Become a Hall Representative

We want to extend our representative work to improve the experience of students living in our halls of residence. We're currently recruiting out first team of hall representatives to help us do just that for the rest of this academic year. Find out more about the opportunity below:

Role overview

Living in halls can be a lot of fun with the added benefit of being close to university. However, as with all things, there are times when unexpected issues arise. East London Students’ Union is looking for students who are interested in making things better for yourself and other students to be hall representatives (hall reps).

As a Students' Union hall rep, you will gather feedback on residents’ experiences of living in your hall of residence. You will then present this feedback to Residential Life staff in meetings. You will also meet with other hall reps to discuss common issues students face. For example, you might work together with other hall reps and the Students’ Union on a campaign on communal living and cleanliness to help eliminate pests in halls. Or perhaps you could work on creating more inter-hall opportunities for students to socialise and make friends.

The feedback you collect will help staff make improvements that matter to you and your peers. If you’ve ever been uncertain about how to make change happen, then this role will provide you the opportunity and support to do so.

You will be required to attend meetings once every month to discuss issues that affect your community with other hall reps. Hall reps are volunteers and only work around six hours per semester. Despite this small time commitment, the impact you can have is huge.

Why apply?

You will have the opportunity to improve things for yourself, current and future students.

You will develop valuable professional skills such as:

Communication:  Being a hall rep will require communicating with staff and students. You will improve your verbal and written communication skills through dealing with student issues and speaking to different staff members.

Meeting skills:  Attending hall committee meetings will give you the experience of formal meeting structures with a chair, agenda and minutes. This will familiarise you with business processes. You will learn how to express your views, receive feedback and professionally challenge ideas.

Negotiation skills and conflict management: Your skills will develop naturally through involvement in the hall committee system. You will learn how to resolve disagreements and seek solutions to problems while considering different points of views and interests.

Time management:  Through fitting your hall rep. commitments around your degree, you will develop time management and prioritisation abilities.

Public speaking and confidence:  You will develop public speaking skills which will boost your confidence by speaking in meetings and raising matters to represent the voices of students in your hall.

What training will I get?

Hall reps must attend a training session in-person in May. Training will be offered throughout the week of 19 May 2025 at Docklands campus. There will be sessions on different days and times to ensure students can attend one. Details will be published here soon.

Who can apply

Students who are currently living in the Docklands halls of residence and who will be living there until at least June 2025 (including moving out in June 2025) are eligible. It doesn't matter what level you are studying at.

You can't apply if you're currently a Residential Life scholar.

How to apply

To apply, students must:

Submit a short application form by 09:00 on Wednesday 14 May. Complete the form here.

Interviews will take place on Friday 16 May. Successful hall reps will be notified on Monday 19 May. Training will take place during the week commencing Monday 19 May.