Alkhemy Group
Academic Rep Training
Giving academic representatives the skills, confidence, and tools to be genuine agents of change. Not just to raise concerns, but to make things better.
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Academic reps are the connective tissue between students and institutions. When they are well-trained, everyone benefits. When they are not, the gap shows.
Why it matters
The success of your academic representatives directly shapes the quality of the student experience. Our training programme goes beyond the basics, giving reps the communication, negotiation, and self-leadership skills they need to represent their peers with confidence and credibility. Topics can be selected individually or combined into a full programme based on your SU’s specific needs.
Training topics
Pick and mix to suit your needsData-Driven Feedback
Using Alkhemy’s LUCIE model to help reps collect, analyse, and present student feedback in ways that actually drive change.
Navigating Higher Education
A practical grounding in the university landscape, so reps understand the systems they are working within and how to influence them.
Building Confidence
Practical tools to help reps find their voice, speak up in meetings, and represent their peers with clarity and conviction.
Mastering Meeting Etiquette
From contributing effectively to influencing outcomes, reps learn how to make their presence count in formal academic settings.
Establishing Boundaries
Strategies for managing rep responsibilities while protecting personal wellbeing, so the role remains sustainable throughout the year.
The Art of Influence
Teaching reps how to persuade and influence in ways that are authentic and effective. A core skill for driving positive change.
Conversational Leadership
Drawing on Carolyn Baldwin’s concept, reps learn to lead through dialogue, fostering meaningful and productive conversations with staff and peers.
Advocating for Diversity
Equipping reps to champion the voices of all students, understand the value of genuine representation, and act on it.
Academic Quality Processes
Giving reps the knowledge to contribute confidently to academic standards and quality enhancement conversations at every level.
Organising and Mobilising
How to build momentum behind a cause, recruit fellow students, and sustain engagement beyond the rep role itself.
More than a skills session. A foundation for lasting student voice.
Train the Trainer
Prefer to deliver it in-house?
We also offer a Train the Trainer model, equipping your own staff or senior reps to deliver the programme internally. This builds sustainable capacity within your SU and ensures the training can be repeated and refreshed year on year without ongoing external cost.
Investment
1 Day Course
A full day of training, delivered in person or as two half-day sessions online.
2 Day Course
Two full days of training, delivered in person or as four half-day sessions online.
Ready to invest in your reps?
Book a free 30-minute call with Ollie to talk through what the programme could look like for your SU, or drop us an email and we will come back to you.