TYY seeks two members and two deputy members for the Academic Appeals Board of the University of Turku for a term ending 31 Dec 2026.
According to the University Act and the Rules of Procedure of the University of Turku the university has an Academic Appeals Board. The Board is responsible for handling of demands for rectification of decisions that concern the evaluation of study attainments (excluding licentiate or doctoral dissertations), studies conducted elsewhere, or the recognition of non-formal prior learning.
The Academic Appeals Board has six members, of which four represent the teaching and research staff and two students. All members have personal deputy members. The chair of the Board is professor Jaakko Ossa. The term of the Board is four years, except for the student members the term is two years.
Search for student representatives begins on Friday 25th of Oct 2024. One may stand as a candidate for membership in the Academic Appeals Board by filling an electronic form found at TYY website (www.tyy.fi) by Tuesday 5th of Nov 2024 at 23.59. The Election Committee of the Student Union will draft a proposal for TYY Executive Board on the elected. TYY Executive will make the decision on student representatives in their meeting in November.
> Apply for the Academic Appeals Board here
In the election of student representatives to the Academic Appeals Board, attention will be paid, for example on motivation shown in the application, interest shown towards student rights, on previous experience from associations, from the administration of higher education institutions and from interest promotion, on balanced representation of faculties, departments or subjects and balanced gender distribution in the organ.
Because the Academic Appeals Board uses public power over the individual rights and because the administrative language of the University is Finnish, the University requires excellent skills in Finnish from all the members of the Academic Appeals Board.
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 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 full-time employment with the university are not eligible, as defined in the election rules of the University of Turku.
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. +358 796 1064.