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YOUR GUIDE
SABB ELECTIONS 2016
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GUILD PRESIDENT
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VP EDUCATION
VP WELFARE & DIVERSITY
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K E E P U P-T O-DAT E W I T H A L L T H E E L EC T I O N CO V E R AG E
VP ACTIVITIES
10-11
EXEPOSÉ
AU PRESIDENT
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YOUR GUIDE TO THIS YEAR’S ELECTION
W HAT AR E TH E ROLE S?
WHAT ’S NEW THIS Y EAR?
DO I HAVE T O VO T E ?
Guild President Laura-Jane Tiley acts as Chair of the Students’ Guild and sits on a number of senior University boards, ensuring student views are heard at the highest level. VP Education Bethan Jones’ role is concerned with academic experience. VP Welfare and Diversity Naomi Armstrong deals with student wellbeing. VP Activities Katie O’Connor is responsible for all extra curricular activities. Athletic Union President Jack Bristow is responsible for ensuring student sporting needs are met.
The biggest change this year is the omission of an Athletic’s Union President debate. We’re not sure why the AU President candidates aren’t being scrutinised. Perhaps because the Sunday night debate is always horribly under-attended.
Of course not! Students are by no means obliged to vote in Sabbatical Elections, but are encouraged to exercise their democratic right to do so. This is your chance to choose the people who you feel will best represent the interests of you and your fellow students both to the University and nationally. No pressure, then.
The Guild will only announce the winners on results night this year, rather than providing a rundown of individual vote counts. As the University prides itself on its eco-friendly nature, flyering was banned back in 2013. Campaign videos will remain the clincher for many of the Sabb hopefuls.
If you’d like to vote, but don’t think any of the candidates would do a very good job, you can select the option to Re-open Nominations (RON). If RON wins the most votes in the election, then nominations will be re-opened for a period of time before a re-election at a later date.
HO W D O I VO T E ?
Students can vote from 9am on 11 February until 5pm on 12 February. You’ll be able to vote online using computers and mobile devices. The Guild will also be operating voting terminals in the Forum and in various academic buildings on Streatham Campus as well as St Luke’s. Results will be announced from 7:30pm on Friday 12 February in DH1. Pullout design by Sarah Gough. Additional design and content by James Beeson, Josh Mines, Eamonn Crowe, Susannah Keogh, Fiona Potigny, Edwin Yeung, Natasa Christofidou, Lewis Norman, Giorgi Mamuzelos, Laurel Bibby, Jeremy Brown, Theo Stone, Kate Jones, Zak Mahinfar, Kathy Giddins, Jack Morgan-Jones, Rebecca Broad and Owain Evans.
THE ELECTION BY NUMBERS
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8 February VP Education debate
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