Mailed on 10 May 2022.

EEMCS is looking for a new student assessor

Do you want to defend the interests of all students of the faculty for one year? Do you want to gain experience in management and governance and learn about the ins and outs of the faculty and the university? Do you want to build up a professional network, both inside and outside of the faculty? Apply for the position of student assessor at our faculty!

The faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science (EEMCS) is looking for a new student assessor (student member) as of 1-9-2022 to be part of the faculty board. The faculty board consists of the dean, the portfolio holders Education, Research and Operations, and the student assessor.

What does the student assessor do?
Within the Faculty Board, the Student Assessor represents a student perspective. The Student
Assessor has an advisory role in the board, is expected to actively attend board meetings, and
is an important channel for enhancing its interaction with the student population. Depending
on personal interest and skills, the Student Assessor can take on specific tasks in consultation
with the Faculty Board. Furthermore, the accessibility of the Student Assessor enables the
Student Assessor to assist on various topics like UT strategy days, internationalisation, etc.
The Student Assessor can also support the Office for Educational Support, as well as take
part in Institutional Review Quality Assurance procedures.
The function of a Student Assessor contains proactive and reactive components. The
proactive components include attending all meetings of the Faculty Board, and the Faculty
Council, suggesting agenda topics for the board meetings, actively advising on student related
topics and keeping in touch with various study bodies. The reactive component includes the
representative role of the Student Assessor, where they provide the student perspective e.g. at
UT strategy days. Depending on personal interest and skills, the Student Assessor can take on
specific tasks in consultation with the Faculty Board,

For whom?
We are looking for an enthusiastic student who:
• Studies at one of our faculty’s bachelor or master programs;
• Is able to maintain relationships with various stakeholders within the faculty, and
university. These include the study associations, assessors from other faculties, study
advisors, etc.
• Wants to defend the interest of the faculty’s students for one year;
• Knows what’s on the students’ minds and is able to advise the board on this;
• Is interested in education, student affairs and administrative processes;
• Is communicative and likes to share his/her opinion with others;
• Has a good sense of integrity and can properly deal with confidential information;

Appointment
The appointment as a student assessor runs from September 1, 2022 to October 1, 2023.
During this period, you will need to spend around 8 hours per week to fulfill all the student 
assessor tasks. Most of these hours can be used/planned flexibly. For your work as a student
assessor, you receive a fixed compensation of € 330 net per month.

For more information or questions you can contact the current student assessor, Grace
Iroagalachi via g.c.iroagalachi@student.utwente.nl

Send your CV and accompanying letter of motivation to the student members of the EEMCS faculty council via eemcs-facultycouncil@utwente.nl no later than 28 May 2022. The student members of the faculty council will nominate suitable candidates. The faculty board selects the new student assessor in June and asks the Executive Board of the UT to appoint the assessor.