Academic Reps

Academic Reps represent your academic interests. They are your voice on your course, in your School, in your Faculty and across the University.

They are your first point of contact if you want to make a change to your educational experience in Queen’s.

Academic Reps collect feedback from students and use it to lobby for changes to the educational experience in Queen’s now and in the future.

They are student volunteers who can help you with general academic-related problems that arise on your course, in your School or in your Faculty.

Every student has at least one Course Rep, a School Rep, and a Faculty Rep.

Academic Reps and help with general problems such as:

• Delays receiving feedback from assessments and coursework
• Bunched scheduling of assessments
• Access to resources and issues with facilities for your studies
• Concerns about the quality of teaching and learning on your course
• Changes to modules and timetables
• Changes to the structure of your programme / course of study 
• Making sure your voice is heard in the University

You can find out more about Academic Reps here.

Student Officers

Your Full-Time Student Officer team represent your views and lobby on the major education issues that need to be addressed by the leadership of Queen’s which have University-wide impact.

Support with Individual Issues – SU Advice

QSU can also help you if you have individual academic issues. SU Advice provides free, confidential, specialist and impartial advice and support on a range of academic and non-academic issues. These include:

• Seeking exceptional circumstances
• Making academic appeals and complaints
• Changing course or withdrawing from study
• Allegations of academic offences
• Support to continue in study or in professional practice
• Non-academic issues such as money, housing, conduct or funding

Academic Rep Contacts

Academic Representation in Queen's

Academic Reps are the recognised voice of students in Schools and Faculties in Queen’s.

They provide students with a formal way to be consulted and to be involved in decision-making on academic matters in the University.

Students have a right to have a voice and the University is required to listen.

QSU and Queen’s work in partnership to recruit, train, support, and reward Academic Reps.

The role of Academic Reps is recognised as being essential to maintaining and improving the quality of teaching, learning and education in the University.

If you want to find out more about how it all works, contact the SU team in the Students’ Union.