UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN


SRC Nomination Day 2023/2024

Dear students,Our SRC Nomination Day 2023/2024 is around the corner! Exercise your rights and let your voice be heard.

The Student Representative Council (SRC) shall be operated within the confines and in accordance with Section 47 of the Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996, UTAR Constitution and UTAR Rules & Regulations.

Objectives of SRC

  • To encourage and promote intellectual, spiritual, emotional and physical development among the students of the University;
  • To participate in the organization and supervision of, subject to the direction of the President, student welfare facilities in the University including recreational facilities, social, spiritual and religious activities;
  • To make representations to the President on all matters relating to, or connected with, the living and studying conditions of the University;
  • To be represented in any body which may in accordance with any rule made by the Council of the University for the purpose, be appointed to undertake student welfare activities in the University; and
  • To undertake such other activities as may be determined by the Council of the University from time to time.

Interested students are encouraged to build and nominate their team during the coming Nomination Day!

SRC Structure
The SRC is set up according to the campuses. Each SRC of each campus consists of the following members:
  • Chairperson 
  • Vice Chairperson 
  • Secretary 
  • Treasurer One representative from each faculty / institute in the campus 
  • Five campus wide representatives 
  • One international student representative subject to the population of international students in the campus exceeds 20 (twenty) students. 
  • Auditor 1 
  • Auditor 2 
  • One postgraduate student representative subject to the population of postgraduate students in the campus exceeds 20 (twenty) students.

Eligibility 
All members of the SRC, whether elected or appointed, must be registered full-time undergraduate students or postgraduate students of the University. Persons in the categories provided here in below shall NOT be eligible for SRC membership or be eligible for nomination for SRC elections:
  •  a student pursuing any programme via Distance Learning and/or any External Programmes;
  • a student who has not sat for his first examination in the University (except for first year undergraduate students who proceed from UTAR Foundation Studies); 
  • a student who has two long trimesters remaining to complete his / her academic study; 
  • a student who is currently on leave of absence; 
  • a student who is on academic probation; 
  • a student who has committed a criminal offence; 
  • a student who has been found guilty of a disciplinary offence;
  • a student who is undergoing disciplinary proceedings; a student who is in arrears of fees; 
  • and any student whom the University in its discretion deems as unfit [with reason(s) provided] to be eligible for the SRC.

Nomination

Validity of Nomination
  • Subject always to the approval of the Election Committee, a candidate shall only be regarded as validly nominated if endorsed by one proposer, one seconder and two supporters. A candidate may be nominated for only one post within his or her SRC.
Same Campus
  • All of the persons mentioned in paragraph (1) above shall be from the same campus and fulfil the requirements of eligibility of a voter and/or a nominee. They must be present in person and produce their Student Identity Cards for verification when making the nomination.
Support for One Nominee only
  • The proposer, seconder and supporters mentioned above shall be entitled to propose, second and support only one nominee for any one post.
Submission of Nomination Form
  • The nomination form shall be submitted by the nominee in person to the Election Secretariat accompanied by his proposer, seconder and supporters at the time, date and venue specified in the Nomination Notice.
Close of Nomination
  • At the close of nomination, if there is sufficient number of nominee(s), the President of the University shall appoint the required number of candidates to form the respective SRC within 1 week of the election. The appointment of the student(s) is to be recommended by the deans of the respective / affected faculties of the campuses (for faculty representative) or the Student Affairs Committee (for campus wide representative).
Withdrawal of Nominee
  • Withdrawal by the nominee within three (3) days from the polling day shall not be allowed.