Spars

 

 

 

 Urgent!!!!!

 

 

 

Due to the Royal Mail Postal strike this week, Class Representatives may not recieve their letter of invite on time, therefore we have attached the letters below which gives all the details of the training next week.

 

Please click on your campus(for Falkirk, departments have been assigned two different times, so please make sure you click on the correct link)

 

 

Falkirk  Class Representatives Monday 15th October 9.30-12.30 Departments- Access and Progression, Applied Science & Computing, Business, Care, Social Sciencesand Early Years Education

 

Falkirk Class Representatives Monday  15th October 1.30-4.00 Departments-Construction, Creative Industries, Engineering and Leisure Industries

 

 

Stirling Class Representatives Wednesday 17th October 9.30-12.30 All Departments

 

Clackmannan Class Representatives Wednesday 17th October 1.30-4.00 All Departments

 

 

Please make every effort to attend the training, Lecturers have been informed of the training.

 

 

Please email caroline.hogg@forthvalley.ac.uk if you have any queries.

 

 

Training will be provided by SPARQS, an organisation funded by the Scottish Funding Council to support and train Class Representatives in their role.

 

It is extremely important that you attend this training because its a great way of meeting other course reps and begin to discuss wider issues that affect all learners.

 

For more information on SPARQS visit their website at www.sparqs.org.uk . The sparqs website also provides course reps within further support materials and briefing notes.

 

Class Reps will be notified by letter the first week in October about their training dates, attached will be a slip to let us know if you can attend or not, please make sure this is returned as we need to cater for the training.

 

Also new this year, all Class Represenatives who attend their training are in for a chance to win an IPOD NANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NANO

 

 

 

Training Dates

 

Falkirk Campus- 15th of October 2007

Stirling Campus-17th of October 2007 am (9.30-12.30)

Clackmannan Campus-17th of October 2007 pm(1-4pm)

A lunch will be provided to give you a chance to meet fellow class reps and student union staff

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