{"id":2360,"date":"2019-09-18T15:29:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T14:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/salc-students\/?p=2360"},"modified":"2022-06-29T14:19:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T13:19:09","slug":"do-you-want-to-be-a-student-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/salc-students\/2019\/09\/18\/do-you-want-to-be-a-student-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you want to be a Student Representative?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_module=&#8221;322&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_menu global_parent=&#8221;322&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; menu_id=&#8221;7&#8243; submenu_direction=&#8221;downwards&#8221; fullwidth_menu=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; module_class=&#8221;main-navigation&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#1d1d1d&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243;][et_pb_row_inner locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; title=&#8221;on&#8221; meta=&#8221;on&#8221; author=&#8221;on&#8221; date=&#8221;on&#8221; categories=&#8221;on&#8221; comments=&#8221;on&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;on&#8221; featured_placement=&#8221;above&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_background=&#8221;off&#8221; locked=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_locked=&#8221;off&#8221; \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; parent_locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2361 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/salc-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2019\/09\/Student-REPS-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/salc-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2019\/09\/Student-REPS-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/salc-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2019\/09\/Student-REPS-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/salc-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2019\/09\/Student-REPS-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/salc-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2019\/09\/Student-REPS-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/salc-students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2019\/09\/Student-REPS.png 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1>\u00a0<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Register your interest by the 11th October! <\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Every year we need volunteers to come <\/strong><strong>forward to be <\/strong><strong>the voice of the students on their programme of study. <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There are lots of reasons you may wish to become a Student Rep. 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