Student Experience Committee

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Student Experience Committee reports to Univerity Education Committee. 

Purpose 

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. Have oversight of the Student Experience Programme, steering the aims and objectives of the Programme in line with the vision for student experience.
5. Make decisions and maintain strategic oversight of student experience. This includes:
   • Student Experience related regulations, policies, codes of practice, procedures and strategies
   • Compliance with external regulatory frameworks.
6. Set priorities and monitor progress for student experience projects and initiatives and endorse requests for funding (where appropriate).   
7. Monitor implementation of the Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy (this is via its Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Steering Group).
8. Ensure alignment between the vision for student experience (as set out in the Education and Student Experience Strategy) and faculty and divisional plannng through the Integrated Planning Process.
9. Consider key measures of the student experience and to lead necessary actions to improve and enhance, in particular around student inclusion, student community and student voice.
10. Assure the effectiveness of the student representation system.
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 its 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 its Student Accommodation Group).
13. Advise relevant committees including the University Executive Board 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.    

Membership

The standing membership of the Committee for 2023-24 is as follows:

Role	Job title	Name
Committee oversight and steer	Executive Director for Education and Student Success [co-Chair]	Paula Coonerty
	Union Affairs Officer [co-Chair]	Adam Michael
Academic staff representatives	Associate Pro Vice Chancellor (Education Innovation and Enhancement)	Professor Alvin Birdi
	Faculty Education Director	Professor Sheena Warman
	Faculty PGR Director	Professor Walther Schwarzacher
	School Education Director	Dr Mike McBeth
	Senior Tutor	Dr Gemma Ford
Bristol SU representatives:	Equality, Liberation and Access Officer	Saranya Thambirajah
	UG Education Officer	Nicole Antoine
	PG Education Officer	Timber Hill
	Sport and Student Development Officer	Pat Gibbs
	Student Living Officer	Izzy Russell
	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	Lucy Collins
	Head of Student Inclusion	Zoe Pither
	Faculty Head of Student Administration	Jayne Brown
	School Education Manager	Caroline Falzon

Standing invitations are issued to:

• Director of Sport, Exercise and Health
• Bristol SU Chief Executive Officer
• Education and Student Experience Strategy Manager

Quorum

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.   

Mode of Operation

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. 

Sub-groups

• Alumni Grants Group
• Student EDI Group
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Steering Group
• Student Accommodation Group
• Cost of Living Working Group

Please see the diagram demonstrating the Student Experience Committee reporting structure (PDF, 110kB)      

Meeting Dates 

Student Experience Committee meetings are scheduled as follows:  

Student Experience Committee dates 2023/24

Paper deadlines	Meeting dates
Friday 29 September 2023	Tuesday 10 October 2023
Friday 3 November 2023	Tuesday 14 November 2023
Friday 12 January 2024	Tuesday 23 January 2024
Friday 1 March 2024	Tuesday 12 March 2024
Friday 19 April 2024	Tuesday 30 April 2024
Friday 31 May 2024	Tuesday 11 June 2024