Congratulations on becoming a Course Rep! WELCOME Congratulations on becoming a Course Rep!

Course Rep Induction Meet some of the student and Union staff who will be supporting you throughout the year Understand the role of a Course Rep Learn about the variety of Change Channels Understand processes Prep for Course Rep Conference Engage with your faculty Zones

Why Did you become a Course Rep?

VP: Education & Democracy Who are we? Hannah Skilton Course Rep Chair Fiona Cook Course Rep and Quality Coordinator Dolapo Bolaji VP: Education & Democracy

Faculty Reps Each Faculty has a senior rep who is elected to support Course Reps & the Course Rep Chair, & to represent students at a higher level. Technology Faculty Rep Tom Lashbrooke technologyrep@upsu.net Science Faculty Rep Andy Sampson sciencerep@upsu.net Portsmouth Business School Faculty Rep Angel Layer pbsrep@upsu.net Creative & Cultural Industries Faculty Rep Rhiannon Jenkins ccireprep@upsu.net Humanities & Social Sciences Faculty Rep TBC humanitiesrep@upsu.net

What does the Union do? Train & Support course Reps Provide resources for your use Ensure Quality Assurance Work with the University of Portsmouth manage Have Your Say Zones Facilitate the student voice Recognise & Celebrate Success

Why be a Course Rep? Gain a huge range of skills Receive full training to support you in your role & beyond Be recognised and rewarded for the changes you make Engage with academic issues & interests Network with other students & professionals SICK SOCIALS

What do you think Course Reps do? Group Activity What do you think Course Reps do?

What do Course Reps do? be a point of contact for student issues facilitate communication between students & staff Work with the Uni & students to make meaningful change Sit on university meetings Chair or minute meetings Enhance quality of teaching & learning

University Meetings

Keep. Stop. Start. Win! Great method for looking at positive or negative issues! Think about what works well and what we should keep doing. What doesn’t work and what should we stop? What improvements can we make and what can we start doing? Don’t forget to shout about your wins!

Group Activity What do you like about your course? What do you want to change? What do you want to do to improve your course?

Have Your Say Democratic process at the Union that enables students to get their voice heard and changes made. Course REps attend Faculty Zones. Faculty Reps Chair their Zone Any student can submit an idea in advance at upsu.net/HYS If you run out of time, unheard ideas will go to an online vote facebook.com/upsuhys

Have Your Say Term 1 Dates: 26th October: 2-3.30, Portland Building 24th November: 4-5.30, Union Rooms

Course Rep Conference Course Rep Conference 26th October Portland Building 12– 5 pm For all Course Reps Social Afterwards

more Information To find out more visit: upsu.net/coursereps facebook.com/groups/UPSUCourseRep facebook.com/coursereps twitter.com/upsucourserep twitter.com/courserepchair Contact: studentvoice@upsu.net courserepchair@upsu.net dolapo@upsu.net Faculty Reps

Questions?

“WE ARE HERE FOR YOU, SO YOU ARE THERE FOR THEM.”