Student Representation at UCEN Manchester
Get involved and shape your student experience
Student Reps
What is the role of a student rep?
The role of a student rep is to both proactively seek and represent the views, questions and experiences of their academic peers to staff. Our student reps work in collaboration with UCEN Manchester staff to improve the academic experience for students. Each one is responsible for representing students in a specified course group.
It's important to us for you to have a voice and an input on every part of your experience at UCEN Manchester and our talented, passionate student reps are crucial to this.
What's involved and why join?
- Be passionate about your course and classmates, by attending three meetings on their behalf.
- Work together to proactively problem solve any feedback from your peers.
- Free rewarding end of year celebration and certificate for your CV
- Save the date - attend the Online Student Rep Training Day
I loved being a student rep! One of the other reps saw me at a students conference as a fresh unconfident face and invited me over to a group of reps and from there I flourished in my 3 years of study.
I was in a small class on a new course, so I wanted to be in a position to make sure we were represented and our feedback was passed on. It also pushed me out of my comfort zone a little which was really good for me, I realised it was easy!
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Core Representatives
Paid role | £9.50 p/h in Edenred vouchers | Applications open September
The main purpose of this role is to work alongside the Student Voice and Students' Union teams to ensure that the views, ideas and feedback of UCEN Manchester students are heard, represented and acted upon.
Core Representatives play a key role in improving the student experience by gathering feedback, influencing decision-making and communicating outcomes back to students.
These roles are ideal for students who are passionate about improving the student experience. Interested in developing leadership and employability skills. Motivated to create positive change within UCEN Manchester, and committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.
Be the voice of your faculty or student community, influence change and help make UCEN Manchester an even better place to study.
There are three Core Representative positions available:
- Core Representative – Creative, Arts & Media
- Core Representative – Higher Technical and Professional
- Core Representative – Disability Representative
As a Core Representative you will:
- Gather feedback from students within your faculty or from students with disabilities and additional needs. Ensure all students have opportunities to share their views and experiences.
- Work closely with Student Representatives and the Student Voice Team to understand student priorities. Identify key themes, concerns and areas for improvement.
- Represent the views of students at board-level and committee meetings. Contribute to discussions that help shape the student experience.
- Act as a positive ambassador for student voice across UCEN Manchester.
As a Disability Representative, you will also:
- Champion the views and experiences of students with disabilities, long-term health conditions and additional support needs. Gather feedback on accessibility, inclusion and support services.
- Work with staff to identify barriers and opportunities to improve the student experience.
- Help ensure disabled students' voices are represented in institutional decision-making.
- Promote awareness of accessibility and inclusion across the student community.
What You'll Gain
- Experience of representing students at a strategic level.
- Development of leadership, communication and organisational skills.
- Valuable experience to strengthen your CV and future employment opportunities
- Payment per term in Edenred vouchers, redeemable at a wide range of retailers, subject to hours worked and quality of contribution.
Surveys
- Internal surveys are distributed (see your Student Handbook for live dates) about your induction process, student experience and as module evaluations so your programme can be improved year on year
- Make sure your voice is heard by taking part and encouraging your peers to participate
- Take part in the National Student Survey (NSS) for eligible students in their final year of a two or more year programme. This survey is externally run live February to April.