Key Documents

Course Rep Handbook (19-20)

Click here to download a PDF version of the Course Rep Handbook (19-20)

Click here to download the Academic Representation Code of Practice

Course Rep Resources

Student Feedback Survey Template

Rep Acronym Buster!

Common Issues Faced by Course Reps

Student Staff Liaison Committee Guidance (coming soon)

Lecture Shout Out Template

Two Stars and a Wish Template

School Rep Contacts

You can find your School Rep Contacts HERE

Staff Contacts

Every School has a named member of academic staff with responsibility for supporting the School Reps and Course Reps within that School. These are called the Student Engagement, Representation and Communications Coordinators, known for short as SERCCs, and Course Rep Coordinators. Click here for their contacts.

You also have a lot of support from the Students' Union (both Officer and staff teams):

Abbie Banner Student Voice Assistant	a.banner@worc.ac.uk	01905 543224
Harry South Vice President Education	h.south@worc.ac.uk	01905 543217
Tim Hewes-Belton Student Engagement Manager	t.hewesbelton@worc.ac.uk	01905 543222

National Union of Students Resources

Worcester Students' Union is affiliated to NUS. The National Union of Students recognises the vital role played by Course Reps, in representing the student voice and driving forward changes which enhance the quality of the educational experience of students on their courses. Here are some of the NUS resources you may find useful.

Course Rep systems benchmarking tool

This "tool" can be used by Course Reps and University staff to explore how well developed our course representation is and how it might be further improved.

Assessment and feedback benchmarking tool

We know that assessment and feedback is a recurring cause for concern amongst students. This document highlights the range of practices and provides examples of what might constitute positive changes.

Understanding the barriers to student engagement

This report includes examples of good practice from a number of Universities which have developed effective ways of getting students more involved and better engaged in their students' union and university.

The Student Engagement Partnership (TSEP)

The Student Engagement Partnership supports, develops and promotes student engagement activity in the higher education sector in England. They are a central resource for practitioners and institutions and coordinate the sharing of knowledge and practice relating to student engagement at a national level. You'll find lots of resources for Course Reps on their website.

The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)

The Government introduced the TEF which aims to recognise and reward high quality teaching in higher education. The purpose is to:

Give students clear information about where teaching quality is best and where students have achieved the best outcomes;
Encourage a stronger focus on the quality of teaching in higher education.

You can find a handy guide from HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) here.

You can find TEF's submission (as from June 2017) here.

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