Faculty council
Tasks
The Faculty Council (FR) consists of representatives of the academic staff, the administrative and support staff, and students. They are elected by and from their own sections for a period of two years, with the exception of students, who are elected for one year only. The members of the Faculty Council convene together with the Faculty Board once every four weeks on Wednesday afternoon. These meetings are open to all faculty staff and students, who can attend these meetings as auditors and can make a comment or ask a question during the 15 minutes reserved for this purpose. Staff or students interested in attending a meeting of the Faculty Council are requested to report to the Council’s Secretariat prior to the meeting.
Although the powers of the Faculty Council have changed following the introduction of the new MUB Act on modernisation of university organisations, its influence is still considerable: the Faculty Council has the power of consent concerning the faculty regulations, parts of the Education and Examinations Regulations, decisions concerning guidelines for the academic research, and decisions concerning integral policy notes about education, research and international affairs. In addition, the Faculty Council has the power of advice regarding, for example, appointments of professors and the faculty budget.
Composition
Prof. dr. F. van Wijmen, chair
Prof. dr. T. van Boven, vice-chairman
Jolien Hendrikx (OBP)
Tom Dopstadt (NovUM)
Anke Hendrickx (Ouranos)
Charlotte Nobel (DOPE)
Jean Swillens (DOPE)
Katharina Bottenberg (DOPE)
Fartun Abshir (DOPE)
Licette Poll, secretary
