Voice

Pathway

 

A word of encouragement from the DoRep.

 

For more collaboration and on-going support, join the St Andrews Class Reps 2014-15 Facebook group.

 

Education Discretionary Fund

The Students' Association created the Education Discretionary Fund for School Presidents and Class Representatives to promote academic representation on all levels at the Unviersity of St Andrews. The value of the fund for the academic year 2014-15 is £4,000 and the money is awarded on a discretionary basis upon aplication to the Director of Representation.

Read the Education Discretionary Fund Guidelines (PDF) and fill in the online application form (requires St Andrews log-in) to apply for the Fund.

 

Training Resources

More information about training for Class Reps is available here.

• Class Rep Handbook (Undergraduate)
• Postgraduate Rep Handbook
• New Class Reps Training Slides
• Returning Class Reps Training Slides

 

Class Rep Job Descriptions

• Library Rep: Work closely with the Library on improving the library facilities, online reading lists, access to learning resources (both paper and online), and on raising awareness to students about services on offer (e.g. inter-library loan, morebooks@ etc.) You will attend 3 SLUG meetings (Oct 30th, Feb 12th, and Apr 16th; all 4-5pm) a year which will also be attended by senior staff in the Library and you will be able to raise any issues directly with them.
• Employability Rep: Work closely with the Careers Centre on organising School-specific employability events (e.g. inviting alumni to speak about careers options for students within your School). You will attend 3 Employability Reps Forums (Nov 5th, Feb 18th, and Apr 8th; all 4-5pm) a year which will also be attended by the Director of Careers Centre. This will be a platform for you to raise any issues directly with senior staff in the Careers Centre and also to share good practise with other Employability Reps.
• Minute Taker: Take notes that are an accurate account of the discussions held at SSCC meetings. These minutes provide a formal account of who was at the meeting, what was discussed, what actions were agreed upon, and who will carry out these actions.
• Social Rep: Help to “build social community” within your School and organise informal events for both students and staff to bring everyone together. You can start projects like student-staff lunches, coffee mornings/afternoons, pizza parties, wine & cheese for students and staff etc.

 

University Strategic Documents

• University Learning & Teaching Policies
• Student Handbook
• Collaboration statement amongst staff and students at the University of St Andrews

 

Additional Readings

• Dimensions of Quality, by Graham Gibbs (Higher Education Academy, 2010)
• Implications of 'Dimensions of quality' in a Market Environment, by Graham Gibbs (Higher Education Academy, (2012)
• Minute Taking Tips, by Ubiqus.

 

Food for Thought

• 'Publishing student evaluations of lecturers will improve teaching' by John Colley (10 Oct 2013, Times Higher Education)
• 'Number of university students seeking counselling rises 33%' by Nicole Froio (10 Oct 2013, The Guardian DataBlog)
• 'Could independence herald a new approach to higher education in Scotland?' by Amy Westwall (9 Oct 2013, Herald Scotland)
• 'My life as a disabled student' by Michaela Hollywood (3 Oct 2013, The Guardian: Blogging Students)
• 'Harvard plans to boldy go with 'SPOCs'' by Sean Coughlan (23 Sept 2013, BBC News)
• 'All Hail MOOCs! Just Don't Ask If They Actually Work' by Jon Marcus (12 Sept 2013, TIME Magazine)

The articles in this section are for information and discussion only; they do not represent the viewpoints of the Students' Association.