The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries has a range of feedback mechanisms that student members have available to them to provide feedback on their educational experience with the IFoA. The main methods are through the various IFoA Student Consultative Forums.
Our student forums meet twice a year, around 6 weeks after each examination sitting. They receive student feedback on a wide range of topics; examination papers, the curriculum and work-experience requirements.
The UK & Ireland Student Consultative Forum is made up of representatives from various regional communities across the UK and Ireland.
You can find out who your local student representative is, details and minutes off past meetings and contact information on the UK and Ireland Student Consultative Forum page.
The IFoA supports 6 Global Student Consultative Forums ensure that we give our global student membership a voice to their educational experience with the IFoA.
You can find out who your local student representative is, details and minutes off past meetings and contact information on the Global Student Consultative Forums page.
A student consultative representative is expected to:
Students engaging with the student consultative representatives are required to:
The IFoA runs its annual student survey each year and asks a range of questions about the student experience over the last 12 months. These results and comments are then analysed and sent to key IFoA committees for consideration before they are compiled into our annual student feedback report.
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After each exam sitting, students who take IFoA exams are invited to fill in a short survey about their experience leading up to, during and after the exams. These comments and results are given to your local SCF or GSCF member ahead of the various student consultative forums. The results of the survey are then compiled into the post-exam survey report.
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