Student Voice
Student Voice, Student Representatives, and the Student Partnership Committee
At UCL, we want students to take an active role in the UCL community. Your feedback, creativity and expertise are crucial and by working in partnership we can create a better university experience for all.
There are a number of different ways you can make sure your voice is heard both in the department and across UCL.
Academic Representatives
Academic Representatives are students who are elected to represent the voices of the other students in the department, and work with staff members to ensure that feedback is acted on. They are one of the key ways in which UCL and the Students’ Union aim to facilitate students’ engagement with their educational experience. Follow this link for more information on Academic Representatives and what they do.
The appointment of Academic Representatives takes place during the first few weeks of the first term. This process is managed by MAPS Faculty, and you will be emailed details of how to nominate yourself and how to vote at the beginning of term.
Academic Reps will play a key role in representing the student voice of the department.
Reps also represent students at the Student Partnership Committee (SPC), which are meetings that take place termly. For more information about the SPC, please see the section below.
The successful Reps will receive training from the Student Union and the department.
Follow this link for further information can also be found on the Students’ Union UCL webpages.
Who are my Academic Representatives?
Students are asked to nominate themselves in the election which will take place in the first few weeks of the academic year. Your Reps this year are:
| Year 1 | Jinming Gu |
| Year 1 | Rassul Davletov |
| Year 1 | Xinyue Huang |
| Year 1 | Andrey Smirnov |
| Year 1 | Katherine Zong (Lead Rep and Co-Chair) |
| Year 2 | Orlando Leone |
| Year 2 | Ilana Chemmarikkat Abraham |
| Year 2 | Kawthar Haramein |
| Year 2 | Zeynep Akbaba |
| Year 3 | Jared Sy |
| Year 3 | Disha Maktedar |
| Year 4 | Haziq Aiman |
Student Partnership Committee (SPC)
The SPC is a dedicated forum for staff and students to discuss particular issues. The SPC typically meets termly, and presents an opportunity for Academic Reps and staff members to work together to develop solutions to students’ concerns, and prioritise areas for improvement. Usually, discussion will cover issues raised by students, as well as areas in which staff wish to seek student input. Such discussions can be used to highlight or respond to topics already raised by individuals via Unitu.
Where appropriate, points raised at the SPC are often passed on to the Departmental Teaching Committee (DTC), or Faculty meetings, for academic members of staff to consider
Continuous Module Dialogue
On each module you study, you will be invited to take short “pulse” style surveys during the term. The results will be considered by the Lecturer, the Head of Department, the Departmental Teaching Committee (DTC), and other academic staff members where appropriate to help us to gauge where specific modules are succeeding, and what elements require improvement.
Surveys
UCL takes part in the National Student Survey every year, and the college also runs several surveys of its own at various times throughout your education, including the New to UCL Survey, and Student Experience Survey. This allows students to take an active role in the development of the UCL community as a whole. Please follow this link for more information on You Shape UCL.
Complaints
If you have a complaint or wish to appeal against a decision relating to your academic progress, exams, etc, you should in the first place discuss this informally with the Departmental Tutor. If after this you wish to pursue it formally, you can follow this link and refer to the Academic Manual regarding procedures and rules.