We voice your opinion

As a university student, you have a range of elected representatives who look out for you and your needs.

These student representatives ensure that your voice is heard in a range of areas and that the work of University of East London's Students' Union reflects the wishes of all students. Representatives meet with key decision-makers from all levels within the University to help drive change.

You will have the opportunity to vote for your student representatives at elections, which usually take place in November and March of each year.

School reps

A school representative kind of does what it says on the tin – represent students in their school! This person's job is to work with your course representatives, to find the common issues that students are experiencing across the school. They will then take these problems and feed them back to senior staff members and help to form solutions.

School representatives sit on various committees within the Students' Union and the University, to discuss the needs of the students at their schools, and make sure that their requirements are addressed. Being a course representative, means representing the students in your year, on your course.

There is at least one course representative per year group, for each degree. For instance, there is a course representative for second year Adult Nursing students, and for first year Psychology students (as well as every other degree and year group, but we will not list them all here!).

Course representatives act as the spokesperson for their classmates, gathering student opinions and speaking to the course leader about what the group thinks. They also sit on a committee twice a year – called the course committee meeting – where they also have a chance to raise any unresolved issues and hear what your department is planning to do. If you want more information on course representatives, and how to become one, you can read more details on the Students’ Union website.

For more information, please visit uelunion.org/representation For more information on elections, please visit: uelunion.org/elections.