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    Decisions by the student council

    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.

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    The student council speaks: Sofie Ferauge

    Sofie is a Civil Engineer student and in her free time she is especially busy with her involvement in the Polytechnical student association.

    Sofie is a Civil Engineer student and in her free time she is especially busy with her involvemen...

    The student council speaks: interview with Lisa Jongmans

    Lisa Jongmans has just turned twenty but she is very ambitious. 

    Lisa Jongmans has just turned twenty but she is very ambitious. 

    The student council speaks: interview with Wouter Kuijk

    Wouter Kuijk is known in the Student Council for his entrances to the office and meetings

    Wouter Kuijk is known in the Student Council for his entrances to the office and meetings

    Who is the 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. Elections take place around spring break.

    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

    You can read the full policy plan for the 2019-2020 academic year here.

    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.

    Members

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

    Each student can apply for candidature.

    How to apply as a candidate

    Find more information on how to join the Student Council here. Don't hesitate to contact us with any further questions!

    Views of the Student Council

    Here are the viewpoints of the student council during the academic year 2019-2020.
     

    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 the Sharepoint website of the Student Council 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 the Student Council. Agenda items must be sent to the secretary of the Student Council via this template. You can seek help or advice from the secretariat or council members in filling out or adding to the agenda item template. The deadlines to propose items in 2019-2020 are:

    • 12 February
    • 11 March
    • 29 April
    • 22 June
    • 1 September

    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 recognised student organisations. In addition, the council can support the initiatives of students and student associations via the project funds.

    The aim of the project funds budget is to support new projects which:  

    • expand the range of leisure and entertainment opportunities and educational activities available to VUB students; 
    • are innovative and ambitious in nature; 
    • promote the appeal of the VUB and/or of Brussel as a college city; 
    • enhances the wellbeing of students and improves their connectivity above existing networks.

    There are two deadlines for applying project funds for activities which will take place in the semester thereafter:

    • 20 November
    • 1 April

    Both application form and template for budgeting are right under here.

    Request

    Project Funds

    Sport Project

    Subsidy

    Budget

    template

    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

    Join the Student Council

    Every VUB student can apply as a candidate for Student Council.

    Elections

    Every academic year during the second semester the student council elections are organised. The VUB students then choose their representatives by voting for their candidate(s).

    There are two representatives chosen for each faculty and four university wide representatives. Together they form the Student Council consisting of twenty members.

    Procedure

    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.

    After the announcement, the election period starts. It takes at least 3 weeks, but can be extended by the election committee. For valid elections a participation quorum of 25% is needed.

    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).

    More information on the procedure

    Consult the regulations

    MEMBERS OF THE STUDENT COUNCIL 2020-2021

    On this page you will find an overview of the members of the Student Council for the academic year 2020-2021.

    Chair
    Lisa Jongmans

    Vice president
    Jonnick Fonke

    Coordinator of education
    Liesl De Pauw

    Coordinator of innovation
    Sasha Solau

    Coordinator Jette
    Lio EGGERS

    Coordinator student services
    Jolien Lersberghe

    Coordinator international affairs
    Fatimzahra Zine

    RC
    Sueann VANDEPUTTE

    RC
    Anouk Haenen

    GF
    Audrey Devos

    RC
    Michaël Van den Poel

    IR
    Ruben Simons

    ES
    Sander Wouters

    ES
    Brent Huygh

    GF
    Caitlin Jansen

    PE
    Dominique Surinx

    LW
    Lula Waris

    PE
    Suzan de Hoog

    IR
    Viktor Laurens De Groote

    LW
    Yorben Van de Weghe

    TELEPHONE
    +32 2 629 30 87
    EMAIL
    STUDENTCOUNCIL@VUB.AC.BE
    ADDRESS
    PLEINLAAN 2, 1050 BRUSSEL C.2.023
    FACEBOOK
    WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/STUDENTENRAADVUB
    INSTAGRAM
    @STUDENTENRAADVUB
    DOCUMENTS (DUTCH)
    HTTPS://VUB.SHAREPOINT.COM/SITES/ORG-STUDRAAD