Student Representatives

Your Voice at SOAS.
Your Voice at SOAS.

Representation at SOAS

Students elect Department Reps in every department to represent their views, raise concerns, and work with departments and the Students' Union to improve the student experience.

Department Rep nominations 2026 Nominations are open now

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Elections for Department Reps are now underway. We are electing reps for undergraduate (UG) year 1, 2 and final year, postgraduate taught (PGT), and postgraduate research (PGR) students in each department. Students can stand and vote in their department elections.

Department Reps will play a crucial role working with their department to hold open Town Halls, giving all students the opportunity to share ideas, discuss issues, and propose changes directly.

College Reps will be there to support representation across their college and sit on College Learning and Teaching Committees. They help address issues that affect multiple departments or cannot be resolved at department level.

How the new student representation model works, in five steps. 1: students give feedback through the MSL Feedback Tool, ongoing. 2: feedback is analysed for key themes and priorities in each department, ahead of each Town Hall. 3: Department Town Halls, open to all students, twice per semester in each department. 4: College Meetings, once per semester, in between Town Halls. 5: an end of semester report on key themes, actions taken and emerging areas of focus.

Rep Elections - OPEN NOW

Foundation Year

Reps for the foundation year will be elected in class - ask your convenor for details.

UG and PGT (masters)

Reps will be elected through the SU website. Nominations are now open.

PGR (research, MPhil/PhD)

Research Reps are elected in the same way as UG and PGT reps. They will be invited to attend the RSA meetings, where most issues are discussed and there are good networking opportunities. The RSA works directly with the Doctoral School for research students.

Make your nomination here

Academic Feedback

Once reps are in place you will be able to submit feedback to them through this site, and keep an eye on what is happening with your feedback. The link will appear here at the start of the year.

You will also be invited to your department Town Hall meetings which reps and department staff facilitate together, and where you can contribute concerns and ideas directly.

Interested? Want to know more?

If you are interested you can join an email list for information in the run up to the next rep elections. This email list will only be used in the run up to the elections, and will be deleted after the elections are complete.

Give your details here

The posters

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Become a Student Representative poster: what a Department Rep is, and the five reps each department elects. Your department. Your voice. Your rep. Nominations open now, with a QR code to the nomination form. Become a rep Become a Student Representative poster: what Department Reps actually do, and the key dates. Nominations open now, voting opens week of 12 October, results published Tuesday 13 October. What reps actually do

 

In this section

  • ElectionsHere you can find out all about how elections work at SOAS SU.
  • Your OfficersSOAS SU is led by it's democratically elected Officer Team. The Officers are made up of the Co-Presidents, Preferenda Portfolio Officers, Liberation Caucus Delegates and a Delegate from the Research Students Association. All Officers have to be current students but there are different means for elected the different Officers. The Co-Presidents lead the Officer Team and are elected annually.
  • Student RepresentativesYour Voice at SOAS.
  • Research Students’ Association
  • Information HubThe place to find out important information related to your time at SOAS. Everything from Term Dates, Academic Phrasebank to the UCU and more.
  • Annual General Meeting
  • Make a ChangeTurning your Ideas into Impact.
  • Learning and Teaching Awards
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