ELECTIONS

Nominations to gain a position on the Student Representative Council will be held again in March 2020. In the event that more than the required number of students applies for any given position, this position will then go to an election.

MEMBERSHIP

The Student Representative Council has 26 student positions that represent our CQUniversity locations and cohorts.

Elected members: Chair Deputy Chair Indigenous Representative Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies Representative Tertiary Enabling Program Representative Postgraduate International Representative Postgraduate Online Representative Research Higher Degrees Representative Undergraduate International Higher Education Representative Undergraduate Online Representative VET Representative Cairns & Far North Queensland Region Higher Education Representative Central Highlands Region Higher Education Representative Gladstone Region Higher Education Representative Mackay-Whitsunday Region Higher Education Representative New South Wales Region Higher Education Representative Rockhampton & Yeppoon Region Higher Education Representative South Australia Region Higher Education Representative South East Queensland Higher Education Representative Sunshine Coast Higher Education Representative Townsville Higher Education Representative Victoria Region Higher Education Representative Western Australia Region Higher Education Representative Wide Bay Burnett Region Higher Education Representative Nominated members: Alumni Representative nominated by Alumni Relations Appointed members: University Council Nominee Co-opted members: Up to two co-opt members

The Student Representative Council can choose to co-opt up to 2 people to provide the Council with any relevant specialist expertise required or to ensure its representation is consistent with its responsibilities.  Co-opting allows the Council to select people with the necessary expertise or knowledge to help it in its duties.  Co-opted members have the same voting rights as all other members.

Rights of Audience and Debate

• Vice-Chancellor and President, or nominee
• Provost
• Deputy Vice-Chancellors

The membership requirements are set out in the Terms of Reference, and members are shown on the Membership Listing.

All members (except for TEP, STEPS and VET Representative Members) will have a term of office of two years, and can serve for no more than two terms of office.

Positions Vacant

Formal calls for nominations to serve on the Student Representative Council for vacant positions will be released through email and student communications during the month of March. If more than one nomination is received for a vacant position, an online election will be held for the position.

Current vacant positions will be advertised in March 2020

Nominations should include your student details, the position you are applying for, including a summary of why you should be a Student Representative Council member. This information is to be emailed to src@cqu.edu.au. For a nomination form contact us.