Faculty Representatives

ANU is a decentralised university: Each faculty is independent with different course requirements, consultation procedures and appeals processes. Synergize would endeavour to make university wide policy on matters such as Lecture Taping, use of WebCT, course assessment and appeal mechanisms simpler by lobbying to each faculty in a manner that is reflective of their situation.

Greater visibility of faculty representatives
To assist students it is important that they understand the student representative’s role in the faculty, how to contact them, what they have achieved and what they plan to. If the some of this information (contact details etc) was included in course outlines, it would increase the faculty representatives’ effectiveness.

Assessment
Synergize believe that it is essential that lecturers outline clearly to students what work courses require, and provide students with the opportunity to give meaningful feedback on these requirements. This means that if students aren’t happy with particular assessment tasks, eg. A 70% exam a 20% tute mark and a 10% research essay, they will have the opportunity to suggest alternatives and reach a compromise with lecturers before it is too late to make alterations.

Better information on degree requirements
It can also be extremely difficult and confusing to find information on degree requirements and structures in faculties, as well as things like what courses are going to be offered and when. We would campaign for the faculty to improve the available information and make it readily accessible to all, not hidden away on an obscure web page. It’s also important that the faculty regularly review compulsory requirements for all degree streams to ensure that there aren’t ‘redundant’ courses