14 September 2022

Are you a CADS student and would you like to talk along about the quality of the education programme? Do you have good communication skills and would you like to be the link between students and teachers? Then apply as a student member of the Programme Committee before September 24!

The tasks of a student-member

The CADS Programme Committee consists of teachers, students & a secretary. The committee meets once a month (on average), to discuss educational issues. As a student member, it is your job to represent the student perspective in these meetings. Here, among other things, the transparency of the grading, the evaluations of courses and the education programme are discussed.

The activities consist of:

• Giving advice to the Institute Board and the Faculty Board on educational matters, such as the annual adoption of the Education and Examination Regulations (OER) and the education programme for the coming year. The programme committee also has the right of approval for selective parts of the OER;
   
• Discussing the ICLON evaluations of the courses;
   
• The nomination of a teacher for the faculty Casimir prize (an annual teaching-award) following a poll among students; 
   
• Being a contact person for CADS Bachelor's and Master's students for comments and suggestions about education in the CADS programme.  

Your profile

• You are enrolled as a student in the CA-DS bachelor or master course in Leiden;
   
• You have good communication skills;
   
• You are a team player and can work together with student members from other years and the other members of the committee;
   
• You enjoy acting as a point of contact for students with questions, suggestions or complaints within your academic year and to translate these points into agenda items that can be discussed during the meetings;
   
• You are able to transmit the results of the meetings to the students in an appropriate manner (within the limits of confidentiality);
   
• You show initiative and are well-prepared;
   
• You feel involved in the organization of education and you are happy to contribute to this.

We offer

As a student member you get appointed for a period of one year. As a student member you will receive interesting training courses. Your efforts will be rewarded by receiving a payment. Besides, membership of the programme committee will give you valuable experience in committee work that is relevant for your CV. As a student member, you have an important role in the discussions and agenda of the committee. 

How do the elections work?

There are 4 positions available: 3 for students representing each year of the BA and 1 for the MA. The student members are democratically elected. This means that when multiple students from the same year apply and all other places in the committee are filled, elections are held. You can indicate your interest in the position until September 24^th, 2022. The elections will take place from September 26^th to 30^th, and, following the results, one student member from each year will be appointed. Apply before September 24^th by sending a short motivation and your student number to the student member of the Institute Board, Thirza van ‘t Rood, at t.s.van.t.rood@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.

More information

If you have any questions about the content of this position or the procedure of the elections, please contact the current student members of the programme committee at caos.opleidingscommissie@gmail.com or send an email to student member of the Institute Board, Thirza van ‘t Rood, at t.s.van.t.rood@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.

More information about the programme committee can be found here.