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Q. What Course do you study at Newman?
A. Primary Education (3-11) with Rec QTS. Q. What made you want to become Academic Representation Officer? A. I want to be the person I needed! I want to be someone who students can trust, someone who will help them throughout their academic journey, and someone who will represent every student and ensure that their voice is heard. Q. Tell us an interesting or random fact about you... A. I wanted to (still secretly do) be an astronaut. Q. How can we get in touch with you? A. You can email me on su-academic@newman.ac.uk, or from time to time find me in the SU office! |
MY PROMISES/PLEDGES TO STUDENTS
All elected Officers create a number of Promises that they make to students. Their reports to Student Forum are based on these promises.
PROMISE 1: BE A LISTENING EAR
My aim is to truly listen to students and understand what they need to enhance their time at Newman university, ensuring it is inclusive, supportive and enabling.
PROMISE 2: PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR YOUR VOICE
I want to offer each individual student a way for them to influence and shape their unique journey by providing you with a platform to use your voice to express any concerns and ideas as the student's voice is the most powerful. Additionally, I promise to make the course rep system the best it could possibly be for you.
PROMISE 3: CREATE A SUPPORTIVE AND APPROACHABLE ATMOSPHERE
Most importantly, I promise to create an atmosphere where you feel that your needs are being heard, understood and supported by being reachable and approachable.
ACADEMIC REP TERMS OF REFERENCE (JOB ROLE)
General Duties
All Officers are responsible for the day to day running and management of the Union as an organisation, including but not limited to: ensuring it complies with the law and relevant acts, in particular the Education and Charity Acts, funding and budget monitoring, compliance with Health and Safety legislation, ensuring Union Policies and Procedures are adhered to and representing students. All Officers are also required to be actively involved in collective work and be willing to accept work at the request of an appropriate body.
Academic Representation Officer (Part - time role)
The Newman Students' Union represents roughly 2800 students from a variety of backgrounds with a diverse range of needs. The Academic Representation Officer assists the President with their duties relating to the coordination of the Course Rep System. They also represent the concerns, aspirations, and problems of the student body when it comes to academic provision, as well as support them individually with academic procedures.
A full job description can be found in the Newman Students' Union Constitution - Bye Law A
All Officers are responsible for the day to day running and management of the Union as an organisation, including but not limited to: ensuring it complies with the law and relevant acts, in particular the Education and Charity Acts, funding and budget monitoring, compliance with Health and Safety legislation, ensuring Union Policies and Procedures are adhered to and representing students. All Officers are also required to be actively involved in collective work and be willing to accept work at the request of an appropriate body.
Academic Representation Officer (Part - time role)
The Newman Students' Union represents roughly 2800 students from a variety of backgrounds with a diverse range of needs. The Academic Representation Officer assists the President with their duties relating to the coordination of the Course Rep System. They also represent the concerns, aspirations, and problems of the student body when it comes to academic provision, as well as support them individually with academic procedures.
A full job description can be found in the Newman Students' Union Constitution - Bye Law A