Representation of your issues

Teaching & Learning

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Students’ Representative Council- like a Parliament of around 100 students

You

ISSUE School Rep

SRC Sub-committees:

YOUR SCHOOL

ISSUE

YOUR COURSE

Student – Staff

Liaison committee

University Committees (Senate; Senate & College

Committees)College Committees

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.

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

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!

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

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

Ongoing Academic Issues