1. School Representative Coordinator Research Student Representative Coordinator Training

2. Congratulations

3. Who’s Who! DSU/DMU student voice team
Mollie Footitt @DSU_Edu Deputy President Education, DSU
Samuel Hilton @VoiceDSU Student Engagement Coordinator, DSU
Dr Abigail Moriarty Director of Learning and Teaching, DMU
Sophia Goddard,DMU Learning and Teaching Senior Adviser,DMU
#SRCTraining

4. Who’s Who!
But more importantly...who are you?

5. Unit 1
The Role of an SRC/ RSRC
SRC

6. Role outline
To represent student views within the School or Department

7. Role Outline
Attend and participate at allocated University Meetings and quality events

8. Role Outline (Core Duties)
To promote the course-level representatives role, and assist in the election process when required

9. Role Outline (Core Duties)
To assist with any communications between staff and students within the School or Department

10. Role Outline (Core Duties)
To represent student views within the School or Department
Attend allocated University Meetings and quality events - if you can’t attend then send feedback/talk to the Chair
To promote the course-level representatives role, and assist in the election process when required
To assist with any communications between staff and students within the School or Department

11. Role Outline (Students’ Union)
To be in regular contact with the Students’ Union

12. Role Outline (Students’ Union)
To liaise with the DSU Deputy President (Education), to ensure student views are represented accurately at the highest level

13. Role Outline (Students’ Union)
To actively participate in the DSU Education Council, contributing to policy decisions and helping to hold DSU officers to account

14. Role Outline (Students’ Union)
To be in regular contact with the Students’ Union
To liaise with the DSU Deputy President (Education), to ensure student views are represented accurately at the highest level
To actively participate in the DSU Education Council, contributing to policy decisions and helping to hold DSU officers to account

15. Role Outline (University)
To advise senior staff about student views (e.g. through regular contact with the Head of School or Department

16. Role Outline (University)
To attend the Pro Vice Chancellor Student Rep Forums

17. Role Outline (University)
Attend termly meetings with the Dean of Faculty

18. Role Outline (University)
To advise senior staff about student views e.g. through regular contact with the Head of School or Department
To attend the Pro Vice-Chancellor’s School Representatives Advisory Group
Attend termly meetings with the Dean of Faculty
Be the student rep for particular committees
Be the student rep panel member for quality events

19. SRCs have a crucial student voice role regarding Academic Quality
Your involvement will ensure that the student voice is heard and acted upon
By representing your fellow students you can influence and change all sorts of things that will benefit students

20. So, what is academic quality?
It’s all about safeguarding standards, maximising student achievement and enhancing the student experience
To make sure that you and your fellow students can be certain that your degree:
designed, delivered and assessed properly
Is relevant, current, fit for purpose
is equivalent to degrees from other universities
understood & valued by employers
Quality processes assure the quality & standard of your degree

21. SRC role outline stuff
You will consult with students in your School or Department and represent their views to the University in an open, constructive and professional manner
What might this involve?
Involvement in any of the following:
Faculty committees - including the staff-student consultative committees (SSCCs)
University committees
task & finish groups / working groups
Validation panel membership
Periodic Review panel membership
OR Lead and/or contribute to faculty- or university- wide student consultation projects, e.g. undertaking a survey, research project with a written report.

22. What does this actually mean?
Committee membership
Types of university committees /working groups:
Faculty
University
How do they work?
Formal to more informal
All have will have a ‘terms of reference and constitution’
Agenda, minutes/notes, action logs, or a variation of these
What is my role?
To represent the views of your fellow students (Dept/School/wider) in an open, constructve and professional manner
To enhance the student experience where it is needed
To contribute to discussions – your input is welcomed
Be professional
Be prepared
Be constructive
What does this actually mean?

23. Student panel members Validation, Periodic Review, Collaborative partnership events
This important role helps ensure that students are at the heart of decisions and that the student experience is continually improved
It also gives you an opportunity to gain an insight into courses other than your own, meet academics, subject experts, external senior people from industry / other universities

24. Feedback from student reps on panels & committees
I really enjoyed the day
I was given the chance to see the laboratories that the course uses, which gave me a new perspective of the university.
I was well supported in my role
It was so interesting and I learnt so much that will help me in the future.
Student involvement in meetings and committees gives students a real voice
I didn’t realise that the university did this
It’s definitely going on my CV!
I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of taking part and being able to question staff and students about their course.
You’ll get out it what you put it in to it and what you want to get out of it.
See how judgements are made
Meet a cross section of experienced knowledgeable people from within and outside of the university – other uni’s / professional bodies/ industry
Experience high level decision making and be part of it
It can be serious but there’s often humour
I made a difference!

25. SRC Objectives and Development Plan
Feedback from earlier SRCs and their Head of School/Department/Faculty Head of Research show that SRCs do find this really useful
Highly recommended
Useful conversation to start your time as an SRC
what do you want to achieve? What support might help?  
Good record of your achievements and development for your CV, interviews etc.

26. SRC Mid year review

27. SRC End of year review

28. Constructive conversations & communication An effective model for feedback for SRCs to use
Situation
Task
Action
Result
Alternative
Action
Result

29. General points for providing feedback as an SRC
Find a good time (as soon as possible)
Find a good place
Seek agreement to provide the feedback
Clarify your purpose
Own your feedback
Be specific
Be constructive and open
Keep it simple and to the point
Seek agreement on action
End positively (Feedback Sandwich!)

30. Constructive conversations
It’s the how we communicate that makes the difference!
Remember the videos from the selection event? Let’s revisit them
Constructive conversation techniques can make you more effective as an SRC and in your day to day life

32. Queries / Advice Contact details
Sam Hilton
Student Engagement Co-ordinator
De Montfort Students’ Union
Sophia Goddard
Learning and Teaching Senior Adviser
Department of Academic Quality
De Montfort University

33. DMU Quality processes and events
Key contacts & support
Validation
Rebecca Thirlby, Quality Officer (Taught Programmes)
Periodic Review
Louise Salmon, Quality Officer (Monitoring & Review)
Kathryn Butler
Partnerships Officer (Quality)
Collaborative Provision
Web resources
DSU
DMU
You can also contact: Sophia Goddard, Learning and Teaching Senior Adviser, Department of Academic Quality, DMU –