Notice of Election

Leadership Elections 2019

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Notice of Election

Notice is hereby given that elections are to be held for the following positions in City Students’ Union:

 

Full Time Paid Sabbatical Positions

Number to be elected

President, Students’ Union

1

Vice President, Education

1

Vice President, Activities and Development*

1

 

Part-Time Executive Positions

Number to be elected

Academic Interest Positions

School Representative Office, School of Arts and Social Sciences

1

School Representative Office, Cass Business School

1

School Representative Office, City Law School

1

School Representative Office, School of Health

1

School Representative Office, School of Mathematics, Engineering and Computing Science

1

Postgraduate Officer (Taught)

1

Postgraduate Officer (Research)

1

Liberation Officer Positions

International Students’ Officer

1

Disabled Students’ Officer

1

Womens’ Officer

1

Black, Minority and Ethnic Students’ Officer

1

LGBT Students’ Officer

1

Special Interest Positions

Ethics & Environment Officer

1

Sports’ Officer

1

Raising and Giving (RAG) Officer

1

*Title of role may change

Nomination Forms

Completed nomination forms should only be sent to suelections@city.ac.uk if you have any difficulties, please contact suelections@city.ac.uk.

Forms are available from the 14th January 2019 until the close of nominations at 12pm on 21st February 2019.

Eligibility

All students pursuing a programme of study as defined by the University Senate and with a current enrolment record may stand. A programme of study means full-time or part-time study at undergraduate or postgraduate level leading to a University award.

  • It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure their enrolment record is up to date before submitting their nomination form.
  • Students who have decided to opt out of Students’ Union membership are not eligible to stand in any Students’ Union election.
  • Occasional students as defined by Senate or those who are at validated, partnership institutions are not entitled to stand.
  • The following constituency based limitations apply
    • All eligible students may stand for the positions of President, VP Education, VP Activities and Development, Raising and Giving Officer, Ethics & Environment Officer and Sports’ Officer.
    • Students may only stand for the School Representative Officer post for the School in which they are registered.
    • Only Postgraduate Students may stand for the post of Postgraduate Officer (Taught) and Postgraduate Officer (Research).
    • Only students who do not have United Kingdom citizenship can stand for the position of International Students Officer.
    • Only students who self-define as belonging to the groups represented by the individual Officers may stand for the following positions: Womens’ Officer; Black Minority and Ethnic students’ Officer; Disabled Students’ Officer; LGBT Officer. For example, only those who self-define as LGBT may stand for LGBT students’ Officer.

Deadline for Nominations

Nomination papers must be submitted online only.

The Deadline for submission is 12:00pm 21th February 2019

Nominations submitted after this date and time will not be considered under any circumstances.

Candidates’ Meeting

All candidates are required to attend a meeting with the Deputy Returning Officer which will go through the election details, campaigning rules and other information regarding the election. 

These will take place on Friday 22nd February 2019 at the following times:

Time

Room

10-11.30am

A214

12-1.30pm

A214

2-3.30pm

AG01

4-5.30pm

AG01

Candidates who are unable to attend must contact the Deputy Returning Officer by email suelections@city.ac.uk, before the meeting to set up an alternative meeting.

Contacting the Returning/Deputy Returning Officer

The Returning Officer (Peter Robertson) and Deputy Returning Officer (Hannah Roberts) may be contacted via the following email address suelections@city.ac.uk 

Please send all questions about the elections through to suelections@city.ac.uk

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