What Do Student Ambassadors for Learning and Teaching Do?

Student Ambassadors for Learning and Teaching (SALTs) have an incredible opportunity to shape the way Learning & Teaching happens in their Department, Faculty and across the University.

It is can be tricky to define the activities of a SALT, as much of what SALTs will do each year depends on what they want to do! This is part of the beauty of the SALT role. However, you might find it helpful to take a look at past projects to see what types of things Ambassadors have achieved in the past.

SALT is a paid, part-time role. SALTs work on projects relevant to them and their Faculty or the institution, in a way that works with their timetable and makes the most of their skills and interests. Ambassadors work around 3 hours a week, with the Lead Ambassadors for each Faculty working around 5 hours a week. Ambassadors are different to Course Reps and Union Councillors; please see the link on the right hand side which clarifies this further.

SALTs work largely in Faculty groupings, although there is also one cross-cutting 'institutional' team. One SALT from each academic department is appointed. Each team has a Lead Ambassador whose role is to liaise with professional services staff, attend Faculty Learning & Teaching Committee, and oversee their team's project to make sure tasks are delegated and completed. Information, resources and ideas are shared amongst the Faculty teams creating an institutional overview of Learning & Teaching development which could have a University-wide impact. There are also opportunities for SALTs to work closely with their individual departments.

The projects that SALTs work on are largely student-led. This means that, as a team, they design, plan, organise and deliver their own projects which will make a real difference to students at the University, with support and guidance from staff along the way.

Each Faculty has a number of different areas that it wants to concentrate on in order to develop and improve the learning & teaching experience for everyone in its departments. It is up to Ambassadors to work on the areas that most interest them, in a way that will tackle the subject in the most effective way. To see examples of past SALT projects, click here.

To see the Job Description for the SALTs, please download from the link on the right hand side of this page.