Elections register

RMIT Council

• RMIT Council
  • One (1) member for term commencing 1 August 2022 and concluding 31 October 2024:
    
    • Successful Candidate: Associate Professor Tricia McLaughlin (Returned)
      
  • One (1) member for term commencing 1 November 2022 and concluding 31 October 2023:
    
    • Successful Candidate: Mr Adam Steiner (Returned)

RMIT Academic Board and Standing Committees (student)

• Academic Board
  (Terms commencing 1 January 2023 and concluding 31 December 2023)
  • One (1) Postgraduate Student:
    • Successful Candidate: Mr Dhweep Shah
  •  One (1) Higher Degree by Research Student:
    •  Successful Candidate: Miss Karen Bayros
  • Two (2) Undergraduate Students:
    • Successful Candidate: Ms Jacqueline Dunn
    • Successful Candidate: Miss Jung Kyung Kim
  • One (2) Vocational Education or Associate Degree Student:
    • Successful Candidate: Mr Sam Kendall
    • Successful Candidate: Mr Elior Malka

• Higher Education Committee
  (Terms commencing 1 January 2023 and concluding 31 December 2023)
  • One (1) Higher Education Student – College of Business and Law:
    • Successful Candidate: Mr Akshaan Dhillon
  • One (1) Higher Education Student – College of Design and Social Context:
    • Successful Candidate: Mr Varun Gupta
  • One (1) Higher Education Student – STEM College:
    • Successful Candidate: Miss Amandi Peiris
• Vocational Education Committee
  (Terms commencing 1 January 2023 and concluding 31 December 2023)
  • Three (3) Vocational Education students – College of Vocational Education:
    • Successful Candidate: Mr Sam Kendall
    • Successful Candidate: Mr Elior Malka
    • Successful Candidate: Mr Oskar Hardy
• Programs Committee
  (Terms commencing 1 January 2023 and concluding 31 December 2023)
  • One (1) Higher Education Student – College of Business and Law:
    • Successful Candidate: Mr Heath Thomas-Hunt
  • One (1) Higher Education Student – College of Design and Social Context:
    • Successful Candidate: Miss Ella Byrne
  • One (1) Higher Education Student – STEM College:
    • Successful Candidate: Miss Nidhi Bhatnagar
• Research Committee
  (Terms commencing 1 January 2023 and concluding 31 December 2023)
  • One (1) Higher Degree by Research Student – College of Business and Law:
    • Elected unopposed – Mr Jawad Harb
  • One (1) Higher Degree by Research Student – College of Design and Social Context:
    • Elected unopposed – Mrs Jebunnesa Jeba
  • One (1) Higher Degree by Research Student – STEM College:
    • Successful Candidate: Mrs Nermine Hendy
• Graduate Research Committee
  (Terms commencing 1 January 2023 and concluding 31 December 2023)
  • One (1) Higher Degree by Research Student – College of Business and Law:
    • Casual Vacancy
  • One (1) Higher Degree by Research Student – College of Design and Social Context:
    • Casual Vacancy
  • One (1) Higher Degree by Research Student – STEM College:
    • Successful Candidate: Miss Tehmina Yaqoob

RMIT Academic Board (staff)

• Academic Board
  (Terms commencing 1 January 2023 and concluding 31 December 2024)
  • two (2) members elected by and from the professional staff:
    • Successful Candidate: Mr Tristan Damen (returning)
    • Successful Candidate: Mr Michael Swadling
  • five (5) members elected by and from the academic staff:
    • Successful Candidate: Dr Sharon Andrews (returning)
    • Successful Candidate: Associate Professor Julienne Van Loon
    • Successful Candidate: Professor Sumeet Walia
    • Successful Candidate: Professor Jeff Shimeta (returning)
    • Successful Candidate: Professor Kerryn Butler-Henderson
  • five (5) members elected by and from the teaching staff:
    • Elected unopposed: Ms Rachel Clark
    • Elected unopposed: Dr Sylwia Greda-Bogusz
    • Elected unopposed: Ms Mandeep Chahil
    • Elected unopposed: Mr Varinder Sohi (returning)
    • Casual Vacancy

RMIT Council

• RMIT Council (One (1) member) for term commencing 1 November and concluding 31 October 2022 – Successful Candidate: Karan Mehta.

RMIT Academic Board

• Please contact elections@rmit.edu.au for a full list of results

RMIT Council

• RMIT Council (One (1) member) for term commencing 1 November and concluding 31 October 2021 – Successful Candidate: Daniel Hoogstra.
  

RMIT Academic Board and Standing Committees (students)

RMIT Academic Board for term commencing 1 January and concluding 31 December 2021:

• One (1) higher degree by research students – Successful candidate: Muhammad Shehram Shah Syed
• One (1) postgraduate student – Successful candidate: Sonia Kumari Kedia
• Two (2) undergraduate students - Successful candidates: Massimo Scalzo and Ava Govanstone
• Two (2) vocational education and associate degree student – Successful candidates: Sheldon Gait and Zoe Trewin

RMIT Academic Board – Programs subcommittee

• One (1) higher education student – College of Business and Law – Successful candidate: Tanay Sanjay Shah
• One (1) higher education student – College of Design and Social Context – Successful candidate: Michele Eisen
• One (1) higher education student – STEM College – Successful candidate: Karl Voigt

RMIT Academic Board – Higher Education subcommittee

• One (1) higher education student – College of Business and Law – Successful candidate: Sophie Ireland
• One (1) higher education student – College of Design and Social Context – Successful candidate: Runjhun Agarwal
• One (1) higher education student – STEM College – Successful candidate: Harrison Lal

RMIT Academic Board – Research subcommittee

• One (1) higher degree by research student – College of Business and Law - Minh Hang Tran [elected unopposed)
• One (1) higher degree by research student – College of Design and Social Context - Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne (appointed unopposed)
• One (1) higher degree by research student – STEM College - Successful candidate: Muhammad Shehram Shah Syed

RMIT Academic Board – Vocational Education subcommittee

• One (1) vocational education student – College of Business and Law – Successful candidate: Daniel Deakin
• One (1) vocational education student – College of Design and Social Context – Successful candidate: Caitlin Cleghorn
• One (1) vocational education student – STEM College – Successful candidate: Kaleb Oxley

RMIT Academic Board and Standing Committees (staff) 

RMIT Academic Board for term commencing 1 January 2021 and concluding 31 December 2022:

• TWO (2) members elected by and from the professional staff of the University.
  • Mr Tristan DAMEN (RETURNED) 
    
  • Ms Clare RUSSELL (RETURNED) 
• FIVE (5) members elected by and from the academic staff of the University.
  • Dr Bonny CASSIDY (NEW) 
    
  • Professor Rob WATTS (NEW) 
  • Professor Sharath SRIRAM (NEW) 
  • Associate Professor Jeff SHIMETA (NEW) 
  • Dr Sharon ANDREWS (RETURNED)  
• FIVE (5) members elected by and from the teaching staff of the University.
  • Mr John MARSHALL (RETURNED) 
    
  • Dr Ejanul HAQUE (RETURNED) 
  • Ms Theresa LYFORD (RETURNED) 
  • Dr Aleksandar BRADILOVICH (NEW) 
  • Ms Nancy EVERINGHAM (NEW)

For a full breakdown of the election results, please contact elections@rmit.edu.au