Gagandeep Kaur

VP Academic

 

My role as VP Academic:

  • Co-ordinate the academic representation system and be the student lead on academic representation.

  • Attend University meetings to represent students views on academic issues

  • Actively monitor Higher Education issues on local and national scale

  • Respond to emerging educational/academic needs for starts of the University of Wolverhampton, linking in with key SU and University staff

  • Be the academic representative at departmental and faculty level, and represent individual students in academic reviews.

 

 

 

Talk to me about...

 

Issues on your course of study

Accessibility of resources that you need

Becoming a student rep

Contact me

Phone on 01902 322029

Email at UWSUacademic@wlv.ac.uk

 

 

Objectives

 

My objectives for this year are:

 

1. EXTRA COURSEWORK SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS WITH A LANGUAGE BARRIER

Introduce language workshops for international students.

English language-based activities for non-native speakers. 

How to access Canvas - series of short videos for website/YouTube. 

Meetings with Academic coaches

 

2. EDUCATIONAL DROP-IN SESSIONS

Introduce sessions on plagiarism, referencing skills 

Introduce sessions and tutorials on Academic Misconduct  

More support on CV development  

 

3. INCREASE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND INTERACTION

Collaboration with academic societies to develop an inclusive educational atmosphere 

Stressbuster activates on campus 

Develop SU social media presence

Officer collaboration for overall international support 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 

 

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