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Student Representation - Staff/Student Liaison Committee Arrangements

College of Art, Science & Engineering

The following provides details of the school student representation structure for the schools in the College of Art, Science & Engineering

School of Architecture

Normally the School of Architecture has two representatives for each undergraduate year. These representatives are elected by our students. One of these student representatives is then elected as School President. The School President is then invited to attend School Board.

However, the School's Year 5 is split into five groups and each group has a student representative. This can also be the way that lower years elect their representative. The number of student representatives will be approximately 13 each session.

The School holds staff/student liaison meetings at least once each semester. These are student-led where the chair receives opinions/feedback on teaching, research issues, staffing, administration, facilities, etc from the student body.

At the postgraduate level, one student representative has been elected. Again this representative will be invited to attend School Board.

School of Computing

The School has fortnightly staff student meetings available to all students. This year the meeting will be run by Andy Cobley and the School is looking at enhancing those meetings so the format may change slightly but that will be done in consultation with the students. The School also has one (sometimes two) class representative for each year of study, and one for each of the IMD Levels too.

The School also has a student representative on our Industrial Advisory Board and a Careers Representative.

In addition to the Student President, the School also has two other undergraduate and one postgraduate representative on the School Board.

College of Arts & Social Sciences

The following provides details of the school student representation structure for the schools in the College of Arts & Social Sciences.

School of Law

Contacts: Mr Cowan Irvine

Undergraduate (LLB): LLB Staff/Student Committee

Remit: To act as a means of communication between staff and students on all issues affecting the LLB degree and the running of the School of Law

Composition

Postgraduate

  1. Diploma in Legal Practice Staff/Student Committee

    Remit: to act as a means of communication between staff and students on all issues affecting the operation of the Diploma in Legal Practice

    Composition

    • Convener - a member of staff
    • Student members - Four Diploma students
    • Staff Members - the Director of the Diploma and the Assistant Diploma Director
  2. Taught LLMs and Research Degrees

    Postgraduate Committee

    Remit: this is the School's committee dealing with all aspects of its postgraduate programmes. Part of its remit is to act as a means of communication between staff and students on all issues affecting the running of the taught LLM programmes and the activities of research students.

    Composition

    • Convener - Director of Taught Postgraduate Programmes
    • Student members - two LLM students and oOne research student
    • Staff members - the Director of Research programmes; Postgraduate Admissions Tutor; and two other members of staff

School of Psychology

The School has a Forum which includes 10 undergraduate representatives comprising the School President and School Forum Secretary, plus 2 reps from each year. The Forum has 5 scheduled meetings a year (3 in Sem 1, 2 in Sem 2) which tie in with the School's Learning & Teaching Committee and Board meetings. Extra meetings can be held if required.

The Forum (constitution available from here) normally consists of all the student reps plus the four academic year co-ordinators, the L3 practicals co-ordinator, the Director of L&T and myself. The Dean often attends and any other member of staff is welcome to attend or can be invited to attend by the student reps.

School of Social and Environmental Sciences

The school has four staff-student consultative committees: Geography, Economic Studies, Town & Regional Planning and Environmental Science.

Representatives are elected by their peers at the beginning of each academic session.

Normal composition for each of these groups: two student representatives for each of Level 1, 2, 3 and 4.

One member from each committee is elected to become a School Representative and invited to attend School Boards. In addition the School has a Student President. For Session 2008-09 this is Adam McVey.

The remit of the committees includes:

  1. To make recommendations to the Programme Board on the structure, content, teaching quality and method of assessment of any module offered by the Discipline. The evidence from annual student questionnaires will be particularly important in this respect.
  2. To make recommendations on any matter relating to the tuition and welfare of students which falls within the jurisdiction of the Discipline.

College of Life Sciences

The following provides details of the school student representation structure for the School of Learning & Teaching, College of Life Sciences

In academic session 2007/08 the School will have student module representatives for each module at each level:

Students all attend (if possible) the school's staff student liaison meetings and are free to raise any issues relating to that module. The School's President and Deputy President would also be in attendance and raise any general issues regarding the course or social activities etc. Dr Maureen Benwell is the convenor of the staff/student meetings and is also the staff member with the most contact with the module/class reps. The Committee meets once per semester and every module has a discussion board which all module leaders actively encourage.