Postgraduate taught students (PGT) and postgraduate research students (PGR) can occupy a grey area between students and staff, and it’s not always clear how a Students' Union can provide support. Your Postgraduate Hub sets out to explain what your Students' Union can do for you, and how you can get involved in change and democracy, as well as in clubs, societies, and sports. Don't know what a Students' Union is? Find out who we are and what we do here.
Each year the Students’ Union elects a Postgraduate Taught Rep and a Postgraduate Research Rep for each faculty. Our reps work throughout the year to represent PGT and PGR students within the Students’ Union and to the University, attending meetings and lobbying for changes and improvements to the University and Students' Union.
We also elect a Vice President Communities, who works full-time as part of our Executive Officer team and is responsible for leading our work engaging with student communities.
To find out who your reps are, see what they are working on or get in contact, visit the link below.
The subsequent dropdown sections outline how QMSU supports postgraduate taught and postgraduate research students.
If you have an issue that you want to raise, the first person you should speak to is your course director or your head of department, school or institute. However, there may be situations where you don’t feel comfortable, or you wish to raise an issue that affects more than just you in your school or department. In those situations, you may wish to speak to your course representative. You can find a list of representatives by clcking the button below.
If you have an issue that you want to raise, the first person you should speak to is your PhD Supervisor, or your school’s Director of Graduate Studies (DGS). However, there may be situations where you don’t feel comfortable, or you wish to raise an issue that affects more than just you in your school or department. In those situations, you may wish to speak to your subject representative. You can find a list of representatives by clicking on the button below.
Don’t have a PGR Subject Representative in your School / Institute / Department? Why not be a representative? Contact your Faculty PGR Representative for more information.
Contact the Student Voice team at your Students’ Union with any questions you may have.