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UAL Student Reps

Student and Course reps work with the University to improve your experience.

Course Reps

  • Are elected each year by students on your course
  • At the start of each year your course team will ask for nominations - this is your chance to put your name forward.
  • There may be one rep on a small course, or a rep for each year or pathway on a larger course.

Course Reps work with the course team to make sure that your views are heard. They attend regular course and programme committee meetings where they represent the views of you and your fellow students.

Student Reps

Student reps voice views of students when key decisions are made. They help make positive changes to your student experience.

Elections are also held for student reps to sit on each:

  • College Board of Studies.
  • College Academic Committee.

These reps are elected from those present at the first Student and Dean Forum each year.

Find out more about the role of students on committees

For more information about becoming a Student Rep, visit the Students' Union website

School Reps

  • Are elected each year by all UAL students in the Arts SU Elections.
  • Elections are every January/February and October/November, you can put yourself forward to represent students in your school during standing period.
  • There are 2 School Reps per School, and 6 per College.
School Reps work with School Deans, Course Reps and Arts SU to make sure that your views are heard at School-level. They attend Boards of Studies meetings where they represent the views of you and your fellow students.

Full-time officers

  • Are elected each year by all UAL students in the Arts SU Elections
  • Elections are every in January/February, and you can put yourself forward to represent all UAL students during standing period
  • There are 6x Full-Time Officer roles; 4x College Officers, representing each College, a Union Affairs Officer, and a Communities Officer
  • These are full-time, paid roles

Full-time officers:

  • work with other reps
  • work with UAL staff
  • make sure that your views are heard across all levels and set the direction of Arts SU for an academic year.

Training

Students’ Union runs training for all reps.

  • discuss your role
  • prepare agendas and participate effectively in meetings
  • prepare for problems you might encounter as a rep

The training runs for a morning or an afternoon.

Learn more

Academic Representation

Learn how UAL student's academic interests are represented through course and school representatives.

Your Officers

Learn more about what Sabbatical Officers do.

Arts SU elections

Find out more about the Arts SU elections.