Whilst being at Lancaster I obtained a job as a Student Ambassador as well as a Departmental Representative.  As a student ambassador it has been my job to conduct campus tours, work on behalf of my department and represent the university on Open Days – for example I was an accommodation guide for the last Open Day. I showed potential and current applicants around our accommodation and gave them any information that they required.

As the Departmental Rep it has been my job to attend student-staff meetings and other events for the Management School.  The nature of the role is to act on behalf of the student body and feed back their thoughts, needs and wants to the Department and Management School.

The application process was really simply in both cases.  For the Student Ambassador role I saw the advertisement for it and went along to the training – it’s that simple!  For the Departmental Role, I started off being a module representative when asked by a lecturer.  I continued as a module rep in the second year and was asked to represent the Department.

It is easy to manage my job and studies as both are part-time and I only commit to the work I am sure I can give my time to – Lancaster is really flexible like that. My position as Departmental Rep greatly enhanced my professional development as it has given me a great opportunity to liaise with key people within the Management School and form relationships with them.