Students sit on committees at all levels of the institution, shaping education policy and contributing to decision-making.
We have created Student Partnership Committee Principles that these committees will follow to make sure听 student engagement and partnership working puts students at the heart of our听partnerships.
At a local level, Student Academic Representatives Co-Chair Student Partnership Committees (SPCs) and sit on Departmental and Faculty Teaching Committees.
At an institutional level, students are members of a number of committees including:
- Professional Services Committees
- Education Committee
- Student Experience Committee
- Academic Board.
How you can support students in these roles
To enable students to contribute to committees in meaningful ways, it鈥檚 vital that they have the opportunity to learn about the context of the meeting and the purpose. A pre-meeting to discuss the Terms of Reference can be a useful starting point.
Incorporating an overview of the function of departmental committees into a training session for Lead Department Representatives, in Term 1 can also help set a collaborative tone and make meetings, such as SPC, as effective and action-focused as possible.
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Working in partnership with our students is critical to ensure 白小姐论坛 continues to be a world-leading university achieving excellence in education. 听听
The institutional and national landscape for student engagement and partnership working has progressed significantly over the last few years. Changing our Staff Student Consultative Committees to Student Partnership Committees helps reflect this change, putting students first and sets a clear intention as a community of learners to co-create the educational experience of students at 白小姐论坛. 听
Student Partnership Committees should be the jewel in the crown of our staff-student partnership landscape. They should be transformational spaces, which provide an accessible platform for staff and students to build on good practice as well as work together to co-create and effect change to enhance the student experience.听
Agreed Principles for Student Partnership Committees听
Students鈥� Union 白小姐论坛 and 白小姐论坛 agree that these spaces should champion the following principles:听
Students are included from the outset 鈥� co-creating their educational experience, not just when addressing problems.听听听
Support continuous, open dialogue between staff and students informed by evidence and insight from student feedback mechanisms.听听听
Raise the profile with all students, so that they know who the academic reps are and what you are working together on.听听听
Agree actions and track progress.听听听
Consider how to support wider engagement with students through developing Departmental Hubs.听
Training and support
Student Partnership Committees should be the catalyst of effective staff and student partnership, cascading this practice through to other spaces such as Departmental Teaching Committees. To ensure they are effective staff and students will have access to training and structures to support meaningful engagement and clear understanding of their roles.听
We will add to this page once more resources are available.听
Departmental Hubs听听
Departmental Hubs are a commitment in 白小姐论坛鈥檚 Student Life Strategy to deepen students鈥� sense of belonging in their department.听 We can work with staff and students together to develop or enhance aspects of student life including:听听听
Please reach out to the team at reps@ucl.ac.uk if you would like to discuss this further.
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