STUDENT REPRESENTATION

Rights and duties

Being a student representative at the University of La Laguna should be a selfless activity whose purpose is to facilitate the students' university life. However, it also has positive aspects for the representative themselves, as their role fosters communication, leadership, management, negotiation, and teamwork, all of which are highly valued in the professional field. Like any responsible activity, it entails specific obligations and rights that are important to understand.

Rights of representatives

According to the University Student Statute (art. 36) the main rights of student representatives are:

  • Provide physical spaces and material, technological and economic means for the normal development of its functions.
  • The free exercise of their representation, with no limitations other than established rules and respect for individuals and institutions.
  • Receive accurate and concrete information on issues affecting students.
  • Participate responsibly in the decision-making process and strategic policies.
  • Receive support from faculty and the rest of the university community to balance their lives as students and as student representatives, without compromising their education.

Duties of representatives

The duties of student representatives are set out in the University Student Statute (art. 37):

  • Attend, to the extent possible, all events requiring their presence, especially meetings of the university bodies to which they have been elected.
  • Transmit to the governing bodies the collective opinions and requests of the students they represent.
  • Make good use of the information received by reason of his/her position, respecting the confidentiality of any information revealed to him/her in that capacity.
  • Inform students of the activities and actions carried out in the performance of their duties and of the resolutions of the bodies of which they are a member.

ECTS credits

The ULL recognizes the right to obtain academic recognition for participation in student representation activities, as established in Article 15 of the Regulations on Credits for Participation in University Activities in Official Undergraduate Studies. The representation activities eligible for recognition and the secretariat responsible for issuing the certificate are listed in the following table. This certificate can be requested online to process credit recognition.

Presentation activity

  • Cloister
  • Governing Council
  • Social Council
  • General Electoral Commission
  • Cloister
  • Student Council
  • Center/Section Board
  • Department Council
  • Qualification and/or quality commissions
  • Commission for accreditation and monitoring of degrees
  • Course delegate or subdelegate
  • Membership of external bodies of the University of La Laguna

Credits / Course

  • 1 ECTS
  • 2 ECTS
  • 1 ECTS
  • 1 ECTS
  • 1 ECTS
  • 1 ECTS
  • 1 ECTS
  • 1 ECTS
  • 1 ECTS
  • 1 ECTS
  • Delegate: 0.5 ECTS per semester Subdelegate: 0.25 ECTS/semester
  • 1 ECTS

Certification

  • General Secretariat
  • General Secretariat
  • Secretariat of the Social Council
  • General Secretariat
  • General Secretariat
  • Secretariat of the Council
  • Secretariat of the Center
  • Secretariat of the Department
  • Secretariat of the Center
  • Secretariat of the Center
  • Secretariat of the Center
  • Secretariat of the Center

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