Chloe Wilkinson-Silk
Academic Affairs
“Chloe is the student voice for all things academic”
Her role focuses on promoting our students’ academic interests.
Read more about Chloe...
Twitter: @AAAberSU | E-mail: suacademic@aber.ac.uk
About the Role
The Academic Affairs officer is be responsible for:
- Representing the student body on matters relating to academic affairs, including international and postgraduate students, and widening participation.
- Co-ordinating activity and campaigns relating to academic affairs.
- Informing policy within the University and Students’ Union on matters relating to academic affairs.
- Supporting and developing a network of academic representatives by chairing the Academic Zone.
- Working with the Chief Executive Officers and AUSU’s senior management team to achieve and shape strategic aims and outcomes.
- Attending appropriate University Committees.
- Attending regular meetings with relevant University departments to further the development of academic interests.
University Committees/Meetings Attended:
- University Senate
- Academic Board
- Research Board
- Student Experience Committee
- Research Degrees Committee
- Technology Enhanced Learning Committee
- Collaborative Provision Board
- Faculty Academic Affairs Committees
- Student Voice Working Group
- Attendance Monitoring Working Group
- Personal Tutor Working Group
- Assessment and Feedback Working Group
- Academic Regulations Due to Coronavirus Working Group
Current Priorities
Below you can find a list of priorities Chloe is working on this year as well as her current progress on them…
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Lobby at all levels for the UK to maintain access to ERASMUS+ for Aberystwyth University students post Brexit.*
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Ensure students, staff and representatives understand the purpose and value of academic representation and each role within that representation system.
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Ensure equal access to academic resources and online tools both on and off campus.*
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Review the processes used to allocate the number of credits a module is worth to ensure a student’s time and work is proportionately valued and credited.
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Continue to seek and gather student feedback into ongoing development of the Teaching Excellence Framework and feed these into ongoing policy debates.*
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Continue to seek and gather student feedback on their experiences of Assessment and Feedback and feed these into the University (as appropriate).*
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*denotes policy as passed democratically by Aberystwyth students.