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    STUDENT COUNCIL AND COUNCIL FOR STUDENT SERVICES

    The Student Council is the central body for student representation at the VUB. It defends your interests and appoints the student representatives for the other councils.

    The Council for Student Services stands for 'student facilities'. At our university, the representatives in the Student Council and the Council for Student Services are the same.

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    STUDENT COUNCIL

    Through the Student Council, your interests are defended in any VUB governing body and committee. The Student Council consists of 20 members and each university student can apply for a membership.

    At our university, the representatives in the Student Council and the Council for Student Services are the same. If we talk about the Student Council, then the Council for Student Services and its powers are included in it.

    The Student Council defends your interests at our university and beyond.

    What does the Student Council do?

    The students play a pivotal role in the execution of student policies at the VUB. Each VUB administrative seat consists of a minimum of 10% students. At the beginning of each academic year, the Student Council appoints student representatives to participate in various VUB boards or committees. 

    In addition, the Student Council holds the following powers:

    • Defending the interests of students
    • Spontaneously issuing written opinions on all matters affecting students
    • Making decisions vis-à-vis policies of the various student services
    • Adopting the budget and allocation of social grants
    • Approve the annual report 'Student Services'
    • Formulation of proposals on cooperative agreements

    Recent activities:

    • Quicker access to exam timetables
    • Lockers and a bread machine on campus
    • More spacious student study spaces with better opening hours
    • Free earplugs at student parties
    • Transparent point system for the distribution of grants under the recognised student associations
    • Opening of the Lounge Bars 1050 and 1090
    Representation in the field of "student facilities".

    Council for Student Services

    The Council for Student Services represents the policy and the representation of VUB students in terms of student facilities: food, housing, social services, medical and psychological services, transport and student activities.

    At our university, the representatives in the Student Council and the Council for Student Services are the same.

    Special status as student representative: Reflex Student.

    Status of student representatives

    Members of the Student Council bear an enormous responsibility. The VUB Rules of Participation grant, therefore, a special status to student representatives. This includes, amongst other things, the granting of a special status for Reflex Students (art. 4 of the Teaching and Examination Regulations).

    Membership

    You can find an overview of the current composition of the Student Council here.

    Each student can apply for candidature.

    Elections

    Every student can pose as a candidate for the Student Council. The university community then selects its yearly Student Council representatives from the pool of candidacies.

    There are also two representatives chosen for each faculty. Together they form the Student Council consisting of twenty members.

    More information on who is entitled to vote and how to stand as candidate can be found in the General Regulations of the Student Council.

    Meetings

    As a VUB student, you can attend meetings, view the reports and submit agenda items yourself.

    Any VUB student may attend the meetings.

    Attend a meeting

    Every student at the VUB is entitled to attend meetings of the Student Council as observer. The council's meeting agenda can be found here (Dutch only).

    Consultation of timetables and reports

    Via intranet you can view the agenda and approved reports (login with your NetID and password, agenda available one week before the meeting, Dutch only).

    You can submit agenda items yourself.

    Proposals for agenda items

    Each VUB student can propose agenda items for discussion of the Student Council. These items will be included in the template provided by the Secretariat of the Student Council. You can seek help or advice from the secretariat or council members in filling out or adding to the agenda item template.

    Fourteen days prior to the Student Council meeting, there is an agenda overview during which at least the Student Council chairman and secretary are present. They scrutinize the proposed agenda items in terms of content, clarity, completeness, and so on.

    Financial Support

    The Student Council provides annual subsidies to the various student organisations. In addition, the council may choose to support the initiatives of students and student associations via the project grant or sponsorship.

    The project grant focuses on activities and innovative projects that are relaxing or instructive for students at the VUB. The rules to qualify for the project grant can be found in articles 3 to 7 of the Student Life Codex. 

    Sponsorship is reserved for valuable initiatives that cannot be financed via the usual subsidies or the project grant. The rules to qualify for sponsorship can be found in articles 3 to 7 of the Student Life Codex.

    There are four deadlines in applying for financial support via the project grant or sponsorship:

    • 1 October
    • 1 December
    • 28 February
    • 15 April

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    Sponsporship

    ORGANISATIONAL AND COMMUNICATION SUPPORT

    Students and student organisations who wish to organise projects or events can request support in organising and communicating their events.

    Organisational

    EVENTS (TD, BBQ,...), MULTIMEDIA / LOGISTICS, ESPLANADE ACTIVITIES, LOUNGE 1050 & 1090

    More Information

    Communication

    EVENTS / NEWS ON STUDENT PORTAL, VIDEOSCREENS, VUB TODAY, NEWSLETTER

    More Information

    Rules

    THE STUDENT LIFE CODEX, READING ROOM REGULATIONS...

    More Information

    MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL 2017-2018

    On this page you will find an overview of the members of the Student Council for the academic year 2017-2018.

    Want to know the mandates of the members? Have a look at the list.

    Chairman & Vice President

    Chairman
    Daniel VAN DEN BROECKE

    Vice Chairman
    Otto CARTRYSSE

    Coordinators & Managers

    International Coordinator
    Carmen MAZIJN

    Education Coordinator
    Jeremy DE PLECKER

    Lounge Bar 1050 Manager
    Floriano TORI

    Communications Manager
    Charlotte VERHEYDEN

    Brussels coordinator
    Sasha SOLAU

    Student services coordinator
    Lise VERMEERSCH

    University Student Representatives

    Otto CARTRYSSE

    Carmen MAZIJN

    Daniel VAN DEN BROECKE

    Jeremy DE PLECKER

    Faculty Student Representatives

    ES
    Jeroen KESSELS

    ES
    Max NIJS

    GF
    Gill VERSTAPPEN

    GF
    Edouard DHOOGE

    IR
    Lise VERMEERSCH

    IR
    Wouter KUIJK

    LK
    Marco IN'T ZANDT

    LK

    LW
    Charlotte VERHEYDEN

    LW
    Yannis SKALLI-HOUSSEINI

    PE
    Axana WALTERUS

    PE
    Laura PIZZIRANI

    RC
    Raphaël BELPAEME

    RC
    Charlotte GARCIA-MORENO

    WE
    Floriano TORI

    WE
    Sasha SOLAU

    Interested in joining?

    Every academic year the elections are held in the second semester.

    Election procedure

    All students enrolled on the first day of the first week of lectures of the second semester are voters and can apply as candidate.

    After the candidacy period, the election committee decides whether the candidates are admissible. All accepted candidates will be announced officially to the student community. After a short appeal period, all definitive candidates are announced. The election period takes at least 3 weeks, but can be extended by the election committee. For valid elections a participation quorum of 25% is needed.

    More information can be found in the general regulations.

    More information

    General regulations

    CONTACT

    The Student Council is always ready to answer your questions, hear your ideas and address your problems. So feel free to contact us whenever you need!

    TELEPHONE
    +32 2 629 30 87
    MOBILE
    +32 477 98 78 55
    E-MAIL
    STUDENTCOUNCIL@VUB.AC.BE
    FACEBOOK
    WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/STUDENTENRAADVUB
    TWITTER
    @STRAADVUB
    ADDRESS
    PLEINLAAN 2, 1050 BRUSSEL M2.26