Student Reps are chosen in elections or by asking you to express an interest in the role, this should happen at the start of your new academic year. Student Reps repesent everyone on your year of study, so ideally your classmates will vote in who they wish to be their Student Reps for the year ahead. Ideally, there would be 1 x Student Rep for every 25 students on your year of study for your course. There could very well be multiple Student Reps needed!
Ask your Programme Leader if you have not yet discussed who will be your Student Rep to represent your cohort.
Reps are elected on a 12-month basis at the start of your academic year, be that in September, January or March.
Student Rep recruitment for the 2024/25 academic year has now closed, we will be recruiting Student Reps for the 2025/26 academic year from September 2025 so watch this space!
If you have not attended Student Rep training by The Students' Union before, you must attend a two hour training session to officially become a Student Rep and to be added to the Student Rep Database.
If you are a returning Rep after being elected by your cohort, you will need to complete a 30-minute refresher session that builds on your knowledge and experience as a Student Rep. More information on this will be shared in September 2025.
For more general information about the role you can email the rep team studentreps@uwe.ac.uk.
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