Academic Rep of the Year: Award Description
Awarded to a student or group who is a part of the school and subject rep system, with a commitment to student voice across the University. The rep or team of reps who win this award will have a track record of working to ensure the student body is represented in their academic spaces.
The winner of this award could have collaborated across the faculty or school on a campaign to tackle an issue impacting education, hosted an event to build a subject community, or communicated clearly with their cohorts on current issues.
your 2023 award winner
Winner: Benjamin Knight
Benjamin is a very committed Academic Rep who has made a huge impact on the students around them. They always engage closely with the issues that affect students and work extremely hard to ensure the student voice is represented, going above and beyond the remit to fulfill this role.
They were proactive in working towards lecture capture within their department and wrote an open letter that gained over 360 signatures! They supported the University with research into the undergraduate student experience, are lobbying the University to add academic representatives to fly sheets, and writing several papers to support student voice mechanisms within their School.
Benjamin continues to engage with a range of issues that affect the student body and is all around a lovely person to know and see advocating for their peers.