The Union   
  The Union aims to support all student representatives, including faculty and divisional representatives, postgraduate and undergraduate students in departments.  

      Each faculty has a representative who sits on the Union's Academic Committee as well as postgraduate rep, and there are divisional representatives who sit on the Union's Postgraduate committee, who will be able to assist you with and queries or divisional level problems that may crop up.  The academic and Welfare Secretary can provide advice on how to approach issues within your department, and might be able to assist you if there is a problem you cannot resolve by yourself.  The Student Advice Centre also provides essential advice and support.  The Centre provides advice and information to all students on issues such as housing, finance and academic problems.  Specialist help for student reps is provided by Richard Eastall, the Unions Education and welfare Manager who is located in the Student Advice Centre. ..  Student Rep training is also provided by the Union which aims to equip all student reps with the necessary knowledge and skills to become effective representatives.  The new academic year also sees the launch of the Academic Council to which every departmental committee will send a delegate to discuss important educational issues at the University  wide level.  Another new initiative to begin this year is a Special Project Fund which staff-student committees can apply for in order to do research and surveys on any relevant issues. Overall, our representation works best if we know what our student reps are speaking about.  So please ensure that you keep in regular contact with your divisional representative and contact the Academic and Welfare Secretary if you need more support.  We are here to help and we want to make sure that students' views count.  


Created by Timothy D Longson (1998)