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Resources which will help you with your roles, and also with your personal development.
Difference between Open Seats vs Reserved Seats
Difference between Open Seats vs Reserved Seats
If you’re in a Reserved Seat, you were recruited to represent a specific group of students i.e. PGT students. Whilst your focus is collecting feedback from these students, and attending relevant departmental committees, you can also help out the rest of the group and get involved with other projects.
If you’re in an Open Seat, you were recruited to represent all students, and not just a specific group. You should be trying to collect feedback from all students, and all students should know they can approach you if they have any academic issues. You are responsible for taking these issues to committees, and then feedbacking to students.
It’s likely most students who approach you will be from your degree programme. It’s still great to collect feedback from them, but you also need to try and collect feedback from students from across the department. You could do that by sending emails for example.
Tools and Guidance
Tools and Guidance
University Staff Contacts List - Google Sheets document which lists the emails of key staff members in every department (link)
Requested Guidance Documents - Includes information about how you can raise awareness of your role to students & staff, keeping each other updated with progress, and guidance on signposting (link)
Midway Point Reminders - at this point in the year, forgetting some of the basics of your role can be easily done. We've put together a useful document with reminders & tips about attending committees, continuing to mention your roles to students, and checking those emails (link)
Personal Development
Personal Development
Whilst you are a Champion, we want you to grow and develop. The first phase of this initiative is identifying your personal skills, and providing you with free, accessible resources to supplement your development. Some skills you may want to develop include:
Communication Skills
Confidence in Leadership
Teamworking Skills
Time Management
Dealing with Imposter Syndrome Thoughts
We have produced a PDF document (link), which contains a range of resources, all designed to boost the personal skills listed above.
In the meantime, if you are still figuring out what you want your personal goals to be, check out our goal-setting exercise (link), and goal-setting template (link).
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