It is extremely important that students have a mechanism for feeding their views, suggestions and concerns into the decision-making structure of the organisation. Representation allows this process to occur on a proactive and ongoing basis and letting us know your thoughts allows us to continuously improve your experience.

Early in the first semester, the system of representation operating in the Division of Dentistry will be explained to you. You will be given the opportunity to elect a Division Taught Postgraduate student representative (representing all PGT students in the Division) and programme-level student representative(s). Make sure you know who your Division and programme representatives are, and that you stay in touch with them.

The elected student representatives, especially the overall Taught Postgraduate student representative, will sit on various decision-making committees and will be able to bring any concerns on generic postgraduate matters or matters affecting specific programmes formally to the attention of the Division’s academic and administrative staff.  Conversely, the elected student representatives will be a useful source of information in relaying back to the overall student body developments in the locality and in the University at large.

Concerns of a specific nature that relate to your clinical work should be referred to your Programme Director or in respect of your research (dissertation) work to your Supervisor in the first instance.

If you are chosen or you volunteer to stand as a representative you will be invited to attend a training session and periodic network meetings at the Students’ Union.

Further information on the University’s expectations of student representatives can be found here: http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=10134.

Feedback is the canvassing of retrospective views on your experience at Manchester. You will, from time to time, be asked to complete various questionnaires that ask for your opinions, for example on particular aspects of your programme. Please take the time to complete and return these, as the information collected is used constantly to improve the University’s provision and to plan for the future.