You’ll have the privilege of listening to the views of students and representing them to the University.

You’ll work with other Reps and staff members to help make real changes that have a real impact on students and their experience at Queen’s.

You'll have a seat at the table at important meetings, the ability to get issues on the agenda and access to the staff of Queen’s who can implement the changes you want to make happen.

Student Reps have made some big improvements for students in the past and made a real positive impact on their lives, like:

• improving the quality of course content and teaching
• organising study skill sessions
• securing longer study space opening hours
• extending the dates of deadlines
• organising School Feedback Sessions to engage other students
• organising events with other student reps
• working with lecturers to improve the format of assessment and feedback
• helping signpost students to important support services

Before you take up your position, you will get the chance to take lots of training which will help you in your role and during your year, you’ll gain valuable experience which will develop and improve your communication, team working and negotiation skills to name a few!

By sitting on various committees and attending meetings, you’ll also gain invaluable insight into how Queen’s University and the Students’ Union works.

All this knowledge, expertise and skills are for life and is really sought after by employers.

In your role, you’ll get the opportunity to meet lots of new people. This not only includes the students in your School of Faculty, but the other Student Reps and lots of staff members too.

You’ll work with student representatives from other the University and within the Students' Union to make change.

You can also avail of opportunities to work with students in the national students' unions to make change at a national level.