Being Active in the University

Tatte and its members are diversely active in the university life. If you have something you want to say or ask, contact us. Contact information and the names of the shop stewards can be found via the link: Shop stewards at the university. A short description of the tasks of the elected bodies is given below.

There are two types of bodies within the university. Under the University Law, the executive bodies include the University Board, the University Collegiate, and the Boards of each individual department. These are represented by all groups from the university community: professors, other staff and students. The election and powers of these bodies are defined in the University Ordinance and the Election Ordinance.

In addition, there exist various kinds of bodies between the university (employer) and the employees that are either based on the collective labour agreement or are functionaries, such as the competence classification groups, the Occupational Safety Board, shop stewards and occupational safety delegates.

The University Board and the University Collegiate

The University Board is the highest executive body in the University. The Board has five external members and six members from within the university, two from each group (professors, other staff and students). The University Collegiate has a four-year term. One of its duties is to discharge the University Board from liability for the accounts. The Collegiate body chooses the external members of the Board and confirms the choosing of the members of the university community.

The first collegiate elections were held in December 2009. Tatte and Tampere University Lecturers joined to form a list with 15 candidates that included researchers, teachers and other staff, and the ticket fared very well in the elections. Out of all the tickets, it received the most votes (333) and five seats in the Collegiate.

University salary system evaluation groups

There are two joint employer and employee evaluation groups in the university. Both the teaching/research staff and other staff have their own evaluation groups. Tatte has representatives in both.

Occupational Health Committee

The Occupational Health Committee is a statutory body. It handles issues that relate to work well-fare and occupational health. The Committee’s proceedings are available on the university intranet.