The University of Turku Collegiate Council includes 30 members with personal deputy members. 10 of the members represent students.
The remit of the University Collegiate Council includes for example determining the number of members in the University Board, the term of the Board and its members and the fees of the chair and the members of the Board; electing those members that do not represent the university staff and students in the University Board; to confirm the election of representatives of the university staff and students of the Board of the University; electing university auditors; confirming the financial statement and annual report of the university and deciding on the discharge of liability to the board members an the rector.
One may stand as a candidate by filling an electronic form found at TYY website (www.tyy.fi) by Sunday 18th of Aug at 23.59. After the application period ends, the Specialist for Academic Affairs of the Student Union will prepare a proposal on the elected to the Executive Board of the Student Union. The election of the new student representative to the Collegiate Council will be made by the Executive Board of the Student Union in August-September.
> Apply to the University of Turku Collegiate Council here
In the election of student representatives to the University Collegiate Council, attention will be paid, for example, on previous experience from associations, from the administration of higher education institutions and from interest promotion, on motivation and commitment to the task, on balanced representation of faculties and balanced gender distribution in the organ.
Good spoken and written skills in Finnish are required (native language or level B).
According to TYY’s regulation, people with the right to complete a lower university degree, higher university degree, licentiate or doctoral degree, specialist degree in medicine or degree in dental science in the University of Turku are eligible for application. The eligible applicants must also be registered as present in the university. Those with a full-time employment with the university are not eligible, as defined in the election rules of the University of Tuku.
According to TYY’s Regulation on the election of student representatives, the number of posts of student representatives in the administration is limited to three posts per person. This entry is intended to ensure balanced distribution of the posts of student representatives in the administration.
TYY emphasizes transparency and equality in its activities. We hope to receive applications from many people with different backgrounds.
For more information:
Specialist for Academic Affairs Tero Ahlgren, tyy-kopoasiantuntija@utu.fi, tel. +358 44 796 1064.