Student Rep elections
Why do reps have to be elected? Elections are held to ensure that there is a transparent and democratic process to decide upon who will represent students. This means that both students and staff can feel confident that student reps have been fairly chosen.
Why do student rep elections take place at the start of the academic year? The post of student rep lasts from Nov to end of Oct (to allow time for the elections to take place and for elected reps to receive training). This means that there are always student reps in place - 1st and 2nd year reps from one academic year attend the first few meetings of the new academic year.
Why doesn’t a student rep get elected for the whole three/four years of the degree? Holding elections each year means that new students have the chance to get involved each year. Also - some students may not want to commit themselves to be a rep for three/four years. However - student reps are allowed to re-stand each year, and subject to being re-elected may continue in position year after year.
Why do I have to register my email address to nominate/vote? The elections take place online. Both to nominate and to vote, students need to register by providing their University of Sussex email address. This is to ensure: (a) only University of Sussex students take part; (b) that the correct contact address is entered for nominees, so that they can be informed of the results; (c) one vote per student.
Once you have registered to nominate/vote you will receive an email with a link to the nomination/voting web page. The email and the web page will give you full instructions on what you need to do. As you can only vote and nominate yourself once the link will only work once.
I am having technical problems registering/nominating/voting – what should I do?Contact the Student Representative team on (studentrepquery@sussex.ac.uk) who will be able to deal with your query.