Vice President Education

Ben Jones (he/him)

Hello everyone! My name is Ben Jones (he/him), I am a fourth-year physics student, and I am running to be your SRC Vice President of Education.

I have been involved with student representation throughout the entirety of my time at The University of Glasgow, gaining years of experience in representative roles.

I have participated in Periodic Subject Reviews, accumulated over 100 hours of SRC volunteering experience and have also worked for the SRC’s Public Relations Team. My experience working with other students, affecting change within my school’s policies, and my time affiliated with the student council has motivated me to run for this position.

My Priorities:

• Improving the Extenuating Circumstances (EC) policy: While the development of a new assessment extensions portal is a step forward, there has not been enough guidance for students or staff as to how to best utilise it. I will push for clearer communication on using EC. I will also seek to eliminate any of EC’s potential restrictions on students with disabilities and additional needs, ensuring there are no extra barriers to seeking assessment extensions.
• Assessment regulation and communication of grades: As per the work of Project Compass, following QAA Scotland’s report, I want to better the policies that UofG has in place regarding the award of credit and of the communication of grades to students. We need a student well-being led approach, and better practices in place to support all students during the most stressful times of the year. I will make sure that students are at the forefront of helping shape these changes.
• The University’s AI Policy: As generative AI is more widely adopted by the educational and working worlds, students need to have clear, practical and relevant guidance on how to use AI ethically to better their educational experience and not replace genuine learning.
• Enhancing cross-campus and cross-college relations: I will work as closely as possible with student representatives across all of our campuses to make the educational experience of every student the best that it can be.
• Improving the visibility of student representation: I want the SRC to be more visible and approachable for every student. I will aim for better connections between the union and students, and I will advocate for the addition of drop-in sessions with the SRC Sabbatical Team.
• Continuing the push for divestment: I will work with the sabbatical team to continue the push for the university to divest from arms companies, as was the clear opinion of the student body in the SRC’s record-breaking referendum last academic year.

Every student, irrespective of their background, deserves the opportunity to have a fair, high-quality and fulfilling education – an education that works for you. If elected, I will work tirelessly with you all to ensure this.

Thank you very much and VOTE BEN JONES!

Amritash Sankhyan

Students first, not systems first

University should be a place where you can focus on learning—not just survive deadlines. I’ve seen how one simple question can turn into three emails, two offices, and five different answers depending on your School. That shouldn’t be normal. Education should fit students’ real lives, not ideal assumptions.

I’m running for VP Education to turn student concerns into practical improvements, represent students where decisions are made, and strengthen student representation across the University. As a Student Voice Representative, I’ve collected student feedback, spotted the same problems coming up again and again, and taken them directly to staff to push for clearer guidance and better support. Through participation in different societies, I’ve learned how to organise people, communicate under pressure, and get things done. My goal is simple: make the system easier to understand, so students don’t need insider knowledge to get help.

1) Fair workload, fair assessment, and real learning opportunities

• Cut deadline pile-ups: work with Schools to publish a student-facing Assessment Map (major deadlines), coordinate across courses, and push for earlier timetables with clear notice when teaching changes.
• Make assessment fairer: expand inclusive assessment where outcomes allow—same standards, clearer format choices, and better options for reasonable adjustments.
• Make the rules readable: co-design a plain-English guide to the Code of Assessment and Extenuating Circumstances (ECs), with timelines and real examples, and raise recurring issues through progression/exam board channels.
• Open doors to practice-led learning: grow live briefs and community projects, and make routes into internships and green careers easy to find—so every student can build skills alongside study.

2) Feedback you can actually use

• Agree a student-facing feedback promise: when feedback is due, what it should include, and what to do if it’s late or unclear.
• Create a Feedback Fix route with Schools to tackle repeat problems (missing feedback, vague comments, supervisor silence) and report back on what changed, tracking progress by School.

3) Student voice that leads to change

• Make SSLCs (student–staff meetings) worth students’ time, with consistent ‘You Said / We Did’ updates and clear actions.
• Support and connect reps: practical training, clear escalation routes, hybrid ways to take part, and regular check-ins so issues are raised early and don’t get stuck.
• I’ll meet reps informally too, and hold regular joint check-ins with Class Reps and School/College Reps.

Additional priorities

• Clear, consistent AI and academic integrity guidance across the University, with practical examples and student support—not mixed messages.
• Creative practice needs space- I’ll work toward a rehearsal home base for theatre, dance, and performing arts, with clear access rules and one booking route—starting with a regular weekly block while building a longer-term plan.
• Work with the VP Student Activities and GUEST to support student-led sustainability projects that reduce waste and improve campus life.
• In my first weeks, I’ll run a listening tour across Schools and Colleges, publish an action plan, and keep a public progress tracker.