About Us Get Involved Your Union Change Things Be Represented Advice Hub Shop Login ACADEMIC REPRESENTATION Academic Reps are one of the most important parts of the Student Union as the feedback they collect helps make positive changes at course, department, school and university level at Heriot-Watt University. MEET THE TEAM! HANNAH COPELAND VICE PRESIDENT EDUCATION Hannah is the elected Full-Time Officer who deals with all matters relating to the learning and teaching experience of undergraduate students. If you have any ideas for a change or campaign that could be successful in improving the academic experience of students get in touch! union.vpeducation@hw.ac.uk EMILY LUCY KING PRESIDENT Emily is the elected Full-Time Officer who deals with all matters relating to the learning and teaching experience for Postgraduate Students. If you have any ideas for a change or campaign that could be successful in improving the PGT or PGR experience get in touch! union.president@hw.ac.uk SCHOOL OFFICERS School Officers are current students who represent the student voice for the whole of their department. They are ‘team leaders’ for all the Class Reps in their department. We have 23 School Officers, their responsibilities include: Supporting Class Reps and working with senior management in their department to solve issues. Attending their Student-Staff Liaison Committee meetings twice a semester. Attending fortnightly meetings with the Student Union to update the VP Education on issues arising in their department. Attending School Committees to input student feedback into changes to courses and programmes. Meet Your School Officers CLASS REPS Class Reps are students who volunteer to represent the voice of students in their year/course/institute by gathering student feedback and attending meetings with Heriot-Watt University and Union staff. They are the link between the student body and all levels of staff at the university who make decisions about your learning and teaching experience. We have 240 undergraduate and postgraduate taught Class Reps and 19 postgraduate research reps. Find out who your School Officer and Class Reps are using the links below…. Meet Your Class Reps Meet Your PGR Reps BLOGS LIFE AS A SCHOOL OFFICER Wonder what it is like being a School Officer? Hannah Copeland shares her thoughts. SO, YOU WANNA BE A CLASS REP? Alakbar Zeynalzade shares his tips if you're thinking about becoming a Class Rep A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A CLASS REP Elisa Caires shares what is required day-to-day being a Class Rep Read All Blogs ALSO IN THIS SECTION... Rep Toolkit School Officers Class Reps PGR Reps Student Union Oscars Signups OR MAYBE... Funding Parliament Academic Representation Become a Rep Academic Rep Blogs Student Groups SAY HELLO... STUDENTS FIRST, ALWAYS. About Us Get Involved Your Union Change Things Be Represented Advice Hub Shop Heriot-Watt University Student Union is a charity (SC011949) and company limited by guarantee (SC504788) registered in Scotland. Heriot-Watt University Student Union, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS We take privacy seriously. Click here to read about it. Fancy advertising to our users? Visit our Advertising section 0131 451 5333 We can't handle calls just now - click here for other options! Heriot-Watt University Student Union, Riccarton, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS hello@hwunion.com Powered by MSL We use cookies (not the edible type!) on our website, to give you the best experience. Find out more here. OK ×