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Working in partnership with Bristol SU, the main purposes of the Committee are to:
1. Articulate the University's vision for student experience via the University's Education and Student Experience Strategy and maintain strategic oversight of its delivery.
2. Make decisions on student experience priorities, with regard to the Education and Student Experience Strategy and the University's student experience-related risks and Strategic Performance Indictors (SPIs).
3. Respond to changes in the external and internal student experience environment.
4. Make decisions and maintain strategic oversight of student experience. This includes:
5. Set priorities and monitor progress for student experience projects and initiatives.
6. Ensure alignment between the vision for student experience (as set out in the Education and Student Experience Strategy) and faculty and divisional planning through the Integrated Planning Process.
7. Consider key measures of the student experience and oversee necessary actions to improve and enhance, in particular around student inclusion, student community and student voice.
8. Monitor progress against the shared University Executive Board (UEB) and Bristol SU Officer priorities, providing regular updates to UEB either to assure them that delivery is on track or to escalate concerns, including resourcing concerns.
9. Advise relevant committees, including UEB, on student experience priorities and initiatives and on infrastructure (including physical and digital environment and systems) required to deliver the University's vision for student experience.
Activity delivered via a sub-group:
10. Oversee the University's membership of the Student Minds Mental Health Charter (this is via the Student Wellbeing Committee).
11. Consider measures to contribute towards improved equality of opportunity in student access, success and progression to support students with ability and ambition from all backgrounds (this is via the Student EDI Group).
12. Ensure that the student experience is fully considered within the development and implementation of policies and processes relating to student accommodation (this is via the Student Accommodation Group).
13. Oversee a coordinated and joined-up support offer in response to student poverty (this is via the Financial Support Working Group).
14. Ensure focus is directed to enhancing the international student experience (this is via the International Student Experience Committee).
The standing membership of the Committee for 2024-25 is as follows:
| Role | Job title | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Committee oversight | Executive Director for Education and Students [co-Chair] | Paula Coonerty |
| Union Affairs Officer [co-Chair] | Katie Poyner | |
| Academic staff representatives | Associate Pro Vice Chancellor (Education Innovation and Enhancement) | Professor Alvin Birdi |
| Faculty Education Director | Professor Sheena Warman | |
| School Education Director | Dr Andrew McKinley | |
| Senior Tutor | Dr Gemma Ford | |
| Bristol SU representatives: | Equality, Liberation and Access Officer | Linlu Ye |
| UG Education Officer | Mia Stevens | |
| PG Education Officer | Gurvin Chopra | |
| Sport and Student Development Officer | Ella Lovibond | |
| Student Living Officer | Lucy Pears | |
| International Students Officer | Bakhtawar Javed | |
| Professional services representatives | Director of Student Experience and Deputy Director of Education and Student Success | Steve Hall |
| Director of Student Opportunity and Deputy Director of Education and Student Success | Lucy Collins | |
| Head of Student Inclusion | Zoe Pither | |
| PGR Strategy Manager | Alice Ferns | |
| Faculty Head of Student Administration | Jayne Brown | |
| School Education Manager | Caroline Falzon |
Standing invitations are issued to:
The Chair or nominee and at least two academic staff representatives, two Bristol SU representatives and two professional services representatives.
Members of the Committee who are unable to attend a particular meeting may send a suitably qualified nominee, at the discretion of the Chair. Nominees shall count towards the quorum as though they were the member of the Committee by whom they were nominated and shall be entitled to vote.
The Committee shall normally meet at least six times per year. Chair's powers may be used between meetings of the Committee to address urgent and / or confidential matters (any action undertaken through Chair's powers will be reported to the next meeting of the Committee).
Please contact the Secretary (Kathryn Maycock) if you wish to discuss adding an item to the agenda for Student Experience Committee. The paper deadlines for the committee are listed as part of the meeting dates however items for the agenda must be raised with the Secretary at least 3 weeks before the meeting date so that the agenda can be finalised at a pre-meeting with the Chair.
Student Experience Committee reports to University Education Committee (although it also reports to UEB on the shared UEB / Bristol SU Officer priorities).
It also updates University PGR Committee (UPGRC) as appropriate where there are shared interests. In turn UPGRC keeps SEC informed of relevant matters such as strategic initiatives that enhance the PGR student experience, improvements to the PGR environment, and provision of support to PGR students.
Student Experience Committee has the following sub-groups during 2024/25:
Please see the diagram demonstrating the Student Experience Committee reporting structure (PDF, 119kB)
| Paper deadlines | Meeting dates |
|---|---|
| Friday 27 September 2024 | Tuesday 8 October 2024 |
| Friday 1 November | Tuesday 12 November 2024 |
| Friday 17 January 2025 | Tuesday 28 January 2025 |
| Friday 14 February 2025 | Tuesday 25 February 2025 |
| Friday 21 March 2025 | Tuesday 1 April 2025 |
| Friday 9 May 2025 | Tuesday 20 May 2025 |
| Paper deadlines | Meeting dates |
|---|---|
| Monday 29 September 2025 | Thursday 9 October 2025 |
| Monday 10 November 2025 | Thursday 20 November 2025 |
| Monday 12 January 2026 | Thursday 22 January 2026 |
| Monday 2 March 2026 | Thursday 12 March 2026 |
| Monday 13 April | Thursday 23 April 2026 |
| Monday 18 May 2026 | Thursday 28 May 2026 |
Summary reports from Student Experience Committee are available for download (UoB only).
