Nominations have opened for the 2022 Students’ Union Officer Elections, with all full-time and most part-time officer roles open for election come voting in March.
The Elections take place each beginning in February and ending with a televised results night in March, broadcasted by Forge TV.
Current Mature Students Officer, Tom Hill, who is one of the Returning Officers of the election, said: “It’s a great way to decide the direction of the Students’ Union and to get your voice heard in the decision process.”
This year will be the second time Officers are elected to the composition of positions established under 2020/21 President Beth Eyre’s reforms, which reduced the number of full time roles and introduced the part time roles for the first time.
Seven full time positions and five of the six part time positions will be elected during the voting period between the 7 and 9 March.
The full time positions are SU President, Activities and Development Officer, Education Officer, Liberation Officer, International and Community Officer, Wellbeing and Sports Officer and the Welfare and Sustainability Officer.
There officers work full time in the Students’ Union and are paid a salary.
Part time officers include the BAME Student Officer, Disabled Student Officer, LGBT+ Student Officer, Mature Student Officer and the Women Student Officer, which was previously a full time position, before being made part time and replaced by the Liberation Officer in 2021 in order to have an officer representative of all students.
People who wish to run will need to put themselves forward on the SU website and nominees will be announced on 28 February.
