Student Representative Council
PIA runs a Student Representative Council – to participate please contact the Registrar on registrar@pia.edu.au to register your interest.
The Student Representative Council (SRC) has a responsibility, delegated by the Board of Directors (BoD) to Polytechnic Institute Australia (PIA) to ensure that students have opportunities to participate in the deliberative and decision-making processes of PIA’s corporate and academic governance.
Overall, the SRC is to contribute to PIA’s boards and committees, especially on issues that impact students.
The SRC will be responsible for the organisation of social events representing the diversity of the student cohorts.
Functions of the SRC
The functions of the SRC are to:
- Reflect on matters relating to student services and amenities.
- Collate and present recommendations from the student body concerning student services and amenities to PIA’s Boards and Committees, where deemed to be relevant.
- Report on academic and non-academic student experiences and matters for improvement.
- Narrow the gap between the Executive and students.
- Consult with all students concerning their student experience and topical issues.
- Facilitate opportunities for students to provide feedback and suggestions with regard to both academic and non-academic matters.
- Report to the Academic Board on key academic issues concerning the students; and
- Report to the Board of Directors on key non-academic issues concerning the students.
- Create a social calendar of socially diverse events.
Membership of the SRC
Membership of the SRC is determined as follows:
- The Registrar or their delegate will be an ex-officio member of the SRC.
- The SRC will have to have up to seven student members. Student members must be currently enrolled at PIA and up to date with fees.
- Student members must go through an election process which will be conducted by the Registrar. If there are seven or less nominations, nominees will be appointed without the need for an election.
- The Chair of the SRC will be a student member and is elected by the SRC.
