Student engagement: get involved

Becoming a student representative allows you to play an active role in shaping the educational experience, while gaining valuable skills and insights, and positively impacting the institution. More information on how to become a ‘student rep’ is available via the My Student Community page on Moodle.

Key roles and responsibilities include:

• Collecting feedback from the student body and ensuring their voices are heard 
• Advocating for policies and initiatives to improve the student experience
• Participating in events, panels, groups and committees related to your student experience

There are multiple benefits in getting involved, including:

• Developing leadership, communication, advocacy and problem-solving skills
• Building professional networks and connections
• Gaining insider perspectives into the institution’s operations and contributing to the enhancement of the educational experience
• Promoting inclusivity and community-building among diverse student groups

When you join one of our groups or committees, you are able to provide valuable insights that help us to improve the student experience across the services we offer. There are a number of these all striving to enhance your student experience, including:

Course Committees

Course committees are the perfect platform to express your student voice regarding your course. Meetings are chaired by the course lead and attended by professional services staff. Working together in sharing and discussing areas for improvement is imperative to changes made at course level.

Academic Governance and Quality Assurance Group

The Academic Governance and Quality Assurance Group primarily looks at ways of monitoring, improving and enhancing our academic provision to students and maintaining the academic standards of our courses. We do this by looking at student feedback and other stakeholder feedback (such as the external examiner feedback), monitoring review processes and assessment board processes.

Learning and Teaching Group

The Learning and Teaching Group looks at ways of improving learning and teaching at the Trust. They have a specific remit around Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and a number of workstreams including EDI, Student Experience, Staff Experience, Assessment and AI and Research.

Student Experience Group

The Student Experience Group aims to support the Trust’s commitment to providing an excellent student experience, by considering Trust services and systems outside of the courses, such as student support and student events.

By participating in surveys and utilising our feedback channels, you are able to share your perspectives on various aspects of your educational experience.

In particular, our annual student survey allows us to gather valuable, anonymous, feedback and opinions from all students enrolled with us. This survey provides you with an opportunity to share your thoughts and experiences with us.

When you attend the Dean’s Forum, you can directly interact with the senior leadership team and with professional services staff in education and training.

Led by the Dean of Postgraduate Studies, these forums foster open dialogue regarding important themes like support services, equal opportunities, educational aspirations, and policies impacting the student experience; allowing students to provide feedback, ask questions, and share insights that help to shape and enhance their overall educational journey in a collaborative manner.