One of our primary functions is to represent our members to the College and to the wider community. We have recently developed a strong reputation in developing detailed, evidence-based research on behalf of our membership and we will grow and enhance the impact of this work.
In order to evolve further we must develop students’ ability to affect our campaigning activity and continue to develop our communication loops to ensure that students are aware of changes that have been made on their behalf.
Our representative role is not limited to the College, however, and we must ensure that students’ voices are heard locally and nationally. The Union should be champions for teaching, research and feedback, and play a key role in helping the College improve students’ experiences in this area.
Goals - By 2016 we will:
- Increased the amount and proportion of students who take part in the Union elections during each year of the plan.
- Review our democratic structures to ensure that they maximise engagement and add value to the Union’s decision-making, and put proposals to decision making bodies within the first year of the plan.
- Continue to be a champion of academic best practice by developing our Student Academic Choice Awards scheme, with more than 1,000 students submitting nominations during the final year of the plan.
- Continue to publish an annual Impact Report detailing the positive changes the Union has made through officers, representatives and initiatives.
- Develop our engagement with local MPs, members of the London Assembly and representatives of local authorities, publishing the outcomes of these discussions to our members on an annual basis.
- Continue to develop relevant response documents, and in particular to respond in detail to the College’s consolidated annual Student Survey and the National Student Survey during each year of the plan.
- Support 10 student-led campaigns with demonstrable outcomes each year by the end of the plan.
- Develop the support available to Academic Representatives, including the launch of an annual Representatives Conference, and increase the number of students in these roles supported by the Union in each year of the plan.
We will know that we have succeeded when:
