Academic Reps
At Bristol we have over 900 student representatives who are here to represent your academic interests and make sure you’re getting the most from your education.
Academic Reps are the elected students who represent their cohorts on academic issues to the University and help make positive change to improve the student experience.
Course Reps
At Bristol we have over 900 student representatives who are here to represent your academic interests and make sure you’re getting the most from your education.
Find your course rep hereFaculty Reps
Faculty reps represent the issues and priorities of students in their faculty to staff at both faculty and university level. This is by gathering feedback from course reps and other students, attending and chairing Faculty Student Staff Liaison Committee meetings, attending the University’s Senate Meeting, Bristol SU’s Standing Committee and a few other things.
Undergraduate
Arts
Aleena Gar
What I'm working on:
- Establishing what a personal tutor's responsibility is and improving the system
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Furthering conversations about pronoun inclusivity within all schools
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Working even more closely with course reps to make sure that everyone's concerns are addressed as we approach exams
Engineering
Ana Beatriz Quelhaz Oliveira E Moreira
What I'm working on:
- Delivering a “best peer-assessment practices” workshop
- Improving inter-rep communication channels, working on open and actionable communication
- Continuing discussions with staff about first year international and foundation year students’ struggle with content and co create solutions
- Focusing on EDI related work
Health Science
Charlie Gazzard
What I'm working on:
- Integrating the course rep structure with our academic societies (Galenicals, Centaurs, Dentistry and Anatomy) to ensure feedback from all students is passed on followed up
- Running in-person programme workshops to help boost the quality of assessment feedback across our faculty
- Launching a student-led review into our faculty’s online/in-person teaching balance, correcting areas where the current balance may not be best suited to our students
Life Sciences
Yanyan Liu
What I'm working on:
Science
Yuqi Lin
What I'm working on:
Social Sciences & Law
Lucy Loades
What I'm working on:
- Making the faculty more coherent, so that everyone feels a sense of belonging within the faculty, as well as within their schools.
- Working with school reps and staff within the faculty to develop student voice further and improve communication back to students when changes have taken place as a result of them sharing their opinions.
- Organising a Course Rep Forum for early next year, in which I will seek feedback on this. We will also discuss other issues and successes in each of the schools.
Postgraduate Taught
Arts
Qisi Li
What I'm working on:
- Provision and development of academic resources including shared resources and external resources
- Graduation guidance based on the trends
- Students' feedback on courses, exams and teaching programs
Engineering
Komal Jadhav
What I'm working on:
Health Science
Megha Nitesh Kumar
What I'm working on:
- Enhancing Digital Learning Experience
- Enhancing Mental Health and Well-being Support
- Feedback Mechanisms and Assessment Transparency
- Facilitating Student-Faculty Communication
Life Sciences
Clavita Rodrigues
What I'm working on:
Science
Marvin Byakatonda
What I'm working on:
- Request for a review in the tuition increase policy.
- Proposing a framework to reduce the tuition burden on students.
- Proposing a change for which university current students can enrol and receive subsidised dental care through the school.
- Working with faculty staff to find better ways in which the faculty of science may contribute to the community of Bristol via research, innovation, philanthropy and possibly intervention projects on the challenges experienced in the community of Bristol.
Social Sciences & Law
Yuxin Xiong
What I'm working on:
Postgraduate Research
Arts
Vicky Coules
What I'm working on:
- Acessibility of teaching spaces
- Enhancing the signposting of wellbeing support for PGRs
- Ensuring clear communication of IT changes to PGRs
Engineering
Ola Al-Khuraybi
What I'm working on:
Health Science
Emre Tancan
What I'm working on:
- Assisting prospective/new students in locating accommodation across the city.
- Providing alternative avenues for exploring funding opportunities to facilitate participation in workshop and conference for PGRs.
- Lastly, arranging events to visit scientific institutes with the aim of fostering an interdisciplinary research approach.
Life Sciences
Shiza Shaikh
What I'm working on:
Science
Phil Smith
What I'm working on:
- Submitting a motion to the AMM proposing a formal committee or working group is created to continue looking into the specific impact of finance on the student body. I would like the committee to focus on the collection and reporting of data to influence future policy decisions.
- Work with UPGRC members to address accommodation challenges for PGRs in the City of Bristol.
- Keep the conversations on cost-of-living and bolstering current work by applying for additional funding.
Social Sciences & Law
Antonia Voigt
What I'm working on:
- Enhancing our research culture and community by developing opportunities to socialise and share experiences of the research journey, and
- Conducting a survey on Research Ethics and Integrity Training with the aim of identifying ways to strengthen the training in the coming months.
