Welcome from Your Vice President (VP) Education and Education Officer
As you are now aware your educational needs are looked after by the Education Team consisting of myself, Aimee Riley as Education Officer, and Nick Ferrari as the Vice President of Education.
So far this year the Education Team has seen success in our term 2 initiatives, most recently the annual Commemorative Dinner and Staff/Student Symposium. The Campus Committee is now working together to develop ways to increase engagement with students and the betterment of their experiences at Macquarie Law School.
Coming up in semester 2 is the annual ALSA July Conference, the election of the Chairs of the Learning and Teaching Sub-Committee, Speakers Sub-Committee and Grants Sub-Committee, and a series of workshops for students including public speaking and legal research.
Further for those students who are interested in becoming involved in any of these initiatives please do not hesitate to contact either myself or Nick Ferrari.
In addition the Education Team is still providing a number of services that you should be aware of:
Representation and Consultation
The Education Team plays a role in representing law students' views with respect to some of the major changes at a faculty, university and national level. We are here to help, so if there is anything you want to bring up, or you want to get involved in the formal review process, please check the website, send me an email or drop into the MULS office for a chat.
Feedback and Complaints
The Education Team is a useful point of contact if you’ve got any questions, complaints or compliments about anything to do with law school – whether it relates to assessment, teaching, or any aspect of your studies. The Education Team prepares formal and informal submissions to lecturers or the administration if any problems arise with respect to how your classes are being taught. Just fill out the complaints form found in the tab to the right.
Please note that the above things are the sorts of topics that can be raised at the staff/student symposium so we encourage you to lodge a submission for consideration!
So far 2011 has proven to be the start of an exciting year for MULS. As previously mentioned myself and Nick are dedicated to achieving three common aims for our term:
- Improving MULS’s effectiveness on issues of key significance to law students;
- Supporting law students in tackling the unique educational issues they face; and
- Advancing communication and collaboration between MULS, law students and the Law School.
Accordingly we look forward to achieving these goals through our educational initiatives, but also through the Campus Committee. We confirm the Campus Committee is an open committee and should you be interested in getting involved, or getting involved in any other education initiatives, please email educationofficer@muls.org.
Best,
Aimee Riley & Nick Ferrari
The Education Team
