PGR representatives play a crucial role in shaping the PGR student experience at Birmingham City University.
The Doctoral Research College works in partnership with BCUSU to strengthen PGR representation across the institution, however the meetings you attend and reports you submit differ slightly from UG/PGT roles. The detail of the role, its purpose and our expectations can be found in the PGR Representative Guide and Terms of Reference document.
Rep's are chosen through a course-specific election process, details of which are below. Following elections, one PGR Representative per faculty should be put forward as a Faculty-level PGR representative with additional responsibilities.
Both the course and faculty level roles are remunerated as below:
- Course-level representitives will receive a bursary of £700 per annum (upon satisfactory completion of a year end report, submitted to FRDEC).
- Faculty-level representatives will receive an additional £300 (upon satisfactory completion of a year end representative report to RETC).
Your current PGR student representatives who are essential contact points to share your ideas and voice your concerns, are listed on iCity.
Nominations
Key Dates:
- Self-nomination for the role of PGR Representative will be open until 7 April 2024.
- PGR students will be able to vote for their preferred candidate between 12pm on 8 April and 5pm on 22 April 2024.
- Successful candidates will receive training on the role during the following week.
If you wish to nominate yourself, please click the link below.
You'll then need to select your course to being the process. Only students logged into the website will be eligible to take part in the elections. If you are not curretly logged in, you can do so by clicking here and following the single sign-on (SSO) process.
Once you are logged in, click the button below to begin the nomination process.
Nominate Yourself
(Requires login)
Voting
Following the close of nominations, and the approval of candidates, polling will open. This process allows any PGR student to vote for the candidate they wish to act as the PGR Rep for their course.
To cast your vote, simply click the link below (ensuring you are signed in as per the instructions above) and click the voting tab
Cast Your Vote
(Requires login)
If you have any queries, or are having trouble taking part in any aspect of the elections process, please email dan.richards@bcu.ac.uk. If would like more information about PGR Representation, you can visit the Doctoral College pages on iCity.