Programme Reps
What are they?
Programme reps are students who are elected by their peers to represent all students on their particular course.
Each year we have around 450 programme reps giving them the potential to be one of the most influential groups on the campus.
We really recommend that you take advantage of this great opportunity and get involved and become Programme Reps; it is a great opportunity to become part of a team, enhancing your CV whilst being at the forefront of educational developments at Loughborough. Becoming a Programme Rep leads to future opportunity’s, for example the chance to become a Programme President.
Programme reps are the main point of call for students who have problems, issue or ideas relating to their course. Programme reps voice these views at Staff Student Liaison Committee meetings which occur termly. At these meetings a number of academic staff meets with Programme Reps to help overcome problems students encounter over the academic year. In addition to this Programme Reps receive Department specific training and a Department specific resource pack which is given to assist them with their role throughout the year. On-going guidance and support is provided by the VP Education and Student Voice.
Opportunity profile
The basic outline of the job role can be found here Undergrad; Postgrad; the opportunity profile describes the main roles and responsibilities a Programme Rep would have.
Who is your Programme Rep?
You can find who is your Programme Rep at www.lufbra.net/youreducation/programmereps. The reps are listed by department/school.
If you have any queries regarding your course or your course is not listed, please contact either; VP Education; Jayde Savage at vpeducation@lufbra.net or Emma Dresser; Student Voice at emmadresser@lufbra.net
Essential Documents
Did you know that the Students Union has a load of policies in place to support you and help you make the most out of your volunteering? you can read all of the policies that affect you by clicking on the links below;
Volunteer policy
Health and Safety policy for volunteers
Volunteer equal opportunities statement
Grievance procedure for volunteers
Events
Forthcoming Events
The 2nd Programme Rep Conference will be held on Wednesday 9th May. All Programme reps are invited to and encouraged to attend. It is also a great opportunity to speak with other PRs and voice queries that occur across the different Schools. Lunch is provided and you can sign up HERE
Past Events
May 2012
The second Programme Rep Conference of this academic year was held on 9th May 2012 and we are pleased to say that 50 Programme Reps attended. The conference included two guest speakers from the University, Maurice Fitzgerald who gathered feedback on the Student Charter (slides here) and Ruth Stubbings from the Library who talked about academic skills support (slides here). During lunch stalls were hosted by the Library and the Student Voice advocates.
The Programme Reps were then split up into their departments and took part in group discussions led by the Programme Presidents. The Reps were asked for each topic what they would like us and the University to start, stop and continue doing. They covered various topics, the notes of which can be found below:
Assessment & Feedback
Communication
Programme Presidents
Other topics - International Students, Student Charter & SSLCs.
November 2011
The first conference of this academic year was held on the 23rd of November 2011. To see pictures and an overview of what happened at the first conference click below
Overview
Photos
December 2010
The conference included a guest speaker from the University Maurice Fitzgerald who spoke about the Loughborough Students Charter, speeches from two NUS delegates and an Open Space Technology (OST) session from Andy Parsons the Union Director/Permanent Secretary of the Students Union. It was a very engaging conference where ideas from across the institution from numerous programme Reps were discussed, especially looking into improvements which could be made at departmental level in light of the recent changes to Higher Education due to the Browne Review.
If you would like to see a summary of the key topics discussed and points raised please click HERE.
If you would like to learn more about 'Innovative Teaching' click HERE.
Programme Reps Newsletters
Issue 5 - Spring 2012
Past issues can be found HERE
Programme Rep Resources
Did you miss training, or do you want to review what we went through in the session? Click HERE to view the slides used during training.
Have you attended an SSLC meeting? if so we want to know how it went, click HERE to complete the SSLC form and email it back to us
Did you know that this year we have put together a handbook for every single School / Department? There is loads of useful information in there such as key contacts, SSLC dates and lots of other things. click on your School/Department below to view your handbook.
Not sure who your Academic Librarian is?
Click HERE to download a list (.docx) or visit www.lboro.ac.uk/library/about/StaffList.html for a full list of University Library Staff.
NUS Connect
Click here for NUS connect. Here you can find out more information about Programme Reps. It offers ideas, advice and additional resources to those we have already given you at Loughborough for example ‘supporting course reps’ and ‘becoming a course rep’.