Courses Accreditation Committee — special election of Chair

This is the schedule for the special election to fill the Chair position on the Courses Accreditation Committee.

The schedule specifies the term of office, electorate, dates for nominations and ballot, Returning Officer and election rules. It also includes the nomination form that should be used to nominate as a candidate in this special election, and information about Courses Accreditation Committee.

For the election of

Term of office

Date of declaration until 31 December 2026

Electorate

A candidate for the Chair of Courses Accreditation Committee must be a staff member who has curricula experience AND fulfills Category 1 or Category 2 requirements.

Category 1: 

• is a staff member who holds the title of deputy dean, associate dean or head of school (or equivalent).

Only members of the 2025 Academic Board are eligible to nominate candidates in Category 1. A list of the 2025 Academic Board members can be found here.

OR

Category 2:

• is a staff member who does not hold any of the positions in Category 1 and is co-nominated (see note below) by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students) and the current Chair, Courses Accreditation Committee.

If you are an interested Category 2 candidate, please contact the Electorate Officer (elections@uts.edu.au) for the nomination form.

Curricula experience is defined as expertise as a leader at a school or faculty level in curricula, course/program areas and/or course accreditations.

Nominations

• Open Wednesday 5 March 2025
• Close at 3pm Wednesday 19 March 2025

Nomination form

To nominate a candidate in this election use the nomination form: Courses Accreditation Committee — special election of Chair (Category 1) (115kb PDF).

Ballot

• Open Friday 21 March 2025
• Close at 3pm Friday 4 April 2025

A ballot is required if more valid nominations are received than positions vacant. Ballots will take place in UTS: Elections Online Polling Booth.

The names of candidates and candidate statements will be made available in voting before the ballot opens.

Returning Officer

University Secretary, William Paterson

Election rules

Academic Board committees (Rule G3, Part 1, Division 5)

University General Rules, G3, Part 3

Conduct

Participants in elections (candidates, their representatives and voters) are expected to follow the same high standard of conduct and behaviour during the campaign process as is expected on campus generally. The behaviour of election candidates and their representatives should meet expected standards of conduct. See Code of Conduct for UTS Elections.

Concerns about security due to election-related conduct should be reported to UTS Security. Phone +61 2 9514 1192, or dial ‘6’ on any UTS phone.

Results

The results of these elections will be made available in results around two weeks after close of voting, following the declaration of poll by the Returning Officer (Rule G3-36(3) and (4)).

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