What is the role?

 

Wrexham University puts the student voice at the heart of our processes, procedures and programmes by seeking volunteers from across the student body to take part in governance committee meetings and programme validation events. Students volunteering their time to represent their peers in these meetings and events are awarded an additional module on their transcript crediting them with contributing to quality assurance and enhancement at the University. This module can be used as evidence of extracurricular engagement in future career and education applications.

Volunteers can work as student representatives in committee meetings, validation events, or both.

 

What is expected within the role?

 

You will be asked to join University committee meetings and keep the committee informed of your and your peers’ experiences.

 

As a committee representative you will be asked to:

 

• Proactively seek out your peers’ thoughts and opinions in person and remotely, utilising a variety of communication methods in order to gather feedback on all aspects of their programme. This feedback will be fed back to the committee for discussion. Additionally, you may be asked to liaise with course representatives and faculty staff
• Update your relative course representatives and peers on the outcomes of the meetings, and any positive changes made as a result of their feedback
• Contribute to discussions and make constructive comments on behalf of the student body
• Promote the value of students and staff working in partnership to enhance the student experience and quality of the education provision 

 

The University’s programmes are validated and periodically revalidated to ensure they are of sufficiently high quality for our students. You will be asked to join a validation or revalidation panel where you will review a programme not linked to your own area of study and support the University in enhancing the student experience. As a validation/revalidation representative you will be asked to:

 

• Review the paperwork prepared by the programme team and summarise any questions for the validation/revalidation event
• Attend the validation/revalidation event
• Represent the student body by making recommendations for improvement based on your own experiences and that of your peers
• Review the outcomes of the validation/revalidation event to determine whether issues have been addressed

 

Students volunteering as committee and validation/revalidation representatives should possess the following skills:

 

• Ability to build relationships and networks
• High level of professionalism and commitment
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to handle issues with tact, sensitivity and discretion
• Effective coordination, organisation and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to clearly summarise and present information to a range of audiences
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Dependability
• Ability to manage competing demands and meet deadlines in a well-structured manner
• Ability to solicit and summarise feedback from peers