TT Collegium
The Collegium—made up of representative students, advisors and staff—is a forum in which program suggestions, ideas, and feedback are discussed. Additionally, student and faculty issues that arise are brought forward for resolution.
Meetings
Three collegium meetings will be held each year and additional meetings can be called (via video conference) at any time between intensives or whenever the Institute is in session. For both issues and ideas, request that your student, faculty, or staff representative add an agenda item to the next collegium meeting, or between residencies to call a collegium meeting by video conference.
If you are a representative and have an issue personally, you will request a peer represent you.
Agenda
All agenda items are sent from PgR representatives to our Projects Coordinator 48 hours in advance, making suggestions or stating issues with desired outcome in writing. Agenda items not submitted on time will be reviewed if time permits it. Additional meetings may be called for new items at any time at a residency if needed.
Representatives
Representatives’ responsibilities include organising annual meetings with their class or faculty at least two days prior to a Collegium session, collecting and submitting agenda items to the collegium members and representing the class or faculty’s agenda items to the Collegium.
Note: If a representative feels at any point their Collegium responsibilities are interfering in any way with their studies, research, or other responsibilities, it is simply a matter of sending a letter to our Projects coordinator with their decision to resign. Notice and a call for a new representative to express interest will be announced in the next Digest. Letters of interest from potential representatives are sent to our Projects coordinator and a new representative will be assigned in consultation with fellow researchers, faculty and staff.
Minutes Takers and Moderators
The roles of meeting chair and note takers can rotate between the collegium members. A staff note taker is also an option. Responses to issues raised in one meeting will be reported via an outcome report in the following meeting. Minutes and outcome reports will be available in PhD Central and announced in the Digest.
Outcome
If a complainant believes procedures were followed incorrectly, and is therefore dissatisfied with a collegium decision, the next step is to bring the issue to the Board of Faculty Advisors by our Director or Dean for review.
Confidential Issues
If you have any issue of a personal nature, which does not concern the group and therefore is not relevant to the collegium process, please email aid@ti-edu.eu or our Projects Coordinator, Dean or Director.