Vice President Education Job Role

Vice President Education

Vice President Education represents the academic interests of the student body to the University. They are responsible for ensuring that students have the best learning experience whilst studying at Strathclyde by implementing and developing education policies, as well as supporting the student rep system.

This role will:

1. Be the main representative on academic issues within the University.
2. Campaign on education issues.
3. Support student employability and skills development.
4. Coordinate feedback via Faculty Reps and Programme Reps.
5. Be responsible for the continued development of the student representative system, and work with the appropriate bodies to this end.
6. Engage with external education agencies on areas of policy development and implementation.
7. Facilitate input to University strategic initiatives and ensure student voice is heard in in corporate governance meetings.

Board of Trustees

This position is also a member of the Board of Trustees, which holds overall financial, legal and strategic responsibilities for the Association. For more info on being a Trustee, read OSCR’s (the Office of the Scottish Charities Regulator) guide.

Key Relationships

• Strath Union: Full-Time Exec Officers, Non-Exec Officers, Staff including Senior Management, Advice Hub, Central Services, Commercial, Communications and Marketing, Sports Union and Student Engagement teams
• University: The Principal, the Vice-Principal, the Associate Principal & Executive Dean of each Faculty, the Associate Principals, the Chief Commercial Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the University Secretary, the Director of Strategy and Policy, and the Director of HR.
• External Organisations: National Union of Students’ (NUS), Public Officials, Full Time Officers at other institutions.

Key Meetings

These are not an exhaustive lists.

Role Specific Training

• Extensive training and support will be provided to ensure that you are fully equipped for the role.
• Full Time Officers are required to attend the handover and induction period which takes place in June.
• Newly elected Full-Time Officers should check with Student Union staff before making any summer holiday plans as a lot of training is scheduled over the summer period.
• Additional training and ongoing support are provided throughout the academic year.

From my discussions with students who have been elected Officers, their experience has been transformational in making the shift from student to future employee.

Anna Selwood, Senior Careers & Employability Consultant

Differentiating yourself from fellow graduates could be the difference between securing your dream job or not.

Joy Lewis, CEO, AAI Employability