Student Representation. The Highlands and Islands Students' Association (HISA) represents all higher and further education students across the university partnership. They represent students at a national level through work with external organisations such as NUS Scotland (National Union of Students in Scotland), NUS UK (National Union of Students) and SPARQS. There is HISA representation on all relevant university committees. The full-time officers agree priorities for the region by working together with the local officers and other elected student representatives. The University of the Highlands and Islands was the first university in Scotland to launch a new Student Partnership Agreement (SPA) in 2016-17 and sets out how students and staff can work together to improve the student experience. HISA and local officers are making significant progress on local partnership agreements with many now signed by academic partner principals.
Student Representation. Following the completion of the student representation project, the university partnership approved a budget of £300,000 for the first year of operation of the new student representation body - HISA. HISA represents all students across the partnership regionally and also represents over 17,000 students at ten academic partners at a local level. The first association director has been appointed and took up post in January 2016. HISA is an autonomous students’ association and will have a small team of staff working with the student officers to support its regional committees and the delivery of its strategy and Student Partnership Agreement. HISA has three regional Principal Officers who are full-time, paid sabbaticals. These officers sit on the University Court and committees, such as the Further Education Regional Board. Depute Presidents at ten academic partners were elected in academic year 2015/16. HISA is integrated with class representation at the grass roots and its regional structure will xxxxxx team working among officers across the partnership. HISA is a unique tertiary students’ association and puts the student voice at the heart of learning and teaching. The importance of HISA’s involvement in the development of this Outcome Agreement has not only been reflected through the contributions that the Officers have been made at senior committee level but also in a dedicated meeting between the Officers and the senior managers with responsibility for leading on the development of the regional agreement. “Everyone is incredibly excited about the future of HISA. The first few months have been a big challenge but a wonderful success. We have elected Deputies in all our Colleges, have a fully formed Executive Committee, had bigger voter turnout than ever before and been able to contribute to student engagement at local, regional and a national level. We sit on the majority of the University’s major committees and have sent representatives to both the Scottish and UK parliaments to discuss student issues. We have established our Trustee Board, a Student Partnership Agreement and now have both Strategic and Operational Plans. In the next year we want to focus on local representation, evolving the Class Representation Structure, enhancing equality and diversity and having more Clubs and Societies. The University and Colleges have been a massive support to us and we look forward to working with them in Partnership over the coming years.”
Student Representation. Effective student representation will ensure that students are enabled to express their views and opinions through a variety of different mechanisms to shape the life of the college: student responses to feedback surveys and focus groups; course team meetings; class representative meetings; student representation on college Committees and the Board of Management, and its standing committees ; Strategic Planning days; facilitated discussions; Education Scotland reviews; and external verification events. Each class shall have at least one class representative who will act upon the classes behalf to feedback to GKCSA and other relevant bodies to ensure any issues are dealt with in a timely and efficient manner. Class reps shall also meet at least once a term at the Student Representative Council to address any ongoing issues/ratify GKCSA policy. GKCSA will then engage in the college policy and procedures to facilitate change where required and recommended. Fair student representation on committee’s both internal and at board level shall be encouraged by both parties and where ever possible all barriers including timetabling and transport to venue will be removed by the college when organising meetings/committees to ensure student participation.
Student Representation. Project Responsibility Outcomes Rationale Development of a policy for Course Representatives DVC(A) ANUSA PARSA Develop policy and procedures to standardise course reps and information flow across the university. Practice for appointing Reps is in place but is uneven across Colleges – Need to advocate for a University wide policy to ensure bets practice. Engagement with the Student Voice Australia project to contribute to and encourage Student Partnership across the sector AB (Chair) ANUSA PARSA Continued knowledge sharing within the sector regarding Student Partnership Agreements. As the National University, the ANU has the opportunity to take a leadership role in this space.
Student Representation. The Religious Studies Student Association (RSSA) shall elect representation to the membership of the Department. See Section 6 below for further details.
