The voice of your course
Student Reps are elected by students to represent their views and interests when communicating with Course Leaders, University Senior Leaders and the SU.
The main roles of student reps are to be a welcoming and approachable person for peers to reach out to, regularly meet with Course Leaders to pass on student views about the course (both positive and constructive), and to attend termly Student Rep Group (SRG) meetings with all student reps and the University’s Senior Leadership Team for updates and the ability to raise wider non-course specific issues.
Student Reps also have an important role to play in running the SU, specifically in designing policy positions for us to take on academic affairs during the Acdemic Affairs and Representation Council.
Your Student Rep team
There are two students reps in each year group of each course. This means that for a standard three year undergraduate course there will be a team of up to six Student Reps that work to represent their peers.
To find out who your Student Reps are, please visit your the Student Voice section on your Course Hub, via the VLE.
Student Reps are collaboratively run by the SU and the University, with the SU running aspects of the democratic student voice, and the University keeping academics keenly involved and providing administrative support.
The SU provides training and support to all student reps at the beginning of the academic year. We also reach out to any new reps who start throughout the year to offer bespoke and personal training when they begin. Reps that need support to complete their duties, or who would like to run a campaign in their role can reach out to the SU for support.
Reps are elected during the start ofterm in classes - someone from the SU will visit each year group and facilitate an election during the lesson.
Further information about Student Reps, along with useful resources and materials, can be found on the Student Leader Hub.
Support in the Role
If you have any questions or require any support in the role, please let us know by emailing studentsunion@norwichuni.ac.uk or popping by our office.
