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• The voice of fellow student’s on your course. • Someone who represents students, and importantly, helps solve and raise course related issues. • Someone who talks to fellow students and makes their views known in departmental meetings to ensure that the course is as good as it can be Benefits of being a course rep: Skills - Public Speaking, negotiation, advocacy, decision making, organisation skills, team work, meeting and committee skills, problem solving, leadership, communication skills, presenting skills, time management, self management. All things to look great on your CV! How to become a course rep: *Put yourself forward as a rep for your course in your lectures in week 1 or 2 *Ask your department about elections of you’re not sure *Attend course rep training What can a course rep do for you?: *Take your ideas, suggestions and improvements to department and faculty meetings *Make sure that you get what you expect and pay for from your course *Keep the University accountable to its quality standards *Refer you to people who can help you-whatever your problem By-Elections The Students’ Union seeks to be a democratic, member-led organisation, and thus we have an election process which gives every student the chance to vote for the officers who will represent the student body for a year. All elected students are there to represent you, the students, and your needs and views. The elected positions take the form of 6 Sabbatical Officers and 12 Student Officers each for both Luton and Bedford. The Sabbatical Officers work full time for the Union and get paid to deal with specific aspects of the Students’ Union, ie Education or Welfare. The main elections are held in March, so keep an eye out for information if you want to run for a position next year. All those positions that don’t get filled in March are advertised again for the By-Elections. This is where we need you! We have some positions that we need you guys to run for. The Student Officers are students who have an interest in a specific area of the Union and may want to build up their CV for example. They work part time alongside their studies and are not paid. The key thing is that you do not have to work on your own. Most officers work as a team meaning that you can plan your time and the tasks that you take on. You only need to take on what you feel you can do, it’s essential that you remember that you are here to do a degree and this should be your first priority. The positions available for the By- Elections are: Bedford & Luton – Available Posistions • Mature Students’ Officer • Minority Officer • Newspaper Editor • EU Officer STUDENT OFFICER POSITIONS - Luton Entertainments Officer International Officer Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual (LGBT) Officer RAG Officer Sports Officer Women’s Officer STUDENT OFFICER POSITIONS - Bedford Entertainments Officer Sports Officer 
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