Being a student officer at a Students’ Union is a vast and varied role unlike any other job in the world. Your role embodies countless aspects of teaching and learning, you are a voice on senior boards and committees, and hold a valuable key to informing and sharing good practice that can have a positive impact on students’ experience. You also take part in more continued professional development in a short time than many will in a lifetime.
All of this outstanding experience makes any student officer a prime candidate for Advance HE’s fellowship that recognises your expertise within the practise, impact and leadership of teaching and learning. In my final year as President of Nottingham Trent Students’ Union, I embarked on the journey to be awarded the status of associate fellowship.
As I reached the closing stages of my time as an officer, fellowship recognition helped improve the direction of my work, gave me much-needed space to reflect on my achievements to date, and ultimately played a role in me securing a post officer job that I love. I firmly believe the journey to fellowship can make a fantastic contribution to any student officer's work and future career.
