Schedule: TD School Board — election of students

This is the schedule for the election to fill student positions on TD School Board. For clarity, the Vice-Chancellor has declared TD School Board to be equivalent to a faculty board.

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 election, and information about faculty boards.

For the election of

Term of office

One year: 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026

Electorate

Any student enrolled in a postgraduate or undergraduate course (listed in the UTS register of award courses, with a minimum one year full-time or equivalent duration) can stand as a candidate, nominate candidates and vote for candidates within their faculty and (where specified) their discipline/program (Rule G3-22(1)(e) or (f)).

Restriction

Students (undergraduate, postgraduate and postgraduate research students) who are also members of academic or professional staff of the university (continuing or fixed-term) are not entitled to stand as candidates, nominate candidates or vote in this election (Rule G3-22(2)).

Important information

The TD School undergraduate student electorate includes all undergraduate students enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCII) (Course Codes: C09076, C09098, C10321, C10322, C10323, C10324, C10325, C10326, C10327, C10328, C10329, C10330, C10338, C10351, C10352, C10355, C10359, C10373, C10374, C10375, C10376, C10377, C10389, C10454, C10461, C10465, C10466, C20060, C09122).

Therefore, subject to meeting all other eligibility requirements, if you are enrolled in a double degree with the BCII, you may choose to stand as candidate for either your home faculty board or for the TD School Board student representative position.

Students enrolled in a double degree with the BCII can nominate and vote for candidates in either or both their home faculty board and/or for the TD School Board student representative position. 

Nominations

• Open Tuesday 5 August 2025
• Close at 3pm Tuesday 19 August 2025

Nomination form

To nominate a candidate in this election use the nomination form: TD School Board — election of students (PDF 198KB).

Ballot

• Open Tuesday 9 September 2025
• Close at 3pm Tuesday 23 September 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

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 2 weeks after close of voting, following the declaration of poll by the Returning Officer (Rule G3-36(3) and (4)).

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