Rules & Guidance

For all rules and guidance on SU Academic Representative Elections, please click here (information to be released shortly) - Rules-for-SU-Academic-Rep-Elections-2021 coming soon!

The multitude of elections held at the SU is to ensure the SU is led by YOU, whether that be through voting in a sports club election for your Captain, or nominating yourself for the SU President role.

Autumn Elections --> 3 Part-Time Officers, remaining committee positions, NUS Conference Delegates and all Course, Department and Faculty Representatives

Spring Elections --> 7 Full-Time Officers & 7 Part-Time Officers

Summer Elections --> Committee members and Faculty Representatives

A Student Officer is a one year, full-time, paid position. This means you would need to defer your studies for a year while in post or wait until your third year to nominate yourself. Anyone who is a student at Warwick University can nominate themselves for any of the Student Officer positions, regardless of year of study or what campus you are based on. A Student Officer is a full Trustee of the Students' Union and you can find more specific descriptions of the roles at warwicksu.com/elections/available-roles

Yes! The SU can help sponsor your VISA if elected and you can speak to the SU Democracy Team about any further queries you have.

A Part-Time Officer is a one year unpaid position, undertaken alongside studying. The roles often involve campaigning and raising awareness of Liberation and Diversity issues and Environment issues. You can find more specific descriptions of the roles at warwicksu.com/elections/available-roles

Even if you do not succeed in your candidacy, campaigning and meeting new students is a fantastic experience that will equip you with new outlooks and new skills. Campaigning should be a fun experience where you meet new people and gain confidence, as well as speak up for what you believe and show how you can Make your Mark on the lives of 24,000+ students at Warwick.

Absolutely it does! In a recent election, a candidate won by only 30 out of several thousand votes to become your current Student Officer. Most Student Officer elections are decided by less than 200 votes. Quite simply, your vote and the vote of just everyone in your lecture could change the entire result. So don't let the decisions be made on your behalf - vote!

Voting is all online at warwicksu.com/elections

You can find the full candidate list at warwicksu.com/elections/. All the candidates will upload manifestos here so have a browse and see who you'd like to cast your vote for.

STV, or Single Transferable Vote, is a system of preferential voting designed to minimise 'wasted' votes and provide proportional representation.

RON isn't actually a candidate – it stands for Re-Open Nominations. You can put RON as a preference if you feel that the remaining candidates are not suitable for the position. Voting RON is an active vote against the other candidates – it's not an expression of indifference. If Re-Open Nominations is elected to a position then nominations for that post are re-opened at a later date.

Quorum is the minimum number of votes that have to be cast in order for the election to be valid. We don't think it's particularly democratic if a handful of people decide who your lead representatives are so quorum figures are outlined in the governing documents.