The Governance Directorate undertakes statutory elections for ACU's Senate and Academic Board as well as for the University's student representative bodies.
The process for conducting elections includes calling for nominations, conducting the necessary electronic ballots and ensuring all votes are counted and results published. Elections are conducted in accordance with Statute 8.1 - Elections to the Senate, Statute 8.2 - Elections to Faculty Boards, Statute 8.3 - Elections to the Academic Board and Statute 9 Campus Organisations.
Senate Statutory Elections are held for both staff and student positions in accordance with Clause 13.2 of the ACU Constitution. The current staff and student Senate members, and their current terms, can be found on the Senate web page.
Academic Statutory Elections are held for staff and student positions in accordance with Clause 1 of Statute 2.5 The Academic Board. The current members of the Academic Board can be found on the Academic Board web page.
Student Association Elections are held for officer positions in the ACU National Student Association (ACUNSA) and the Campus Student Associations in accordance with Statute 9 Student Organisations and the Constitutions of each Campus Student Association.
Further information about student representation roles is available from the Student Portal.
Current Elections
Senate Staff Elections
An election for the appointment of one academic staff member and one professional staff member to the ACU Senate will commence on Wednesday 18 February 2026 with a call for nominations and will close with cessation of voting at 4:00pm AEDT on Wednesday 25 March 2026. This election will be conducted under the provisions of Statute 8.1 - Elections to the Senate according to the timeline below.
Senate staff election timeline
| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| Nominations open | Wednesday 18 February 2026 |
| Nominations close | Wednesday 4 March 2026 at 4:00pm (AEDT) |
| Voting commences | Wednesday 11 March 2026 |
| Voting closes | Wednesday 25 March 2026 at 4:00pm (AEDT) |
| Results declared | On or around Friday 29 March 2026 |
The formal Notice of Election and Call for Nominations - Staff Elections to Senate 2026-2029 is available below.
Previous election results
- Notification of Election Results - Academic Staff Members of Academic Board 2022-2023 (PDF, 62KB)
- Notification of Election Results - Academic Staff Members of Senate 2022-2025 (PDF, 125KB)
- Notification of Election Results - Student Members of Senate and Academic Board 2023 (PDF, 101KB)
- Notification of Election Results - Staff Members of Senate 2023 (PDF, 122KB)
- Notification of Election Results - Student Association Leadership 2024 (PDF, 111KB)
- Notification of Election Results - Student Members of Senate and Academic Board 2024 (PDF, 22KB)
- Notification of Election Results - Academic Staff Members of Academic Board 2024-2025 (PDF, 28KB)
- Notification of Election Results - Staff Member of Senate 2024 (PDF, 122KB)
- Notification of Election Results - Student Association Leadership 2025 (PDF, 115KB)
- Notification of Election Results - Student Members of Senate and Academic Board 2025 (PDF, 102KB)
- Notification of Election Results - Staff Members of Senate 2025 PDF, 124KB)
- Notification of Election Results - Student Association Leadership 2026 (PDF, 115KB)