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Congratulations

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

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

Unit 1 The Role of an SRC/ RSRC SRC

Role outline To represent student views within the School or Department

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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?

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

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!

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.

SRC Mid year review

SRC End of year review

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

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!)

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

Queries / Advice Contact details Sam Hilton Student Engagement Co-ordinator De Montfort Students’ Union samuel.hilton@dmu.ac.uk 0116 3664812 Sophia Goddard Learning and Teaching Senior Adviser Department of Academic Quality De Montfort University sgoddard@dmu.ac.uk 0116 2506286

DMU Quality processes and events Key contacts & support Validation Rebecca Thirlby, Quality Officer (Taught Programmes) 0116 2506494 rebecca.thirlby@dmu.ac.uk Periodic Review Louise Salmon, Quality Officer (Monitoring & Review) 0116 2577665 louise.salmon@dmu.ac.uk Kathryn Butler Partnerships Officer (Quality) 01162506449 kathryn.butler@dmu.ac.uk Collaborative Provision Web resources DSU https://www.demontfortsu.com/voice/representation/ DMU www.dmu.ac.uk/academic-quality You can also contact: Sophia Goddard, Learning and Teaching Senior Adviser, Department of Academic Quality, DMU – sgoddard@dmu.ac.uk