Student Representatives

Becoming a course representative

Within each course subject or year group, students are elected by their classmates to represent their views to members of University staff. These elections are run within each class and usually take place early in the first semester of the academic year.

These representatives act as a link between lecturers and students and are responsible for passing on information to their class and for bringing issues concerning their fellow students to the attention of academic staff.

Although all course representatives are elected through their classes, the Students' Association provides training for all of them once elections have taken place. The Association can also put students in touch with their course representative should they not know who they are.

All course representatives are also invited to attend the Student Congress. This is a once per semester event held by the Students' Association that allows all course representatives to come together to discuss the issues affecting their courses and to raise any outstanding concerns with the Students' Association who can in turn make representations to the University.

For more information about becoming a course representative visit the University's student representation page or contact the Association's Democratic Services Co-ordinator, Darren Matthews, at dmatthews@theunion.strath.ac.uk or by telephone on 0141 567 5049.            

Interested in passing on your experience of

being an effective Course Representative to others?

Sparqs (Student Participation in Quality Scotland) is currently recruiting 14 individuals to train newly elected Course Representatives across Scotland's colleges and universities next year.  Our Course Representative Training is used by all colleges and the vast majority of universities in Scotland.

To be eligible for one of these positions you must currently be a Course Representative and will be a student next year.  Associate Trainers are provided with full induction during a residential week between 1st and 5th of September, into training skills and how to deliver our Course Representative Training.  Following this week, you will be delivering 2 hour sessions within colleges and universities across Scotland, with the majority of this training taking place in September, October, February and April.  The hourly rate of pay will be £8 and you will be paid a daily rate of £50 for attending the residential induction in September.

Further information on the position can be found on our website at http://www.sparqs.ac.uk/about.aspx?pageid=1.6.3. 

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 30th April.  Applications should be returned to sparqs, 12a Union Street, Edinburgh EH1 3LU.  Interviews for the positions will take place across Scotland on the following dates:

Should you have any further questions please feel free to call the sparqs office.