About Us

Welcome to Academic Representation at the St Andrews Students’ Association!  

Academic representatives are a core component of the Union and work to ensure the student body are heard by the University on academic matters and thereby enhance the educational experience at St Andrews.  

All students have at least one Class Representative who advocates for their interests. Class Reps collaborate with staff to act on relevant feedback. Their work is supported by the School Presidents, Language Conveners, Faculty Presidents, and the President of Education, all of whom dedicate their time to ensure that student views are heard and actioned.

The Students' Association network of academic representatives consists of the following positions:  

• President of Education (PresEd) - The lead student representative within academic representation. A full-time Union President who advocates improvements to teaching, learning, and research for all students through university and union committees. 

• Arts and Divinity Faculty President (ADFP) and Science and Medicine Faculty President (SMFP) - The Chairs of the Education Committee (EduCom). They support the PresED and School Presidents, sit key Union and University committees and speak for undergraduate students in their respective faculties.  

• Postgraduate Taught (PGT) and Postgraduate Research (PGR) Presidents -  Oversee the Postgraduate Representative System and coordinate the PGT/PGR Representatives.  

• School Presidents and Department Presidents - The lead undergraduate representatives within each School/Department. They chair Staff Student Consultative Committee (SSCC) meetings and provide support to their schools' Class Reps.  

• Class Reps – Responsible for conveying feedback from students to staff. They represent modules and School-wide agendas (e.g. Sustainability) across all years and sit on their school's SSCC. Additionally, they promote events and resources, and generally enhance the educational experience at St Andrews. 

• Postgraduate Reps – Like Class Reps but exclusively for graduate students, these representatives work to represent and enhance the PG community in their School. The structure is split between PGR (Research) and PGT (Taught) reps. PGT Reps work closely with the UG structure given the similarity of course delivery, while PGR Reps are more separate given the different nature of issues that typically arise. 

The Academic Representation system is supported by staff members in the Students' Association. The Academic Representation Coordinator and the Academic Representation Interns (PG and UG) ([email protected]) are responsible for the operational and administrative delivery of academic representation. 

Together, this network contributes to every level of decision-making related to learning and teaching within the University.