OUR PEOPLE
THE TEAM AT THE HEART OF THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE AT RGU –
STUDENT LIFE Students are at the heart of everything that takes place at RGU and form a major part of the university’s strategic direction as both academic and support staff strive to enable them to be resilient, succeed in their studies and grow as individuals. The Student Life team is core to ensuring the experience our students have is a positive one. The team is led by Director, Filippo Antoniazzi, who wants to put students at the centre of all decisions made at the university.
“Essentially, the Student Life team is there to provide support services to our students, to keep them on track and to help them enjoy life while here. We are, in part, responsible for their success as a student – and that is developing as an individual as well as passing their exams. We are there when they are going through hard times, but also there to help develop more co-curricular activities so that they are enjoying their time. “We are there to help, and we can make an impact. Too often, the university community thinks we are only there to help students with a disability, or those who require counselling. When in fact, we are there for much, much more. It’s more
Student Life Director, Filippo Antoniazzi
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about the whole, rounded individual. We can help the academic community and other support departments, and I think it’s important that everyone in their roles, whether academic or support, needs to understand that they can also be a part of ‘Student Life’. “We are working very hard in the background to understand what our students need for them to be successful outwith the academic side of things. Increasingly, we are really interested in helping academics and the rest of the academic community to design what we do for our students in order to make it the best possible experience with student wellbeing at the heart of it.”
