ELECTION OF ONE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT TO THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL
Curtin University Act 1966
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
This is a call for nominations for the election of one undergraduate student to the Council of Curtin University.
Council is the University’s governing body, established under the Curtin University Act 1966 (“the Act”). Council is responsible for the overall governance and effective management of the University.
Section 9(1)(d)(i) of the Act provides that the membership of Council includes “2 persons who are enrolled students – one of whom is an undergraduate student and who is elected by the undergraduate students in the manner prescribed by Statute”. Student Council members hold office for a period of one year.
The term of office of the current student elected to Council expires on 31 December 2024.
The term of office for the newly elected undergraduate student to Council will be from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.
Undergraduate students considering nominating for election are encouraged to read the University’s Corporate Governance Statement before nominating. Other relevant governance documents can be found on the Secretariat webpage.
Students Eligible for Election:
All enrolled undergraduate students of the University are eligible for election to Council in this election.
Under section 9A(3) of the Act, an elected student “may be re-elected once, but only once, on the expiry of their term of office, if they continue to be qualified under section 9.”
Students Eligible to Nominate a Candidate:
An enrolled undergraduate student of the University may nominate themself, or nominate another enrolled undergraduate student to be a candidate for this election.
Nominations:
The nominations period commences at 9:00am on Thursday 26 September 2024. Nominations are to be made using the nomination formThe nomination form must be completed, signed and dated by both the nominee and nominator, and returned to the Secretariat by email (scan and send to: secretariat@curtin.edu.au).
All completed nomination forms must be returned to the Secretariat by 2:00pm on Monday 14 October 2024.
Nomination forms received after this time will not be accepted.
Supporting Candidate Statements and/or Photographs:
A candidate can provide a profile statement for circulation with the voting ballot. The profile statement, to be received before the close of nominations, must:
- be in the English language and not exceed 150 words in length;
- be confined to a description of the candidate and of the candidate’s qualifications, skills and experience relevant to the Council;
- not contain information that is false, misleading or defamatory;
- include the candidate’s full name (in the form in which they have asked for it to be included on the ballot form), contact details (for example, student email address) and student ID;
The candidate may also provide a recent passport-sized photograph of their head or head and shoulders.
Candidate statements and photographs must be returned to the Secretariat by the closing date for nominations, 2:00pm on Monday 14 October 2024.
Candidate statements and photographs received after this time will not be accepted.
Election Process:
- If only one valid nomination is received, that candidate will be elected unopposed.
- If more than one valid nomination is received, an election will be conducted to fill the position.
- The election will be conducted by Curtin’s electronic voting system Simply Voting.
- The system of voting will be Optional Preferential.
- Voting is not compulsory.
Election Schedule:
- If an election is required, the Returning Officer will publish a Notice of Election on
Monday 21 October 2024. - On the same day the Notice of Election is published, all undergraduate students will be emailed a link to a ballot webpage where candidate profiles, instructions relating to the voting process and information on the counting of votes will be available.
- A second email will be sent from Simply Voting on Monday 28 October 2024 to those eligible to vote, containing information on how to vote on the Simply Voting website, including a link to vote and a username and password. This email will be sent to Curtin student email addresses.
- Those eligible to vote will be able to use this link to vote from receipt of the Simply Voting email on Monday 28 October 2024 until the close of the voting period.
- The voting period will close at 5.00pm on Monday 11 November 2024. After this time, it will no longer be possible to vote in this election.
Counting of votes and announcement of election result
Votes will be counted as soon as practicable after the voting period ends.
The candidate who receives the highest number of votes, following the distribution of preferences, will be declared elected to the Council.
The result of the election will be declared by the Returning Officer on Wednesday 13 November 2024 and all candidates will be notified of the election result in writing.
Further Information:
Further information on the election process can be found here.
Kristi Jarvis
Director, Governance Services and Council Secretary
Returning Officer
