Support information about faith and for the following communities; postgraduates, international students, LGBT, student carers and student parents.

Postgraduate Hub

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.

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Your Representatives

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.

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The subsequent dropdown sections outline how QMSU supports postgraduate taught and postgraduate research students.

Your Representatives

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.

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PGT Course Representatives
  • Represent the views of students at departmental committee meetings, which are between once per semester and once per month
  • Seek the opinion of all the students on their course by holding meetings, using social media and designing surveys
  • Give information to students through a variety of methods
  • Prepare for meetings and follow up actions after meetings
  • Attend Students’ Union Forums together with the other Reps from their School or Department
  • Attend training sessions, including the introductory ‘Effective Representation' session
  • Attend Student Staff Liaison Committees (SSLCS)

Faculty PGT Representatives
  • Represent students studying a postgraduate taught course in their respective faculty
  • Communicate with course reps to provide information and receive feedback in order to represent the interests of PGTs at university meetings
  • Attend the postgraduate board meetings
  • Lobby on behalf of taught postgraduate students

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.

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PGR Subject Representatives
  • Represent the interests of PGRs in their school / department at relevant meetings
  • Meet regularly with their Director of Graduate Studies to discuss PGR issues
  • Communicate with PGR Faculty Representatives to give and receive information
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Faculty PGR Representatives
  • Represent students studying a postgraduate research course in their respective faculty
  • Communicate with PGR Subject Representatives to provide information and receive feedback in order to represent the interests of PGRs at university meetings
  • Meet monthly with the Doctoral College and QMSU VP for Communities
  • Attend the postgraduate board meetings
  • Lobby on behalf of PGR students

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.




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