What does the Education Officer do?

• Main point of contact within the students’ union for all students on academic-related matters and concerns.
• Primary representative on all academic issues to the University.
• Providing academic support and representing those students, across Campus and our student population, who are least represented academically, including: Postgraduates, Lifelong Learning (i.e. Part-time and 2+2 degree) students, Medical Students, Institute of Education students and students on non-main campus sites (i.e. Warwick HRI).
• Student-Staff Liaison Committees (SSLC) Coordinator, along with one further student and two further staff members (Chair).
• Guiding students through University complaints and appeals procedures, alongside the work already done by the Union’s ‘Advice and Welfare Centre’.
• Working on further developing and widening E-learning within the curriculum at the University.
• Working on further widening access and participation for all students in Education at Warwick University.
• Main point of contact for the University in the annual academic surveys, including, but not limited to: the Academic Satisfaction Review and the National Student Survey.
• Main point of contact for the Students’ Union to the Library, I.T. Services, Careers Service, Elab and the Learning Grid, and, in working on developing these services for the student body.
• Keeping abreast of National HE issues and dissemination of information and action on these where deemed appropriate.
• Main point of contact for the Students’ Union to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and other educational academies on educational issues (i.e. the National Student Survey).
• Supporting National HE campaigns, often run by although not exclusive to the NUS, e.g. the national Fairer HE Funding campaign.
• Assumes the role of President in his/her absence.

Union Committees

• Board of Directors
• Executive Committee
• Fees Group
• Membership Services Group
• Commercial Services Group
• Sabbatical Meetings (Chair)
• Academic Forum
• Postgraduate Forum
• Union Council

University Committees

• Senate
• Academic Quality and Standards Committee
• Academic Staff Development and Appraisal Committee
• Academic Satisfaction Review Project Steering Group
• Board of Graduate Studies
• Board of Undergraduate Studies
• E-Learning Steering Group
• Information Policy and Strategy Committee
• Board of Lifelong Learning
• Student-Staff Liaison Committee Coordinators
• Academic Office SSLC - Chair
• Careers SSLC - Chair
• IT Services SSLC
• Library SSLC
• Resources SSLC
• Collaborative, Flexible and Distributed Learning Sub Committee of the Academic Quality and Standards Committee
• Skills & Development Steering Group
• Student Development Forum
• Quality Enhancement Working Group
• Careers Advisory Board
• Students’ Union and University Liaison Group
• Warwick Awards for Teaching Excellence Panel
• Assessment Conventions Working Group
• Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund bid assessment committee
• The Intra School Committee of the Warwick Medical School
• The Reinvention Centre for Undergraduate Research Steering Committee
• The Reinvention Centre for Undergraduate Research Management Committee
• Board of the CAPITAL (Creativity and Performance in Teaching and Learning) Centre
• Library Management Group
• Research Skills Development Fund awards panel
• Examination and Marking Sub-Group
• Email Replacement Project Board
• Information Security Working Group
• Risk Assessment Project board
• Online Student Information Services Steering Group
• Other ad hoc working groups setup during any other given year

Any other questions then email education@sunion.warwick.ac.uk