2. Creating a Student Guild
Cal Courtney
Director, Centre for Student Engagement, Wellbeing and Success
Delon Jones
Student President

3. Student Representation

4. The Expectation
Arrangements exist for the effective representation of the collective student voice at all organisational levels, and these arrangements provide opportunities for all students to be heard.
QAA, Quality Code, Section B5

5. What we had
The situation in place before the foundation of the Guild was characterised as follows:
Each group elected a STAR (Student Academic Representative) and a Deputy STAR.
STARs and Deputy STARs elected a Lead STAR.
STARs or Deputy STARs attended Course Committees, the Student Staff Consultative Forum and Academic Committee.
STARs had continuous access to professional services staff and two drop-in sessions took place each week where STARs could chat to staff over tea and biscuits.
So, in many ways the expectations of the Quality Code were being met.
LSBM, Independent HE Conference 2017

6. So, what happened.
In 2015 LSBM hosted a HE Review, and the student leadership who had been elected the previous year really engaged with the whole process and enjoyed it. LSBM used this experience to start a conversation about expanding the system of student representation and here are some of the key stepping stones along the way.
LSBM, Independent HE Conference 2017

7. Stepping Stones
The Lead STAR became the Student President. There was no constitution in place. We just started calling him the Student President.
The Student President raised the idea of founding a Guild during the Student Staff Consultative Forum (SSCF) in October 2015.
During the months that followed a small group of interested students continued the conversation during the twice weekly drop-ins and on their own.
We made some key decisions at the spring 2016 SSCF, most notably the decision to elect a Student President, which raised the profile of the system of student representation.
LSBM staff worked on drafting a constitution which was handed to the Student President in September 2016.
LSBM, Independent HE Conference 2017

8. Stepping Stones - Delon
I was elected as a Student Representative in September 2016 and that’s when I became part of the conversation.
As we worked on developing the constitution we became mindful of the characteristics of the student body at LSBM. Many students juggle family life and work commitments with their studies. For this reason we decided on not following the traditional student union model of sabbatical officers because this would exclude many from leadership positions.
We decided on the name Guild as opposed to Union because we were inspired by workers in ancient London who also combined learning with work.
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9. What the Guild looks like today
Student Societies
Business & Enterprise; Law, Accounting and Finance; LGBT; Football.
Guild Manager
President
Elected each April by the student body and has the opportunity to work at Guild from each summer
Academic Committee; Course Committees; Board of Directors; Equality Diversity and Inclusion Team; QAEC
Peer Advisors
LSBM contracts out a signposting service to the Guild. The Guild trains Peer Advisors who run a Student Hub, signposting students who need assistance.
Student Staff Liaison Manager
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10. The School of Athens. Raphael, 1507-1511
Apostolic Palace, Rome.

11. Our Modern Paideia
Allies on the road to transformation.

12. Any Questions?