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This community provides an online space for all PGR students to come together to build a network, and provide support and feedback on their student experience at Leeds Beckett.
This community is automatically populated. If you are a PGR student, you are already a member of this community.
Led by the Postgraduate Research (PGR) Students' Community Convenor, and supported by 10 elected PGR Students' Representatives, the Postgraduate Research Students' Community provides an online space for all PGR students to come together to build a network, and provide support and feedback on their student experience at Leeds Beckett.
Postgraduate research student representation, including both doctoral and master's level PGR students, provides a means by which the PGR community is represented in formal University and Students' Union structures and through which PGR students can raise any issues and concerns, communicating their opinions and thoughts on their student experience to the appropriate colleagues. It also provides an opportunity for PGR students to influence and be co-creators in the formulation and development of future University policy affecting research degree programmes, ensuring that the PGR student perspective is considered.
Each year, PGR students across the University elect a Postgraduate Research Representative in their School. From amongst their number, the PGR Representatives will elect one to act up as the PGR Students Community Convenor.
Joining this community is completely free and will provide you with access to information and resources that can support you during your time at Leeds Beckett. You will also be granted access to a private online members area to meet other students in your Community, feedback on your university experience and have your say on priority projects and campaigns led by your elected Student Community Leader to make students lives better! There are opportunities to have your say and get involved with both online and on campus activities throughout the year. If you have any ideas for activity you would like to see, or have any specific feedback relating to your experience as a Post Graduate Research student you can contact your Community Leader directly using the contact details on this page.
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We will lobby the University to further their work around campus accessibility, building upon the launch of AccessAble.
We will lobby the University to make lectures more accessible, taking steps to improve the layout of lesson plans, room lighting and use Lecture Capture.
We will campaign for the introduction of 'access hours' at events to support students with mental health concerns or who struggle in social environments.
We will campaign for better access to sports for disabled students including awareness of the needs of disabled students when accessing gyms and sporting facilities and the provision of specialist kit for disabled athletes, which can be prohibitively expensive.
We will lobby the University for improve support services to aid the retention of disabled students and reduce the numbers who drop out of University.
We will develop strong lines of communication between the Community and the Leeds Beckett Disability Advice team to ensure that the needs of disabled students are fed back to the University quickly and efficiently.
We will lobby for Reasonable Adjustment Plans to be implemented earlier in a students' academic career to ensure they have the best student experience from acceptance through to graduation.
We will support the campaign for cross-campus lecture campture to ensure that all students have access to recordings of their lectures regardless of whether they have declared a disability.
We will seek to work with the Leeds Beckett Careers Team to improve the support available to disabled students and lobby for an extension of this support to ten years post-graduation.
We will work to ensure that disabled students feel confident in the transition from further education to higher education and education to the workplace by lobbying the University to offer more support and advice on approaches to interviews, writing CVs and cover letters and disclosing a disability to an employer, and the introduction of workshops to help gain valuable skills.
We will undertake research into financial challenges for disabled students and lobby the University to mitigate the costs of dyslexia testing and essential computer hardware.
We will actively promote the 'Safe Spaces' on campus and explore the potential for creating de-stress, sensory and quiet spaces with the University.
We will develop opportunities for students and staff to learn about different disabilities and participate in events designed to raise awareness of the challenges faced by disabled students due to the way society is organised.
We will work constructively with the University for the improved understanding of lecturers and tutors of their students' individual needs to ensure disabled students can learn in an inclusive environment.
We will look into supporting the transition from further to higher education; including being visible at open days and lobbying the University to provide further guidance to Schools and Colleges that support and encourage disabled students to apply to University.
We will work with the SU to provide mental health first aid training to staff, officers and reps who wish to undertake it.
We will explore the opportunities to collaborate with and organisation such as Ben or Samaritans for 24-hours crisis support and promote specialist helplines that meet the needs of our diverse membership.
We will develop a Mental Health Awareness Month, working collaboratively with the University, student societies and community groups to highlight and raise awareness of mental health and reduce the stigma surrounding it, with specific efforts around men's mental health.