Loughborough Students Union NUS Delegate Candidates Pack 2015-16
The National Union of Students (NUS) is the national body which represents all students in the United Kingdom. Meeting throughout the year in different forms, the NUS works with Students Unions and other groups to ensure the student voice is represented at the highest level. Once a year the NUS holds a national conference with thousands of student representatives who come to debate and vote on plans and policies which the body have to adopt. Each Students Union is allocated a number of delegates, depending on the size of the University. Loughborough Students Union has been allocated 5 delegate positions which are to be elected in a cross campus ballot. Any student who studies at Loughborough may stand in the election and if elected must be available to represent the Union at the national conference over the first week of the final term, 19 th 21 st April 2016 in Brighton. In charge of the running of the election is Returning Officer, Max Crawford (VP: Union Affairs). He will be your first point of call for any issues or questions which the website can t answer. Feel free to contact him at vpuaffairs@lsu.co.uk : Max Crawford VP: Union Affairs Loughborough Students Union LE11 3TT 01509635005
Job Role As an NUS delegate you will represent 23,000 Loughborough Students. It is your job to read through the different items proposed for discussion at the national conference, speak to students about these and gather opinion to inform your vote and then vote on those items. If enough students vote on these items they are passed as NUS policy and it is then the job of the NUS Executive Committee to ensure they fulfil the tasks that these policies have set them. There are 4 delegate positions available for Loughborough University and 3 for Loughborough College. Any student who studies at Loughborough University or Loughborough College may run to become a delegate. To find out more about the NUS and its national conference have a look here: http://www.nus.org.uk/
Dates and Times Nominations: Opens at 09:00 on Friday 29 th January 2016. Close at 09:00 on Monday 1 st February 2016. To nominate themselves candidates must submit the following information to vpuaffairs@lsu.co.uk before nominations close: Candidates personal details Proposer and Seconder details 250 word manifesto with the option of adding a photo of themselves Withdrawal Deadline The withdrawal deadline will be 17:00 on Monday 1 st February. Candidates must email their official withdrawal to the Acting Returning Officer, Max Crawford, by midnight. Campaigning: Runs from 17.00 on Monday 1 st February 2016 until 17.00 on Thursday 4 th February 2016. No money may be spent on campaigning nor may a campaign receive sponsorship in any form. Voting: Opens online at www.lsu.co.uk/nuselections on Thursday 4 th February at 17:00 Close on Friday 5 th February at 17:00. Results: Results will be announced online at 18:00 on Friday 5 th February at www.lsu.co.uk/elections prior to them being published online.
Rules Nominations 4.1 Any full member of the Union may nominate themselves as a candidate. 4.2 Nominations must be submitted via email to vpuaffairs@lsu.co.uk 4.3 All nominations must be proposed and seconded by a full member of the Union who is not already running in the same election. Members of the Students Union Executive cannot propose or second candidates. 4.4 Candidates must submit a manifesto of 250 words along with the names of their proposer and seconder, they also have the option of adding a photo of themselves. 4.5 Elections committee will ratify the nominations after the close of the nominations period. Campaigning 4.6 Candidates may not publicise their candidacy in any way before 17:00 on Monday 1 st February. This includes publishing any campaign material of any sort or having interviews with media. 4.7 There shall be no sabotaging any other candidate s campaigns. 4.8 Lecture shout outs are permitted at the discretion of the lecturer; candidates must receive verbal confirmation from the lecturer before speaking to a lecture hall. 4.9 No campaign emails will be sent to/from any university/union addresses such as, lboro.ac.uk, lut.ac.uk, lborosu.org.uk, loucoll.ac.uk, lsu.co.uk or any other which Elections committee deem inappropriate. 4.10 Candidates must attend all official elections meetings and events organised by the Returning Officer. If unable to do so candidates must give a minimum of 24 hours notice. Publicity 4.11 All manifestos and photos will be displayed online throughout the elections period.
Voting 4.12 Voting shall take place in accordance with Standing Order G: Web Voting. 4.13 No Candidate shall be entered in all elections treated as if it were another candidate. 4.14 Candidates are banned from creating private ballot boxes including the use of ipads, laptops, mobile phones etc. 4.15 Voting will accessible from www.lsu.co.uk/elections. Budget 4.16 No money may be spent on a candidate s campaign. 4.17 No campaign may receive sponsorship in any form. GOOD LUCK FROM LSU!