Palacký University has elected a new Academic Senate

The historic first online elections have resulted in the new UP Academic Senate for the 2020–2023 term. The elections took place on May 19–25 via the Internet due to the coronavirus epidemic and related restrictions.

An interim report on the course and results of the elections is available here. "Pursuant to Article 10 of the Election Rules of the UP Academic Senate, each member of the academic community may submit a written complaint about the conduct of the election to the main election commission no later than two working days from the date of publication of the election results. Complaints can be submitted to my e-mail address – jan.strojil@upol.cz – or to me in person at the Department of Pharmacology, UP Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, no later than midnight May 28, 2020. Any complaints and comments will be subsequently dealt with by the election commission, and the final results of the elections and the composition of the new senate will be published on UP’s Official Notice Board,” said Jan Strojil, the chairman of the main election commission.

The UP Academic Senate is a self-governing representative body comprised of 24 members. Each faculty is represented by two senators from the ranks of academics and one from the ranks of students. The candidates who receive the highest number of votes at each faculty become senators.