Co-participation
As a student of Leiden University, you can join a number of co-participation bodies together with university staff members. Co-participation is an important democratic right that enables you to play an active role in university decision-making and advisory processes.
Co-participation bodies
At Leiden University, you can take part in the following co-participation bodies:
University & faculty councils and programme committees
University council and faculty councils are democratically elected co-participation bodies that represent both students and staff of the university and its faculties. Co-participation also takes place at departmental level through programme committees. Learn more about these councils and committees.
Leiden Assessors Committee
The Leiden Assessors Committee (LAssO) is a consultative body made up of the student members of each faculty board.
Leiden University Student Platform
The Leiden University Student Platform (LUS) is a student-led ‘think-tank’ that discusses a wide variety of topics concerning students and annually presents the Leiden Teaching Prize.
University elections
Members of Leiden University’s co-participation bodies are democratically elected during university elections.
Financial support for co-participation
As a reward for your co-participation activities, you may be eligible to request financial support.
- Your faculty assessor has an overview of all student members of faculty co-participation bodies. On the basis of this, the assessor will send recommendations concerning the division of funds between all faculty co-participation body members to the Student and Educational Affairs department (SEA).
- At the end of each co-participation period, SEA will send you a decision award letter stating the number of number of months’ worth of financial support allocated to you.
- Request payment of your allocated financial support by following the procedures on the Board membership page.
Questions?
Questions about requesting financial support for your co-participation body activities? Contact your faculty assessor.
At LUMC, students are closely involved in upholding the quality of education. The study association M.F.L.S. has a central role and students are represented in different parts of the organisation.
Student assessor
The student assessor is part of the LUMC Executive Board and is the link between the Executive Board, students and Leiden University. The assessor takes part in many meetings which are related to education and study affairs and he will regularly consult with the programme members of study association M.F.L.S.
Programme members study association M.F.L.S.
The M.F.L.S. board has two programme members: one for Medicine and one for Biomedical Sciences. Together with the student assessor, the programme members give advice on different matters which are related to education.
Year representatives
Both programmes have six year representatives for each year. All year representatives are published on the website of M.F.L.S. These students evaluate the courses using the surveys you fill out after each course. In addition, several year representatives meet to discuss the curriculum and its implementation.
Student Council of LUMC
The seven members of the LUMC Student Council are elected during the university elections. For a year, they commit to serving the interests of all LUMC students.
Suggestions or complaints
In case you have any suggestions for improvement or complaints concerning education, please contact the LUMC Education Desk.