Rebecca Would
Candidate for Vice President Education and Democracy
Key Points
- Assessment timings and weightings review
- Increase feedback options and representation in all modules
- Transition support for students leaving university
- Greater prominence of sustainability within all degrees
- Collaboratively support students from underrepresented backgrounds
Why vote for Rebecca Would?
Assessment timings and weightings review: Students should be given assignment weighting, workload and approximate due date at the start of the module so they can plan work to reduce mental health stresses at the end of term. I will work with departments and schools to help balance assessment weighting and workload consistently and transparently across modules. This helps students understand what is expected of them, and will ensure sustainability of student workload.
Increase feedback options and representation in all modules: I want to increase visibility of all student reps in each school to allow informal feedback at all levels. This will be especially beneficial to Joint Honours students, students taking a minor, and anyone taking a module that isn’t run by their school - as they can often be left out of informal requests for module feedback.
Transition support for students leaving university: When students graduate or otherwise leave university, this shouldn’t mean an instant disconnect from the university or union. I intend to make the current options and systems more open and transparent so students know what support is available before they leave and create a way for alumni and students not presently enrolled to give feedback about their experience to support future years.
Greater prominence of sustainability within all degrees: There is some fantastic work already occurring with the university sustainability team and the new Faculty Sustainability Reps, and as a Geography student promoting this and giving it a louder voice is very important to me. I will promote and share this work to students so everyone knows how their departments are improving sustainability through their teaching and general practice. I also want to continue to uphold and further the sustainability work going on within SUSU.
Collaboratively support students from underrepresented backgrounds: I want my time as VP EdDem to be collaborative and responsive, working with and listening to students from all backgrounds to learn what they would find most helpful. This will include collecting feedback and hosting discussion groups with students from both personal underrepresented backgrounds and underrepresented within the university such as post-grads, mature students and students based at all teaching campuses. This will support further work with the other SABBs and the rest of the SUSU team to ensure SUSU are supporting all students throughout their degree.
I am currently the President of the School of Geography and Environmental Science, and President of the Folk Music Society, giving me a strong existing connection to SUSU. I was part of the Education for all team at the university, attended national (online) workshops on assessment design and was part of the national working group to revise the benchmark statement for Geography to help improve student academic experience. Learning and education is an integral part of students’ university experience and I want to support all students to enjoy their studies.
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Answered by Rebecca on 16/02/23 14:18This question was also asked to Bianca Bian, Nicky Jessup, Juilee Kadam, Shola Falohun, Sheetal Namala, Tejaswini Chandra
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Answered by Rebecca on 21/02/23 21:43