The role of staff in supporting Student Voice Reps (SVRs) is hugely important, and HISA is delighted to work in partnership with teaching, support and management staff across UHI to develop the SVR system. If you are a member of staff at UHI, this page outlines some information about SVRs that will be useful to you.
Core information
We have a short guide to SVRs for academic staff, which should cover all the main questions you might have about SVRs. We recommend you share it with your colleagues and print it out to keep it handy!
Our main SVR page includes our SVR role descriptor, which can help you understand and explain the details of the SVR role when talking to classes or working with your own SVRs.
Our SVR meetings page includes dates, minutes and reports of meetings we run for SVRs across the UHI partnership.
Registering your SVR
We encourage you to find a volunteer (or more than one!) in your cohort to be SVR. Our local HISA team can help you with this for instance by delivering a short class talk promoting the role or facilitating an election.
Once identified, your SVR(s) need to register themselves, via this simple form. If it is easier you are welcome to complete the form on their behalf (we will then follow up with them to confirm their consent).
Further help and resources
We have a presentation all about the SVR role, that will help staff understand in detail the different aspects of the SVR system - the purpose of the role, what they're asked to do over the year, the registration process, training available to SVRs, and how we can work with you. Please take a few minutes to read through it.
Finally, please contact your local HISA office with any questions (and stories of your successes of working in partnership with your SVRs!), or email our central HISA Rep address.