► Class Rep Module

Skills Development through Student Representation

This is the official title of the Class Rep module that you can complete to receive recognition for your time as a representative.  It is delivered online through BBLearn and can be completed in your own time.

It is a 10-Credit Point module that is awarded towards the Certificate in Personal and Professional Development (NOT your main qualification).  The other modules that you can take towards this certificate are detailed on the Career Development Centre's website here

Regardless of whether you take any other CPPD Modules there are still FIVE very good reasons to take part in the module:

1. It provides you with a greater knowledge and understanding of the role of a Class Representative
2. The online area provides an opportunity for you to be part of a rep community and to connect with others from across the institution 
3. The tasks throughout the module encourage you to reflect on the skills you are using and improving as a rep and will help you convey these to future employers
4. The module will still appear on your academic transcript and provide evidence of the extra curricular activity you have volunteered to take on
5. If you are in 1st or 2nd year the module will count as an activity towards gaining the new EDGE Award - more information on this can be found here

Time Commitment 

The biggest time commitment that you will give to this module will be carrying out the tasks of a class representative; so communicating with your class mates/lectures and attending meetings with staff and the Students' Union.  There will be at least one meeting with both your course team and one with the Students' Union per semester.  If you are an online student, then your course team will facitiltate through an online discussion.  

The Student Representation Area on BBLearn contains the online training that you need to complete as part of the module: you will be automatically registered onto this as soon as we receive your Class Rep form after you have been nominated (these can be found on this page: http://www.uusu.org/content/783643/).  You must complete this training to qualify for the module.

We would ask that you spend around 2 hours a week checking in with the area, reading some information and participating in tasks and discussions.

By the end of Semester 2 you will have carried out the following assignments:

• a skills audit
• a blog post reflecting on your training and actions you would like to take whilst you are a representative
• a 500 word reflective journal (just a few paragraphs on how you felt your time as a rep went)

To find out more about the module and the assessment required, download the handbook which is attached below.

How to register

To register for the module you need to do the following:

1.  Be nominated as Rep within your class and submit the class rep return form from here http://uusu.org/content/806533 

2.  Read the module handbook, attached below

3.  Download and return the module registration form to Avril Honan

If you have any other questions, please get in touch:

Avril Honan

email:  a.honan@ulster.ac.uk

Module Sign Up Form

Module Handbook (including information on the assessment criteria)

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