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Representation of your issues

Representation of your issues. University Committees ( Senate; Senate & College Committees). College Committees. Students’ Representative Council - like a Parliament of around 100 students. SRC Sub-committees:. External. Postgrad Forum. Teaching & Learning. Academic Services.

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Representation of your issues

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  1. Representation of your issues University Committees (Senate; Senate & College Committees) College Committees Students’ Representative Council - like a Parliament of around 100 students SRC Sub-committees: External Postgrad Forum Teaching & Learning Academic Services Welfare You School Rep ISSUE YOUR SCHOOL ISSUE Student – Staff Liaison committee YOUR COURSE

  2. Committees • Committees you are expected to attend: • Staff Student Liaison Meeting: • Organised by Subject Areas • Class reps and academic staff on a particular course • Range from formal to informal in format • Normally at least once a Semester • Aim: to discuss course related issues • Departmental/School secretary should contact you to invite you. If you do not hear anything within the first few weeks – get in touch with them.

  3. School Reps and School Councils • School Reps: • School Reps in your School may organise School Council meetings, or ask for your participation in online surveys, lunch meetings etc • Aims: • To discuss your issues, share what’s happening in your School/ideas for what to ask for & how to resolve your issues • let School reps know what’s happening so they can take issues up at School level and through the SRC

  4. Committees • Committees you may wish/find it useful to attend: • Teaching and Learning/Academic Services Committees • Academic Committees of the SRC • Any student can attend; students can be co-opted on to the committee to get voting rights • AIM: • to discuss T&L or AS(library, computers etc) issues • to make policy that will go before SRC • To organise and run campaigns • Students’ Representative Council (SRC): accountable to you: • you can attend SRC, although you will not have voting rights - though you can stand for election to SRC in future years! • See how your issues are taken forward!

  5. Key Contacts • Course Organiser • This will be your key academic contact • Some issues you will be able to take directly to them for resolution • Communication should be a two way process – your course organiser may ask you for input as well as listen when you come to them with an issues • School Representative • You should keep in touch with your School Rep • They may be able to help you resolve issues: • if there are wider implications than just for your course • They may know of how similar issues have been resolved elsewhere

  6. Key Contacts • EUSA Staff • EUSA is here to help you! Based in Potterrow, we can advise you if you are not sure how to take an issues forward • We have years of experience working with class reps and know how the University works • Drop in to the EUSA Office, call or email: class.reps@eusa.ed.ac.uk • Stevie Wise, EUSA Vice President Academic Affairs: • Elected Sabbatical student, responsible to you! • Contact her at any point for advice and support • vpaa@eusa.ed.ac.uk

  7. Ongoing Academic Issues

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