School Representative

Thank you for your interest in becoming a School Rep for the 2020/21 academic year, officially starting in September. School Reps ensure that student issues and concerns are raised and dealt with at an appropriate level within their Directorate. They work with Course Reps and their School's Officer to improve the student experience for those studying within their School. 

The first round of recruitment for the 2020/21 academic year has now taken place.  The application form for vacant positions will remain open, but interviews won't take place until the next wave of recruitment in September (21st September to the 9th October). 

You can see the full list of School Rep positions available in the table at the bottom of this page. Vacant positions are marked in red. 

Click Here to Apply

If your application is successful, you will be required to attend a compulsory day of training on the 21st October. 

If you have any further questions, or are having technical issues making an application, please feel free to contact M.Colledge@salford.ac.uk. 

What Does it Involve? 

• School Reps act as the senior Rep for their subject group, looking for patterns in student feedback across several programmes. 
• They act as the point of contact between all Course Representatives in their department and their Director.
• They work with other School Reps to conduct further research into school-wide issues which they present to their Head of School. 
• School Reps will develop good interpersonal skills, the ability to critically appraise and analyse data, and have a good understanding of the issues facing students within their school.

Download role information pack
 

What Will I Gain?

School Reps gain demonstrable experience in key employability skills including communication, organisation and planning, digital enagement, negotiation, and much more. Ultimately, you'll be making a positive impact on the experiences of your peers and future students within your School. You will also gain access to:

• Training and development opportunities to gain skills like negotiation, problem solving, and mediation.  
• Exposure to senior decision makers with the Union and University. 
• Acting as the representative for your peers.
• Access to £5,000 Library champion budget to request books for students. 

Students can nominate themselves HERE for the relevent position in their School based on which Department their course sits within. If you are unsure which Department you belong to in your School, please email M.Colledge@Salford.ac.uk and we can let you know :

School
Arts and Media	Business and Law	Health and Society	Science, Engineering, and Environment	Salford Languages
Art and Design	Strategy & People Management	Radiography	Architecture & Design	Salford Languages
Film Studies & Film Production	Marketing & Leisure	Physiotherapy	Acoustics
Broadcast Media	Information Systems & Operations Management	Podiatry	Construction & Management
Journalism	Economics, Accounting & Finance	Occupational Therapy	Property & Surveying
Music & Dance	Law	Prosthetics & Orthotics	Chemistry
English & Creative Writing		Psychology	Physics
Performance		Sport	Geography & Env
Politics & Contemporary History		Nursing	Biology & Wildlife
		Midwifery	Biomedicin
		Counselling & Psychotherapy	Mechanical Engineering
		Social Policy	Aeronautical Engineering
		Social Work & Learning Disability Nursing	Civil Engineering
		Sociology & Criminology	Computer Science
			Networking & Electronic Engineering
			Mathematics

This is a voluntary and unpaid position