Student Experience Committee

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Student Experience Committee reports to University 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 planning 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 2024-25 is as follows:

Role Job title Name
Committee oversight and steer Executive Director for Education and Students [co-Chair] Paula Coonerty
Bristol SU Full-time Officer [co-Chair] TBC
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
Union Affairs Officer Katie Poyner
International Students Officer Bakhtawar Javed
Professional services representatives Director of Student Experience Steve Hall
Director of Student Opportunity 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:

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

Please see the diagram demonstrating the Student Experience Committee reporting structure (PDF, 120kB)        

Meeting Dates 

Student Experience Committee dates 2024/25
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

Record of business

Summary reports from Student Experience Committee are available for download (UoB only).