What are the PGR Elections
These elections are when UWS Post Graduate Research students choose who their PGR reps will be for academic year 2024/2025.
PGR students nominate themselves for the position they are interested in, and then, if there is competition, PGR students will be able to vote for their preferred candidates.
The winners will hold these roles for a year beginning in September 2024.
Find out more below or email sabina.lawrie@uws.ac.uk with any specific questions you have!
Available Roles:
There are three committees at UWS with spaces specifically for PGR students. These roles are all voluntary roles which can be completed alongside your studies.
On all of these groups, the PGR Representative should:
- Provide a research student perspective on the issues being debated by the university.
- Read committee papers
- Discuss and debate changes that are proposed at UWS
- Talk to fellow PGR students to find out what they think and keep them informed.
- Be a student at UWS until at least Summer 2025
2 Places on the Doctoral College Board
REMIT:
Oversees the implementation of University strategy relevant to research degrees
Fosters a collegiate post graduate research environment
Focuses on student wellbeing, interactions, and behaviours.
Expect to talk about:
Quality of training, supervision, and examination
Student Engagement
Improving the student research environment
Quality enhancement
Requirements of funding bodies
2 Places on the Research and Innovation Committee
REMIT:
To make strategic recommendations in support of Research and Innovation
To review regular reports and recommendations from the doctoral college board
To promote Research and Innovation culture and achievements
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Expect to talk about:
University Strategy
Collaborative Research and Innovation Activities
Regulatory Changes
Research and Innovation Development
Research Ethics and Integrity
1 Place on Senate
REMIT:
Academic governance of the university
Create and maintaining codes of conduct and regulations
Grand higher education awards
Promote academic development of the university
Expect to talk about:
Reports that come up from other committees
Code of conducts and regulations
Promoting the teaching, learning, and research of the university
Delegating powers to other boards and committees
Questions or Complaints
If you have any questions about the election, please contact us by emailing david.devlin@uws.ac.uk. All enquiries are kept in the strictest confidence.
If you would like to make a complaint about the election please download and complete the Elections Complaint Form before sending it to David.
Voting
You will need to log into the website, using your standard log in, to Vote.
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