Course Reps are volunteers who represent the voices of all students on their stage of Course. You may have one Course Rep, or you may have multiple.
They're your key person to raise your thoughts about your Programme, and then feed this back to University staff, who by making any necessary changes or responding accordingly. Most importantly, Course Reps close the feedback loop to make their peers aware of the impact that their feedback has had and what changes may be made or explaining why changes cannot be made.
If needed, the Course Reps can escalate feedback to the School Rep if the feedback affects multiple courses across the School or is of a more complex nature.
To find out who your Course Rep(s) are, visit Search for a Rep (upsu.com).
*Q What do Course Reps do?
*A Course Reps volunteer their time to collect feedback from other students in their cohort in relation to their academic experience. They gather a range of feedback on academic topics such as assessments, timetabling, learning resources, and much more, and then present this to Programme Staff at Programme Committee Meetings and Student-Staff Liaison Committees (SSLC's).
*A Following the meetings, Course Reps keep their cohorts informed about how their feedback has been progressed or acted upon by staff, both if feedback can be acted upon, or why something cannot be acted on.Course Reps purely focus on gathering feedback related to the experience of students in relation to their course. If you have some non-academic concerns related to personal circumstances, you can contact our friendly Advice Team at advice@su.plymouth.ac.uk, or visit the University's Student Hub in the Library.
*Q Why become a Course Rep?
*A If you're passionate about amplifying students' voices - the Course Rep position may be for you!
*L As a Course Rep, you will have the opportunity to pass on feedback from your peers, talking to Programme staff and what's going well and what could be done further to improve the student experience. You'll be able to develop your data collection skills, confidence, problem-solving, and much more!
*L Help shape the future of your course- you'll be in a unique role where the feedback of yourself and your peers could potentially help future students have an even greater experience during their studies!
*L Boost your CV -
*Q How do I become a Course Rep?
*A Dependent on your Programme Leader, Course Reps are either elected or self-nominated in September- so your first person to contact is them! Then, Programme Staff will share information with the Students' Union. .
*A If you're not a Course Rep but you'd like to be, speak to your Programme Leader!