It seems like only yesterday that we published our term 1 rep impact blog highlighting the fantastic achievements our academic reps have accomplished. SSAMs have been continuing strong and we’re breaking down the impact made from this 2024/25 academic year.
It seems like only yesterday that we published our term 1 rep impact blog highlighting the fantastic achievements our academic reps have accomplished. SSAMs have been continuing strong and we’re breaking down the impact made from this 2024/25 academic year.
What are Student-Staff Action Meetings?
Staff-Student Action Meetings happen 3-6 times per academic year with course reps and staff from your department attending. Ahead of these meetings, course reps gather feedback from their course peers which they discuss with university staff at the meetings to create solutions to make your student experience better. Some of these changes will even be implemented to your course in term 3 and beyond. Read below a snapshot of the course reps’ impact for this term!
In the Economics department, students enrolled in a year in industry have asked for more support in securing their placement year. The department have listened and the year in industry coordinator will be running more frequent check-ins to provide more support to those students.
The Business & Management School are also working to standardise all module Moodle pages, at the request of student feedback, to make a more cohesive straightforward digital learning experience for students.
Students at the Biological Sciences department have asked for more day-time social events and the department along with the Bio Soc and Med Soc are promising to deliver!
Geography PGT Students have complained that the earth sciences lab has slow computers. The department have now provided access to high spec computers in the department, and additionally working to have an updated version of QGIS.
Psychology students have asked for their degree titles to change to be clearer as to their selected degree pathways and from 2025 onwards the department will deliver.
Over at Computer Science, 2nd years have requested more support in helping to understand and choose their module options for final year. The CS department have workshopped some ideas and ran a Module fair with staff and final year students to give 2nd years the chance to get know their modules before they make their choice!
Want a piece of the action?
If you want to be at the forefront of making direct improvements to your course and want to develop your communication, organisation and leadership skills, then keep an eye on our socials as we’ll be running recruitment for our next cohort of academic reps for the 2025/26 academic year in term 3!
Still have some issues you want to raise to your course rep? Find your course rep here and reach out!