Elections

Declaration of Final Election Results 2025

In accordance with the University of Canberra (Election of Staff and Student Members to Academic Board and Council) Rules 2024 and the Student Representative Council Rules and Election Procedures, all elections have now closed with the following results declared.

	Term of office	Method of Election	Elected Member
University Council
Academic staff representative	2 years commencing 1 Jan 2026	Electronic Ballot	Dr Ananthan Ambikairajah
Professional staff representative	2 years commencing 1 Jan 2026	Electronic Ballot	Dr Nicole Vlahovich
UniSuper Professional
Academic staff representative	4 years commencing 1 Jan 2026	Elected Unopposed	Dr Craig Applegate
Student Representative Council
Faculty of Arts and Design student representative	1 year commencing 1 Jan 2026	Electronic Ballot	Georgia Biggs
Faculty of Business, Government & Law student representative	1 year commencing 1 Jan 2026	Electronic Ballot	Eliana Brown Ruiz
Faculty of Health student representative	1 year commencing 1 Jan 2026	Electronic Ballot	Javeria Aamer
Faculty of Science and Technology student representative	1 year commencing 1 Jan 2026	Electronic Ballot	Janani Balaji
Higher Degree by Research (HDR) student representative	1 year commencing 1 Jan 2026	Electronic Ballot	Beth Canty
Ngunnawal Centre student representative	1 year commencing 1 Jan 2026	Electronic Ballot	Bronwyn Ward
International student representative	1 year commencing 1 Jan 2026	Electronic Ballot	Harshith Ghanta

 

Positions receiving no nominations

The following position received no nominations and will be open for casual vacancies from Monday 13 October to 17 October 2025. If you wish to nominate, please send an email to elections@canberra.edu.au nominating with a short bio.

Council/Board	Position	Term of office
Student Representative Council	Faculty of Education	1 year

 

Stephanie Payne
Returning Officer
University Secretary