Student Representation. Effective student representation will ensure that students are enabled to express their views and opinions through a variety of different mechanisms to shape the life of the college: • student responses to feedback surveys and focus groups; • course team meetings; • class representative meetings; • student representation on college Committees and the Board of Management and its standing committees; • strategic planning days; • facilitated discussions; • Education Scotland reviews; and • external verification events. Each class shall have at least one class representative who will act upon the classes behalf deliver feedback to GKCSA and other relevant bodies to ensure any issues are dealt with in a timely and efficient manner. GKCSA will then engage in the College’s policies and procedures to facilitate change where required and recommended. Fair student representation on College committee’s both internal and at Board level shall be encouraged by both parties and wherever possible all barriers including timetabling and transport to venue will be removed by the college when organising meetings/committees to ensure student participation. Students shaping the Life of the College Learner engagement is one of the three key principles on which college quality arrangements are based. College staff are increasingly involving students in shaping and agreeing how they will learn. Students provide feedback on how well learning and teaching approaches, programmes and college services meet their needs. The College uses feedback from students to make improvements to programmes and services. Staff involve students to work together to enhance and enrich the learning experience and the wider working life of the College. Managers are involving students in the planning and decision-making processes at College level, through meaningful involvement of students in cross-college collaboration, standing committees of the Board and other college committees. The College and the Student Association have agreed to work in partnership to raise awareness and participation in the Student Association during session 2020/21, together they will: • work intensively with class representatives to provide training and opportunities that will engage their class and implement an effective transport of communication; • actively promote Student Association activities to engage students in their campus and greater college community; and • support students as we adapt into a new era of blended learn...
Student Representation. Student represents that (i) Student is a graduate of a university (ii) that Student has been accepted to and has enrolled in the Master’s Degree Program at the Loyola University Chicago School of Education (the “Degree Program”), which enrollment shall be subject to the terms of the Degree Program which Student has or will agree to separately.
Student Representation. Students are represented in the programme and the partner universities in different ways: • Through the S-DISCO Student and Alumni association. • Through student representatives who are invited in each of the S-DISCO Management Board meetings for the parts where no confidential information is discussed. • Through student representatives in the S-DISCO Education Quality Assurance Board (EQAB). • Through the student representatives in the overarching faculty and university organisations.
Student Representation. The HISA team comprises student representatives who are full and part-time, both paid and volunteers: from Class Reps, who feed issues directly back to their classes; to those running HISA’s clubs & societies; and to elected Local and Regional Officers, ensuring development that is appropriate to the region where they are based. Manifestos from the 2018-19 Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates showed a pronounced interest in, and commitment to, equality issues, including but not limited to representation of minority groups. There was a clear commitment to women, XXXX and LGBT liberation groups, but also a clear message of inclusion relating to Gaelic speakers, remote and rural inhabitants and FE students, who may feel peripheral due to associations of the University with the HE sector. A sample of candidates and extracts from their manifestos is available overleaf. Our E&D Advisor will work with HISA to provide practical advice and support in relation to focused E&D Activity.
Student Representation. The Students’ Association is responsible for overseeing the formal mechanisms for student engagement through the College’s student representative structures. Students are invited onto committees and working groups relating to the student experience across all levels of governance and are actively engaged in the decision making processes. The main representative roles are our sabbatical Student President and paid part time Vice Presidents. In addition the Student Executive, Faculty Representatives and Class Representatives are involved in the representation structures and play a vital role in feeding information to staff and students. To ensure that every student at the College can have their voice heard, each course is required to support the election of a Class Representative who can speak on behalf of their peers on all matters related to their learning experience. Class Representatives are also given the opportunity to contribute to Course Improvement and Action Meetings (CIAMs) which take place across the College twice a year with the aim of enhancing the quality of the learning experience on each course. These meetings are also informed by our Student Experience and Learning & Teaching Surveys through which all students can express their opinion. Class Representatives elect Faculty Representatives who become members of the Student Representative Council of the Students’ Association. Faculty Representatives are able to raise issues and challenges within College decision making forums such as the Academic Board and other college committees. To ensure that the diversity of our student body is represented within the decisions made by the Students’ Association, there are roles set aside on the Student Representative Council for international students, women, BME students, LGBT+ students and students with disabilities. Training and ongoing support is provided for all student representatives by the Students’ Association and Student Engagement Teams. Representation at CitySA
