Voting opens at 2.00pm today in Academic Council Elections

Voting opens at 2.00pm today, Tuesday 18 November 2014, for eligible Academic and Professional staff members to elect members to the expanded Academic Council effective 1 January 2015.

To be eligible to vote you must be a permanent or temporary academic or professional staff member with a contract 50 per cent or more full-time in the relevant category and School.

Nominations closed at 4.00pm on Tuesday 11 November and as a result nominations will re-open today for a number of Level D-E Academic Staff members. For those positions with only one nomination, candidates have been declared elected unopposed in accordance with the University’s Election Regulations (please see separate announcements for details).

Ballots are required for each of the following positions as more than one nomination was received:

• One Level D-E Academic Staff member elected by and from the School of Management & Governance;
• One Level A-C Academic Staff member elected by and from the School of Arts;
• One Level A-C Academic Staff member elected by and from the School of Engineering & Information Technology;
• One Level A-C Academic Staff member elected by and from the School of Management & Governance;
• One Level A-C Academic Staff member elected by and from the School of Psychology & Exercise Science;
• One Non-School Academic Staff member elected by and from eligible non-school Academic staff across the university; and
• Two elected Professional Staff members.

Please visit Candidate Profiles for election statements.

Use the vote online button on the Staff elections webpage and enter the system using your Murdoch username and password.  Once you have logged in you should see the ballots that you are eligible to vote in. 

Any queries regarding voting can be directed to Lynette Darnell via email to l.darnell@murdoch.edu.au or by phoning ext 6544.

Voting closes at 2.00pm on Tuesday 2 December 2014.

Trudi McGlade
Returning Officer