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Student Representation

Student Representative Forum

The University Council’s Review of UOW Student Associations included a recommendation that “a formal student representation forum be held twice a year involving representatives from the University, the student associations and other elected representative (eg Senate, Council, and faculty student representatives) to discuss student issues and concerns.”

Purpose of Student Representative Forum

The purpose of student representative forums is to:

•         encourage student representatives to engage with one another and discuss common and group-specific student issues.

•         provide an occasion for student representatives to give feedback to the University on issues of interest to students.

•         provide an occasion for University representatives to respond to issues raised by student representatives

•         encourage student representatives to work in conjunction with various University committees and units to achieve common ends.

Participation in Student Representative Forum

Participation in the Student Representative Forum will be on the basis of election/appointment to student representative positions on University, student association, and faculty committees. Participation will be limited to:

• Student representatives of the University Council (2)
• Student representatives of the Academic Senate  (6)
• Two WUSA Council members (2)
• Two WUPA Council members (2)
• One student representative from the Unicentre Board of Directors  (1)
• One student representative from the URAC Board of Directors (1)
• One student representative from each faculty (8)

Frequency of Student Representative Forum

Two student representative forums will take place each year.

Procedures for Student Representative Forum

The Corporate Governance Unit will convene the student representative forum by means of a call for agenda items two weeks prior to the scheduled forum advising student representatives of the date and location of the student representative forum.

The call for items will be distributed by email to all student representatives.

The Corporate Governance Unit will compile an agenda based upon items received in response to the call for items. The agenda will conform to the University model.

The Corporate Governance Unit will advise speakers on agenda items regarding their attendance.

The agenda will be distributed to all participants in the student representative forum one week before the student representative forum.

The Corporate Governance Unit will provide secretariat support services to the student representative forum including agenda, minutes, room booking and procedural advice.

The Chair will be elected from among the participants of the student representative forum.

The Chair will allow student representatives to speak from the floor with regard to agenda items.

As far as is possible, appropriate University officers will attend to enable responses to concerns raised by student representatives.

Standing orders will be as per the University Council.

The student representative forum may use the following mechanisms to report and provide feedback to the University:

• Pass a resolution at the student representative forum
• Seek meetings with appropriate officers or committees
• Prepare a letter to appropriate officers or committees
• Encourage student representatives to bring issues to the attention of their committee/body, and
• Have a relevant University officer present at subsequent student representative forum meetings

The minutes of the forum will be circulated to participants approximately one week after the date of the forum.