{"id":77,"date":"2020-12-11T13:14:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T13:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/pgrcommunity\/?p=77"},"modified":"2021-04-15T11:13:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T11:13:45","slug":"saci-rep-2020-2021-amy-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/pgrcommunity\/2020\/12\/11\/saci-rep-2020-2021-amy-king\/","title":{"rendered":"SACI Rep 2020-2021: Amy King"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"This Hi there, I’m Amy – a part-time PhD student in the School of Arts and Creative Industries, and the Research Postgraduate Students Rep<\/strong> for the school this academic year.<\/p>\n

As your SACI PGR Rep<\/h3>\n

As your student representative, I can provide you with a link to the School’s administration and leadership teams<\/strong>. Please reach out to me if you have concerns, questions or requests around the School’s research community, your student experience or other issues related to your studies while at Edinburgh Napier which you would like support with.<\/p>\n

I also work with the representatives from the other schools. We meet regularly to identify shared experiences from across the Schools and identify opportunities for cross-university collaboration through events, networking opportunities and joint feedback to the University Research Degrees Committee or other relevant staff.<\/p>\n

Representation of students’ diverse experiences and support needs is a vital communication link between the university administration and the research student cohort. Particularly as we navigate working from home, or distanced learning, and continue to adapt our working and research engagements to the changing landscape through lockdowns and personal hurdles, it’s more important than ever to ensure the university administration understands how we are coping – and what support they can provide us – in the coming months and years.<\/p>\n

As much as I wanted to avoid mentioning the pandemic in my intro, the repercussions of multiple lockdowns and changes to resource access or even research methods will undoubtedly have a lasting impact on research postgraduate students. My role as Rep offers students an alternative connection point to the university to ensure your needs are relayed back to the university staff who can help alleviate some of the pressures and tackle problems caused or exacerbated by lockdown, but also non-pandemic-related problems or experiences.<\/p>\n

The School of Arts and Creative Industries<\/h3>\n

Our postgraduate research community hosts a rich diversity in academic scholarship. We have researchers with interests spanning Game Studies, English Literature, Design and Creative Research, Linguistics, Publishing, Lighting Design, Music, Media Studies and more.<\/p>\n

SACI is home to five research centres<\/strong>:<\/p>\n