{"id":3527,"date":"2023-09-27T11:21:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T10:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/?p=3527"},"modified":"2023-09-28T09:30:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T08:30:23","slug":"top-5-reasons-to-stand-to-be-a-student-rep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/2023\/09\/27\/top-5-reasons-to-stand-to-be-a-student-rep\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Reasons to Stand to be a Student Rep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve Student Councillor; Faculty, School and Course Rep roles available now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s 5 top reasons why you should stand to be a Student Rep<\/a> by 5pm, Thursday 28 Sept<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. You’ll Meet Loads of New People<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In your role, you\u2019ll get the opportunity to meet lots of new people and represent their views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This\u2019ll not only be students in your School or Faculty, but the other Student Reps across Queen’s. Plus you\u2019ll meet lots of staff members across the University and within Students\u2019 Union too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. You’ll Be the Voice of and Make Change for Students!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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You\u2019ll have the privilege of listening to the views of students and representing them to the University and Students\u2019 Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll then work with the other Student Reps to help improve the lives of your peers! You can also avail of opportunities to work with students in the national Students’ Unions to make change at a national level too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The different roles take different amount of volunteering time, so there’s really something to suit everyone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. You’ll Gain Lots of Leadership Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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By becoming a Student Rep you\u2019ll get practical experience of being a student leader in a large University, advocating for students, working with others, making real decisions and influencing others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on what role you go for you can even gain experience in communicating with and influencing senior decision-makers too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. You’ll Gain New Skills & Stand Out to Employers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Before you take up your position, you\u2019ll get the chance to take lots of training which will help you in your role and during your year, you\u2019ll gain valuable experience which will develop and improve your communication, team working and negotiation skills to name a few!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By sitting on various committees and attending meetings, you\u2019ll also gain invaluable insight into how Queen\u2019s University and the Students\u2019 Union works, and help shape the future of these organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All this knowledge, expertise and skills are for life and is really sought after by employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. You’ll be Eligible for the QUB Future Ready Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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All of our Student Rep roles are eligible for the QUB Future Ready Award which is an employability award that allows you to gain formal recognition and a certificate for the extracurricular experience you gain during your time at Queen\u2019s at Graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means that you will automatically get the award on successful completion of your role, which is great for your CV! It signals to employers that you\u2019ve worked hard to develop the skills you need to succeed in the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Make sure to stand to be a Student Rep<\/a> by 5pm, Thursday 28 Sept<\/strong>!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve Student Councillor; Faculty, School and Course Rep roles available now! Here\u2019s 5 top reasons why you should stand to be a Student Rep by 5pm, Thursday 28 Sept. 1. You’ll Meet Loads of New People In your role, you\u2019ll get the opportunity to meet lots of new people and represent their views. This\u2019ll not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,81,66],"tags":[58,161,15,56],"class_list":{"0":"post-3527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-student-life","7":"category-student-reps","8":"category-upskilling-opportunities","9":"tag-representation","10":"tag-studentreps","11":"tag-students","12":"tag-volunteer","13":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6B2ST-UT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3527"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3544,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3527\/revisions\/3544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/studentsunion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}