Some reps are appointed from a Combined Honours or Interdisciplinary course, such as Philosophy and History, Mathematics with Economics, or Sport and Exercise Medical Sciences. Since the content for these courses is delivered by two (or more) different departments, students’ views and opinions may need to be discussed with different staff teams. Each department and faculty will have its own meetings, and Combined Honours reps are able to attend any meetings that are relevant to the courses they are representing (see below).

In some cases, a number of Combined Honours and Interdisciplinary courses do not have reps appointed from their specific programme. Where this is the case, it is the responsibility of the other Academic Reps in those departments to ensure the students on those programmes are represented.

Do I need to attend every meeting?

No. You will usually only be invited to meetings that are in your primary department (or Major). If you would like to attend meetings in other departments, that is your decision, but we do not want you to feel forced into attending multiple meetings solely because you represent a course that crosses departments. If you have feedback for the other departments, you can pass this on to reps from those individual departments.

Every Combined Honours and Interdisciplinary course that crosses departments also has a Board of Studies which is responsible for monitoring the programme. Any rep who is responsible for a course covered by a Board of Studies is able to attend that meeting if they wish, but again, we don't want you to feel forced to take on additional meetings. Academic Reps can choose whether to attend an SSLC, a Board of Studies, or neither.

Which is my primary department?

Your primary department is the department that administers your course. For most Combined Honours degrees, this is the first subject listed in your degree title (e.g. the primary department for "BA Classical Studies and English" is Classics, Ancient History, Theology and Religion).

Who do I represent?

Academic Reps are grouped by department, and so by default, you will be added as an Academic Rep for your primary department, but we can change that to your second department on request. Regardless of where you're officially registered as a rep, you can represent students in either or both of your subject disciplines, and all reps for both disciplines will be displayed to all students on your course.

From our example above, students on "BA Classical Studies and English" would see both the Classics Reps and the English Reps, while a student who signs up to become a rep would be added as a Classics Rep by default, but can change to being listed as an English Rep on request.

What about Flexible Combined Honours?

Flexible Combined Honours has a separate administration team and their own reps, but to ensure collaboration is possible, the group chat for Flexible Combined Honours Reps also includes reps from across other Combined Honours and Interdisciplinary courses.