Voting is now closed in the Autumn Elections.
The Autumn Elections are YOUR chance to have YOUR say on who YOU want representing YOU and YOUR Guild this year!
Elections is where you can decide who you want to represent over 38,000 students, and make a real difference to your University community!
The information on this page will tell you about the roles that are available, support available from the Guild before, during and after the election, and how the election works.
10am 18 Sept Applications Open
4pm 9 Oct Applications Close
10am 14 Oct Voting Open
4pm 18 Oct Voting Closes
There are lots of roles available!
These include School Reps, Committee Members, NUS Delegates and much more!
Whichever role you apply for, you will be able to make positive change for students at UoB!
All of the roles are Part-Time, so they can be completed alongside any study commitments. For each of the roles, meetings may be online, in-person or hybrid, and any access needs of students will be considered. For more information about the mode of meetings for, and accessibility of specific roles, please email elections@guild.bham.ac.uk .
The Applications Pack includes important elections documents.
These include elections rules and wellbeing support, as well as useful resources to help you with your application and campaign.
All candidates must take responsibility to read these regulations and ensure that their campaign teams know about these. Not knowing about the regulations is not an excuse for breaking them. If the regulations are unclear or you need more help at any time, please email the Elections Team.
Please refer to Bye Law 8 with regards to Elections and Bye Law 6 with regards to Committees of the Guild.
The Guild believes that a Zero Tolerance approach should be taken towards any form of harassment based on defining protected characteristics that takes place in any of the Guild’s venues or events.
The University is committed to creating a working and learning environment free from harassment and discrimination in which all staff, students and visitors to the University are treated with dignity and respect.
The Complaints Procedure explains how we will deal with any elections complaints.
A student or candidate wishing to submit an election complaint must do so by using this Complaint Form. This must be sent by email to elections@guild.bham.ac.uk.
All complaints must be substantiated with evidence in support of their complaint where possible.
When you apply you must submit a written statement to tell everyone why they should vote for you, and a candidate photo. You can find advice on how to do this in the documents below.
Events during the elections period:
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Your chance to apply for decision-making committee roles, Guild committee roles, Rep roles, and NUS Delegate roles!
70 posts are up for election.
The polls have closed.
Vote Now!