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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. 

  1. 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).
     
  2. 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.
     
  3. 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.

Faculty Council

The Faculty Council advises the Faculty Board solicited and unsolicited advice on all matters on Faculty level relating to teaching, research, and organisation. 
 

Participation

Half of the Faculty Council is elected from and by the staff, the other half from and by the students. The members of the Council are elected in accordance with the regulations concerning University elections (Dutch), as drawn up by the University Executive Board.

Master's Programme Committee

The Institute Master's Programme Committee is responsible for the constant process of adjusting and modifying the education programme, for instance, by means of education evaluations, both small-scale and large-scale. The Committee is concerned with possible overlap between courses, whether courses follow up on each other, the exact formulation of regulations for teaching and examinations, etc.

Participation

Students are encouraged to participate as much as possible in the resulting reorganisations of education.

Meetings

The MPC meets once a month. The sessions are open to the public. Students contribute to the MPC's activities through regular written education evaluations and evaluation panels. In addition, students can always approach members of the MPC with remarks concerning the programme.

More information

Read all information on the Master's Programme Comittee and its members.
Master's Programme Committee

International Student Platform Psychology

International students who want to have a say in our programme are welcome to the International Student Platform (ISP). The ISP meets at least three times a year.

Educational problems specific for international students

The International Student Platform (ISP) is mainly concerned with educational problems specific for international students. But there is enough space to discuss all possible bottlenecks that international students are facing during their stay at Leiden University.

Meetings

The ISP meets at least three times a year

More information

Read all on the International Student Platform (ISP)

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