Academic Representatives are elected by their peers to represent them. These Reps ensure that student concerns, views, and opinions are heard and acted upon by the University and the Students' Union. By consulting students about their teaching and learning experience and taking these views to the University, Academic Reps help contribute to the continuous improvement of their academic experiences.

These are representatives of the many undergraduate students who partake in a placement or study year abroad during the third year of their degree. They represent other students who are currently away from campus and ensure that the voice of your cohort is still heard.

Faculty Representatives are elected by students in their faculty/school. Each Faculty/School will have two undergraduate, one postgraduate taught, and one doctoral representative. 

It is the Faculty Reps' responsibility to represent students' views at a Faculty Level. As the Reps are members of a number of Faculty/School level committees they will attend these meetings to represent the student voice and share the feedback they have collected. 

Faculty Reps also make up the Exec Committees: Academic Exec, PGT Exec, and Doctoral Exec. As a member, they will work closely with your Officers and the SU’s Voice team to tackle university-wide issues and the SU’s Top Ten. 

Both the Postgraduate Taught Executive Committee and the Doctoral Executive Committee are run an elected Exec Chair, who is involved in setting the agenda and chairing the meeting. There are two Exec chairs, one postgraduate taught, and one doctoral.

In addtion to the Chair and the Faculty Reps, the Postgraduate Taught Executive and Doctoral Exective also have three open positions, which can be filled by students from any Faculty/School. 

Members of the Exec committees work closely with your Officers and the SU’s Voice team to tackle university-wide issues and the SU’s Top Ten. 

You may notice that Senate Rep is not in the hierarchy diagram. The Senate Representative is elected by students to represent their voices on the Senate committee. Senate is responsible for directing and regulating the academic work of the University and is seen as the highest-level committee at Bath. To find out more about Senate, please click here.

This representative is also the chair of the SU's Academic Exec and liaises with the Undergraduate Faculty Representatives as well as the Education Officers on academic issues as appropriate.

An SU Officer is a student elected to work full-time (and paid) to represent the student voice in Bath. Each Officer has a specific area that they work on to make Bath the best it can be. Those that work closest with Reps are the SU Education Officer and the SU Postgraduate Officer. The role is a great opportunity to represent students at a University-wide level to ensure that Bath students' educational experience is high-quality and fair.