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Student representation & voice
456 pieces carry this tag, newest first.
Are your reps secretly workers? What a coastguard case means for SUs
05/02/26
What are Dutch study associations and what’s different from UK academic societies?
13/01/26
Does your university need a student consultation framework? (2026 update)
01/01/26
What a new report on student governors means for SUs
10/12/25
What makes module feedback feel worth giving
03/12/25
Tuutorointi proves peer support works when you resource it as infrastructure, not sparkle
09/11/25
The SFC has ditched outcome agreements – here’s what the new system means for SUs
31/10/25
How to use the Abrahart triangle for change
30/10/25
Students are developing amazing skills through the SU (if they can uncover them)
23/10/25
Where are students and SUs in access and participation interventions?
09/10/25
Did universities involve students and SUs properly in APPs?
02/10/25
Breaking the “meritocracy of difficulty” – what could a survey on culture at your university help to kick off?
22/08/25
Getting students to turn up without threatening them
18/08/25
A brief guide to “political” comms for student leaders
20/06/25
Webinar archive
15/06/25
Study Tour 2025: Portugal
30/04/25
What is Rise and why does it matter
01/04/25
The games students play: How SUs can use research into students’ subject engagement
13/03/25
Here’s what SUs in England need to know about buses and forthcoming changes to bus franchising
04/03/25
Study tour 2025: 48 hours in Stockholm
28/02/25
Study Tour 2025: Poland
17/01/25
Study Tour 2025: Czechia
17/01/25
Study Tour 2025: Slovakia
16/01/25
Study Tour 2025: Hungary
15/01/25
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