Education Committee
The Education Committee represents both undergraduate and postgraduate students in all academic matters. Committee meetings are attended by both the Postgraduate Education and Undergraduate Education officers, in order to engage in decision-making and propositions on how to enhance the academic experience of every student at UEA.
Officers
Who attends Education Committee?
If successfully recruited, each school will have one School Convenor who will act as a point of contact between reps and Faculty Convenors to collate and represent issues from their school more widely. School Convenors are elected by their peers as part of the wider representation elections, and will also be members of the Students’ Union’s Education Committee
Each Faculty will have up to two Faculty Convenors, both UG and PG, to support the School and Course Representatives in tackling Faculty-wide issues and sit on Faculty level committees. Faculty Convenors are elected by their peers as part of the wider representation elections and are also members of the Students’ Union’s Education Committee.
What happens at Education Committee?
School Convenors and Faculty Convenors will be briefed on developments at UEA and nationally here. This Committee is part of the uea|su’s leadership structure. In attendance will be School Convenors, Faculty Convenors and Education Officers. This helps to provide a bridge between SU Education Officers and Course Representation to allow for a more holistic approach to representation, as well as improving transparency and communication. The Education Officers will also provide an update on what they are working on within the SU and the wider University.
Additionally, it will be chance for School Convenors to provide feedback of any issues within their School’s SSLCs (Student Staff Liaison Committees) to compare and contrast any education related topics and trends with other School Convenors. Faculty Convenors will also be able to provide feedback from topics discussed in FLTQCs (Faculty Learning and Teaching Quality Committees). All Convenors are welcome to discuss any other issues from feedback they may have obtained from Course Reps or the general student body.
In the first meeting all Convenors in attendance will have the chance to run for Chair and Deputy Chair of Education Committee. These responsibilities will include chairing all further Committee meetings by ensuring all attendees have adequate time to put their questions and comments forward, adhering to timings and reaching out to all attendees prior to meetings for any agenda items. The Student Voice co-ordinator will then create full agendas and send out to all participants.
23/24 Membership
Chair: Isla Harris
Deputy Chair: Vacant
Faculty of Medicine and Health
FMH Undergraduate Faculty Convenor - Vacant
FMH Postgraduate Faculty Convenor - Vacant
MED School Convenor - Mikey Umney
HSC School Convenor - James Kelly
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
HUM Undergraduate Faculty Convenor - Max Wrigley
HUM Postgraduate Faculty Convenor - Vacant
AMA School Convenor - Hebe Chow
HIS School Convenor - Isla Harris
IIH School Convenor - Vacant
LDC School Convenor - Vacant
PPL School Convenor - Syed Hamza
Faculty of Science
SCI Undergraduate Faculty Convenor - Vacant
SCI Postgraduate Faculty Convenor - Elana Fraser
BIO School Convenor - Emily Chiu
CHE School Convenor - Henry Harrison
CMP School Convenor - Seb Taylor
ENG School Convenor - Vacant
ENV School Convenor - Noah Tozer
MTH School Convenor - Vacant
NAT School Convenor - Emma Smith
PHA School Convenor - Patryk Szalanski
Faculty of Social Sciences
SSF Undergraduate Faculty Convenor - Stefan-Andrei Ciobanu
SSF Postgraduate Faculty Convenor - Vacant
DEV School Convenor - Aaliyah Tellez Estrada
ECO School Convenor - Sweta Tailor
EDU School Convenor - Ella Thornton
LAW School Convenor - Sammy Au
NBS School Convenor - Prakrita Rahman
PSY School Convenor - Charlotte 'Lottie' Miller
SWK School Convenor - Vacant
Education Committee Fund
The Education Committee fund will be discussed with all attendees at the first meeting, along with terms and eligibility in applying for the fund. Applications should be sent to the Democracy and Representation Team via su.voice@uea.ac.uk prior to meetings by the Convenor and all present Convenors will be responsible in voting of all funding requests. Funding decisions at a Committee meeting shall be reached by a simple majority of those present and voting. Quorum for a Committee meeting shall be one-half (50%) plus one of Committee members - the chair shall be exempt from voting unless it is a tie breaking vote.
Resources
Agendas and minutes for the Education Committee meetings 23/24 will be posted below.