Standing for election in the Student Union of Häme University of Applied Sciences Representative Council election begins on Monday 19.9.2024 at 9:00 and ends on Thursday 10.10.2024 at 12:00.
Representative Council oversees defining policies of student union
Representative Council is the highest decision-making body in the Student Union. The Representative Council oversees defining policies and it confirms, for example, the yearly action plan and the budget for the Student Union. Official working language for the Representative Council is Finnish and decent form of understanding the language is required from applicants.
Members of the student union of Häme University of Applied Sciences can stand as candidates for the Representative Council
In the Representative Council election, the 21 members of the Council are chosen for the term 2025. All members of the Student Union who have fulfilled their obligation* to the Student Union and are registered as present for the academic year 2024–2025 may stand for election.
Standing for election
The standing for election is done by an electronic form. The link to the form will be published as the standing for election begins.
Candidates may form electoral coalitions, which is done by filling an electronic form. An electoral coalition is a group of more than one candidate and the votes given to the coalition will be counted in favor of its members. One of the members of the electoral coalition must be authorized to work as the advocate for the coalition. Candidates who are selected to the Representative Council through electoral coalition form their own representative group. The name of the coalition must be written in the coalition charter. The name of the coalition must not offend anyone’s personal rights and it cannot be a commercial/brand name or offensive in any other way. A candidate can stand for election in only one coalition.
Important dates of the elections
The Representative Council election is electronic, and the voting link will be sent to all members.
The electoral officials will be named on 17.10.2024.
The list of those eligible to vote will be checked on 24.10.2024. All students, who have fulfilled their obligation* to the Student Union by that time, are eligible to vote in the Representatives Council election.
Voting will begin on Thursday 31.10.2024 at 9:00 and end on Wednesday 6.11.2024 at 16:00.
Election results will be announced by the latest on 7.11.2024.
The voting link for the electronic voting system will be sent to the Student Union member’s HAMK email address (@student.hamk.fi).
*Membership obligations refer to the following: You have paid your membership fee, your membership is valid and you have registered as an attending student at Häme University of Applied Sciences for the current semester.
More information:
Chair of the Central Electoral Committee, Heli Kultalahti
heli.kultalahti@student.hamk.fi
Executive Director, Aleksi Kurvi
aleksi.kurvi@hamko.fi, p. 0447221000