Student Voice Week
4-7 May
Bringing Student Voice Week to life
Meet the face of Student Voice Week
Name: Courtney Randall
Pronouns: She/Her
Student Representative Role: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) Board of Studies Undergraduate Student Representative
Student representation and advocacy play an important role in the UQ community. Therefore, it is crucial that the student voice is both supported and empowered at all levels across the University. UQ has a number of student representatives that are involved in the UQ Student Union (UQU) and its associated Student Collectives, as well as School or Faculty Committees and discipline-specific Student Advisory Groups (SAGs). I have developed the Student Voice Week campaign to raise awareness of the many student representation groups at UQ to help facilitate better communication between students and staff at the University. It is important that students know who their representatives are and where to find them so that feedback can be more effectively received and acted upon across the University!
Keep an eye out on all the UQLife social media channels throughout the week to find out more on student representation and advocacy at UQ!
What is the purpose of Student Voice Week?
Student Voice Week aims to raise the profile of Student Representatives across UQ and bridge the gap in communication between students and their Representatives. Student Voice Week has been designed to achieve four key objectives
- Empower the UQ student voice through increasing awareness of student representatives and their roles within the UQ community
- Assist with community building efforts by strengthening relationships between students and student representatives, student representatives and staff, and students and staff
- Educate students on the governance structures at UQ and where student representatives are situated within this
- Encourage students to contact their representatives with any feedback related to their learning experience.
What is a Student Representative?
Student representatives are liaisons between staff and students and are part of School, Faculty and Executive committees and boards as well as a number of other divisions and disciplines. Student Voice Week will capture the diversity of student representation at UQ through featuring a range of student representative bodies, advisory groups and collectives from each of the faculties and inclusivity organisations.Student representatives work with staff to provide an informed and representative student voice on a variety of academic and non-academic matters, which include:
- Assessment issues and course concerns
- Equity and equality in education
- School and/or Faculty-specific feedback
- Disability support services
- Postgraduate student assistance and networking
- Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander student representation and support
- Employability scheme improvements
- Teaching and learning standards
- LGBTQIA+ allies and support
- Mental health and wellbeing
- International student support
Get involved in Student Voice Week
Events and Information for Student Representatives
How can I become a UQ Student Representative?
Do you have a passion for creating change? Are you interested in student issues and giving back?
You should think about becoming a UQ Student Representative! Student representative positions are available on a number of different platforms like StudentHub, via the UQ Union Advocacy page as well as advertised by your School or Faculty throughout the year. You can also become involved in student representation through the Student Staff Partnership program!