Elections
Your Students’ Union is here to make life at Staffs the best it can possibly be. To achieve this, the SU is run by a group of students that are elected each year.
Any student can put themselves forward for election and if they get enough votes, be given the opportunity to lead an exciting, dynamic organisation capable of achieving real change.
This term the students of Staffordshire University will be asked to decide on the future of their SU by voting in the Officer Elections – this will include both full time and part time positions. These elections will decide which students are chosen to lead Staffs SU in the year ahead. Every Staffordshire University student can vote and these votes alone will decide the outcome.
March 2010 Elections
The March 2010 Elections have now finished. You can still view the following resources:
Could YOU lead your SU?
Do you think you've got what it takes to represent your fellow students?
Do you want to lead an organisation with 16,000 student members and make their life better?
Would you like to put on your CV that you have been responsible for running an organisation with a turnover of £3 million?
And do you want get a one year, full-time, paid job starting in August?
The next by-elections are scheduled for November 2010. This by-election is only for unfilled part-time positions.
The next full elections are scheduled for Spring 2011. This election is for every position, including full-time sabbaticals, who would take office from July 2011.
Vote - Have Your Say...
As a member you have an obligation to vote. If you want Staffordshire University Students' Union to look after your interests, then you have to be interested in your Union. We ask our members to take part in voting. We will ask you to vote on a number of issues throughout the year. Things such as environmental matters, Union policy, and how the resources available to members are funded.
We also ask you to vote for your representatives within the Union such as the Executive and Union Council. If you don’t like what is being put forward by a candidate – then don’t vote for them! If you do like the idea of a certain change to the Union, then vote for it.
If you don’t use your vote, then somebody else is going to have a say in how our shared resources are used, so you could miss out.
The members hold all the power, as it’s the members who decide what happens, either as a regular student voting for candidates at elections or by becoming more involved with how the Union is run.
For these elections and referenda, voting will be taking place by paper ballots. This means you need to turn up to a polling station within the specified opening hours, with your student card, to cast your vote. However for those who have specific reasons for being unable to attend a polling station, remote e-postal votes will be offered, but you will have to register early for these. Click for more information on Postal Votes.
You can check whether you are eligible to vote by using our Can I Vote tool. Any current or completing student can be on our electoral roll to vote. If there is an issue on that page, there are instructions on how you can make sure you are eligible.
Act like you own the place - make sure you cast your vote!
Administration
Union Elections are overseen by the Steerings Committee, also known as the Elections Panel. If you have any comments, questions or complaints please email: steerings@staffs.ac.uk
Please note that Club & Society elections are overseen by the Student Activities department, not the Steerings Committee.