Senate Membership Nominations

The University Senate currently has a number of vacancies to be filled by University researchers, tutors and demonstrators. The Senate is the University’s most senior academic body with responsibility for overseeing and regulating teaching and student discipline and the power to promote research.

Membership

Membership of the Senate comprises the University’s professoriat together with a range of representatives from across the academic staff and student body, including research staff, tutors and demonstrators.  The Senate meets three times per academic session, in October, February and May. It also conducts business electronically three times per year.

Eligibility

These vacancies are open to all researchers, tutors and demonstrators who have held a contract of employment with the University on or before 31 January 2019.  Successful nominees will take office from 1 August 2019 and will serve on Senate for one year.

This call does not apply to lecturers, senior lecturers, and readers;  Senate representation by staff in these categories is arranged separately by Colleges.

Nomination Process

Any researcher, tutor or demonstrator interested in becoming a member of the Senate must complete and return a nomination form to Theresa Sheppard in Academic Services.  The nomination must be endorsed by a proposer and a seconder, both of whom must themselves be a researcher, tutor or demonstrator.  The deadline for receipt of nominations is Thursday 11 April 2019. 

In the unlikely event that there are more nominations than vacancies, a poll will be conducted with the date of the election being Thursday 25 April 2019.  Otherwise, all valid nominees will be declared duly elected, and the remaining vacancies, if any, will be deemed to be casual vacancies for the period until the next election.

Continuing Representatives

Those who will continue to serve as representatives of the research staff and demonstrators are -  Dr L Cariola, Mr C de Costa Filho, Mr E de Lange, Mr A Hennessy, Mr S Amanfo, Mr A Brisan, Ms A Constantin, Dr M Di Tommasi, Dr N Ogryzko, Mr D Osakunor, Mr R Sendelbeck, Ms J Thor and Mr A Zaunseder (all to 2020).

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