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Elections to the departmental forums: Stand for election and use your influence

Do you want to influence what happens at your department? Then now is the time to stand for election in the spring elections to the departmental forums at Health.

2017.03.09 | Sabina Bjerre Hansen

Elections to the departmental forums. Photo: Colourbox.

Elections to the departmental forums. Photo: Colourbox.

Elections to the departmental forums at Health will take place on 18 and 19 May 2017. Both employees and students at the faculty have the opportunity to stand in the election. As a member of a department forum, you will sit at the table where important academic decisions are made.

What is a department forum?

The most important task of a department forum is to create idea generation, quality, transparency and legitimacy in all decisions on academic issues. A department forum must also safeguard the department's academic and social identity and coherence.

Through continuous and timely involvement, the department head should ensure co-determination in respect of academic issues. He or she must therefore discuss important issues within research, talent development, knowledge exchange and education with his or her department forum.

How do you stand for election?
If you wish to stand for election, the first thing you must do is check that you are eligible to stand and entitled to vote. This can be seen in the election lists which have been published on the departments’ websites.

If you are not registered on the election list and wish to stand in the election, you must notify the secretariat manager at your department and fill in a nomination form no later than 6 April 2017.

The election will be held electronically and you can vote via www.mit.au.dk. The election results will be announced on 26 May 2017 and the newly elected members will take up office on 1 July 2017.

 

You can also see the schedule for the coming election on Health's staff page.


About the department forums

  • A department forum must have no more than 25 members.
  • The department head is chair.
  • The forum must comprise representatives from among the academic staff, including PhD students and pre-graduate students, together with members of the technical and administrative staff.
  • Newly elected members of academic staff and technical and administrative staff members are elected for a three-year period, while newly elected PhD students and pre-graduate students are elected for one year at a time.If you want to find out more about the election, you can read the election circular for department forums.

If you want to find out more about the election, you can read the election circular for department forums.

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