working alongside Matthew on deadline stacking and helping to resolve student queries and Dominika from LSE has been working on staff and students guides to foster engagement in the school. They have all been busy holding town halls and meeting with their Reps to discuss department wide issues.
If all of this sounds interesting to you, and you’d like to get involved, we will be reopening recruitment at the beginning of next term. Please email: voice@su.rhul.ac.uk if you would like to sign up to become a Rep or find your Rep on the SU website!