The Team

The Team

The Academic Representation Team is led by the President of Education, who is supported by two Faculty Presidents (Arts and Divinity/Science and Medicine). Together, they organise and support the Education Committee, which is made up of the School and Department Presidents that lead representation in each University subject. Alongside the President of Education are the Postgraduate President (Taught and Research) who help to deliver academic representation, along with other responsibilities, to the postgraduate community.

A visualisation of this structure can be seen below.

Alongside the representative structure are paid, permanent members of staff in the Students' Union who are responsible for the operational delivery of academic representation. In short, they work behind the scenes to ensure key events such as Class Rep Elections, Teaching Awards and the Academic Representation Conference run smoothly.

Most of this work is done by the Academic Representation Coordinator, who is supported by two Academic Representation Interns (Undergraduate/Postgraduate).

The President of Education is Emily Bannister:

 Message for Emily:

Hi, I'm Emily, your President of Education (PresEd). I represent student on all things learning, teaching and research at the University of St Andrews. I represent students on University Court and attend key university and union committees to ensure student views are present when decisions are made. I am responsible for leading, training and supporting over 400 academic representatives, and working alongside them to make impacts to all levels of your learning experience. I participate in internal quality assurance and enhancement procedures at the University, and work with external organisations to help them keep the learning experience at St Andrews ahead of the curve.

You can contact Emily at [email protected]