Academic reps

What Do Academic Reps Do?

• Listen: Academic Reps listen to your thoughts and feelings about your course. 
• Act: They help to make changes that improve your experience. 
• Collaborate: They work closely with school reps and course leaders (lecturers) to drive changes across the university. 

 

Levels of Representation

Your Academic Reps create change at four levels: 

• Course Level: Addressing issues and changes you want to see in your course. 
• School Level: Driving changes that support your entire school. 
• Faculty Level: Implementing changes that benefit your whole faculty. 
• University Level: Led by Sabbatical Officers, making changes that impact all students at Kingston. 

 

Types of Reps

Course Reps 

• Who They Are: The backbone of our student body at Kingston, representing the academic interests of their coursemates. 
• What They Do: Listen to your feedback, ideas, and concerns about your course. They meet with Course Leaders and school reps to discuss and address these issues. 
• How to Become one: Volunteer near the start of the academic year or speak to your Course Leader. It’s a great way to enhance your course (and looks fantastic on your CV).

School Reps

• Who They Are: Representatives for the academic interests of all students in their school. 
• What They Do: Communicate with Course Reps to identify trends and address issues at school level. They meet with the Head of School and give feedback to Course Reps. 
• How to become one: You must get elected by the students.

Faculty Reps 

• Who They Are: The bridge between school and faculty levels, working closely with School Reps and under the Sabbatical Officers. 
• What They Do: Identify and act on trends across schools, addressing issues at faculty level. 
• How to become one: You must be elected by the students. 

Sabbatical Officers 

• Who They Are: Elected by students for one academic year to improve the student experience at Kingston. 
• What They Do: Lead the way in making university-wide changes that benefit all students. 
• How to become one: You must be elected by the students.