UNITU WEBINARS

Empower your Student Representatives

Struggling to engage and reward your student representatives? Dive into this interactive webinar where experts Ashley Storer-Smith and Isaiah Poulet shared successful strategies for deeper rep engagement. From auditing tools and history of rep recognition to non-financial rewards and peer learning sessions, gain actionable insights to boost your student engagement efforts.
Isaiah Poulet
Ashley Storer-Smith

Event Overview

Are you struggling to keep your student representatives engaged? Want to recognise their hard work effectively but don’t know how?

In this transformative webinar attendees learned the ins and outs of effective recognition and reward systems. We had experts Ashley Storer-Smith, Student Voice Manager at the University of Nottingham, and Isaiah Poulet, Student Voice Coordinator at Sunderland Students’ Union, sharing proven strategies to drive continued and deeper rep engagement.

Here’s a sneak peek of the webinar content:

  • Introduction of the Audit tool by Ashley, a digital solution for evaluating student representation systems, along with a journey through the history of rep recognition and reward, showcasing successful strategies and approaches.
  • Isaiah’s segment draws upon case studies from the University of Sunderland and the University of Leicester, demonstrating non-financial recognition and reward methods such as Accreditation, Certificates, Awards, and skill-based Training.
  • An interactive Jamboard session permitting the exchange of ideas and strategies, enabling peer learning and broadening understanding of student rep reward and recognition.
  • A live discussion section where attendees share experiences and challenges, underlining Unitu’s central belief in community learning.
  • An array of innovative strategies and a renewed drive to enhance students’ experience awaiting viewers at the completion of the webinar replay.

Interested in improving your student rep reward and recognition strategies? The insights gained from this webinar could make all the difference in your student engagement efforts.

To watch the replay, simply fill out the form and dive into the insights we gathered.

Speakers

Isaiah Poulet

Isaiah Poulet

Student Voice Coordinator in Representation at Sunderland SU
Ashley Storer-Smith

Ashley Storer-Smith

Student Voice Manager at the University of Nottingham SU

Host

Ashley Storer-Smith

Student Voice Manager at the University of Nottingham SU

Speaker Profile

Isaiah Poulet

Student Voice Coordinator in Representation at Sunderland SU

Isaiah is a Student Voice Coordinator in Representation at the University of Sunderland Students’ Union. This is his second Academic Representation role, not including his time as a Student Representative. Isaiah has an interest in student-centred development, with representatives as the co-creators of university systems, and has advocates for further inclusion of distance learners and placement students within Students’ Unions. He continues to champion the successes of the representatives he works with, empowering reps to share their stories and shout about their own achievements.

Ashley Storer-Smith

Student Voice Manager at the University of Nottingham SU

Ashley is the current Student Voice Manager at University of Nottingham Students’ Union. They have worked for a wide range of Students’ Unions from small & specialist to Russell Group, as well as a range of areas around student engagement. Ashley’s work has been published by Wonkhe & Alkhemy as well as presented at significant conferences around Student Engagement including RAISE, CAN, QAA, and NUS Membership Services Conference. Ashley’s specialty within Student Engagement is student campaigning & protest, digital engagement, course representation, and students as partners.

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