Knowing the system
Inside your organisation
As a learner representative you can really influence the way your provider works. This resource explains the systems that many providers use to collect and feedback learners' views which can influence and change your learning experience.
Outside your organisation
Once you have started as a learner representative you may also want to speak out about other things that impact upon learners' lives outside your provider. This resource highlights some of the main opportunities you have to influence your local community.
Links to useful places
Organisations that can provide additional information about the FE system and how the role as a learner representative fits within it.
Jargon
The language that other people in your provider may use about teaching and learning, government policies or funding agencies may be confusing at first. But don't worry, this section on jargon explains the words, phrases and acronyms that you are most likely to hear.