Purpose of the role:

As a Class Rep, you'll play a crucial role in shaping the student experience. Each class has a dedicated rep (or reps!) who acts as the bridge between students and the school. Your main goal? Ensure that every student's voice is heard and that their concerns and suggestions are addressed.

What You'll Gain

Being a Class Rep offers a unique opportunity to develop valuable skills and experiences that will benefit you both personally and professionally. You'll gain:

  • Leadership and Communication Skills: Learn how to effectively represent your peers and communicate their needs to the academic teams.
  • Problem-Solving Abilities: Develop strategies to address and resolve student issues.
  • Networking Opportunities: Build connections with staff members and other student leaders.
  • Confidence and Public Speaking: Gain experience presenting feedback in formal settings.

Responsibilities of the role of Class Rep:

As a Class Rep, you'll have a range of important responsibilities, including:

  • Attending Student Staff Liaison Committees (SSLCs): You'll represent your peers at these meetings, presenting feedback to staff and advocating for changes that will improve the student experience.
  • Signposting Students to Support Providers: Be the go-to person for your peers, guiding them to the appropriate support services when they need help.
  • Listening to Feedback: Actively seek out and listen to the feedback and concerns of your fellow students, ensuring their voices are heard and their needs are met.

Why Stand for Course Rep?

  • Make a Real Impact: Your efforts will directly influence the quality of education and student life for your peers.
  • Enhance Your CV: Stand out to future employers with demonstrated leadership and advocacy experience.
  • Personal Growth: Gain confidence, develop new skills, and grow as an individual.
  • Easy Recognition: We will provide you with a lanyard and digital badge to make sure your class know who you are.

Purpose of the role:

As a Course Champion, you'll be the voice of students within your course, ensuring their concerns, suggestions, and ideas are heard at the highest levels. Your main objective? Enhance the academic experience for all students within your course.

What You'll Gain

Being a Course Champion offers a wealth of opportunities for personal and professional development. You'll gain:

  • Advanced Leadership Skills: Hone your ability to lead and represent a diverse group of students.
  • Public Speaking and Advocacy: Build confidence as you present feedback and proposals in formal settings.
  • Easy Recognition: We will provide you with a hoodie, lanyard, and digital badge to make sure your peers know who you are.

Responsibilities of a Course Champion:

As a Faculty/School Rep, you'll take on a variety of important responsibilities, including:

  • Attending SSLC Meetings: Represent your peers at these meetings, voicing student feedback and advocating for improvements.
  • Engaging with Student Support Services: Guide students to appropriate support resources and services.
  • Gathering and Presenting Feedback: Proactively seek feedback from students across your course and present it to Univeristy staff.
  • Attending and Leading Rep Forums with Students: Facilitate discussions among students, ensuring their voices are heard and their concerns addressed.
  • London Officer collaboration: Work with our London officer to strengthen the rep community and support student campaigns.

Why Stand for Course Champion?

  • Drive Positive Change: Influence policies and initiatives that directly affect students within your faculty.
  • Boost Your CV: Demonstrate your leadership, advocacy, and strategic thinking skills to future employers.
  • Grow Personally and Professionally: Gain invaluable experience and develop a broad skill set that will benefit you in any career.

Purpose of the role:

As a PGR Representative, you'll be the voice of postgraduate research students within your faculty and across the university. You'll work to ensure that the needs, concerns, and ideas of PGR students are heard and addressed by faculty and university staff. Your primary objective? Improve the academic and research experience for all PGR students at ARU.

What You'll Gain

Being a PGR Rep offers a wealth of opportunities for personal and professional development. You'll gain:

  • Advanced Leadership Skills: Develop your ability to represent and advocate for a diverse group of postgraduate researchers.
  • Research Policy Insights: Gain an in-depth understanding of the policies and procedures that impact postgraduate research.
  • Extensive Networking: Connect with faculty members, university administrators, and fellow PGR students.
  • Public Speaking and Advocacy: Build confidence as you present feedback and proposals in formal settings.
  • Additional Opportunities: Engage in high-level discussions and decision-making processes that affect PGR students.

Responsibilities of the role of PGR Rep:

As a PGR Rep, you'll take on a variety of important responsibilities, including:

  • Attending Faculty Partnership Meetings: Represent PGR students at these meetings, voicing their feedback and advocating for improvements.
  • Engaging with Student Support Services: Guide PGR students to appropriate support resources and services.
  • Gathering and Presenting Feedback: Proactively seek feedback from PGR students across your faculty and present it to faculty staff.
  • Attending and Leading PGR Forums: Facilitate discussions among PGR students, ensuring their voices are heard and their concerns addressed.

Why Stand for PGR Rep?

  • Drive Positive Change: Influence policies and initiatives that directly affect PGR students.
  • Boost Your CV: Demonstrate your leadership, advocacy, and strategic thinking skills to future employers.
  • Grow Personally and Professionally: Gain invaluable experience and develop a broad skill set that will benefit you in any research career.
  • Enhance the PGR Experience: Play a critical role in improving the academic and research environment for all PGR students at ARU.

What is Recommend a Friend?

Do you know someone who would make a fantastic rep? You can anonymously recommend them to encourage them to apply by completing the form below. Please include as many details as you can and we'll contact them with further information about how to stand.

This does not count as a nomination or a vote. We will send the student the recommendation and it is then down to them if they wish to officially stand as a candidate.