Wonkhe SUs · Weekly webinars · 1 June 2026
Framing the case for student representation
How to frame the arguments when the university tries to take over your rep system, cut students from committees, or downgrade student voice. (Recorded in a previous year.)
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What we cover
- Signs the university is quietly taking over the rep system
- How metrics, the TEF and NSS reshape who owns student voice
- Why independent representation matters – raising the uncomfortable “out of sync”
- What universities actually say about SUs and representation
- Five frames for the purpose of student representation
- Choosing frames deliberately to build legitimacy, support and power
Things to read
- The five frames of student representation
- The dangerous "difference" between student partnership and student representation
- What on earth is student representation for?
- There are too many student reps in this country. And also not enough
- Student voice systems have transformed beyond recognition
- Ten ways to improve institution-level student representation
- Where does student voice go?
- Can artificial intelligence replace student representation?
- Policy forum: Academic representation and voice
- What would an "assertive" partnership with a university look like?
- Student reps should be more like external examiners
- How to survive the student rep apocalypse
- This new model could be great for course reps wanting to make a difference
- What SUs need to know about student voice in the new TEF