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Schools to Senate Elections 2019

Notice of Election of one member of academic staff from each of the Schools of Study to Senate to serve until 31 July 2021

Calls for Nominations beginning on 16 April 2019

This notice is to announce the election of one member of the academic staff from each School to Senate to serve for a two-year period from 1 August 2019 to 31 July 2021. 

Eligibility

Provision is made for two members of the academic staff to be elected to Senate by and from the academic staff of each School of Studies. 

In accordance with the relevant Regulations, the following members of the School’s academic staff are eligible to nominate, be nominated and vote in this election:-

• those on Teaching or Research Faculty Conditions of Service who (a) hold University appointments on the census date and (b) whose continuous service with the University will be at least one year by the end of the contract which is in force on the census date.

The electorate will be the members of the School’s academic staff as defined above on the census date of Monday 1 April 2019.  

Election procedure

The first step is the nomination of candidates. A Nomination Form for each school can be found in the below table.

Nominators should check that their nominee is willing and eligible to serve. Self-nomination is permissible.

Completed forms must be returned to Anthony Hibbs (Governance Office, Sussex House Room 327 or by email to A.Hibbs@Sussex.ac.uk) by 12 noon on Friday 3 May 2019. Please note that if you are submitting your form in hard copy it is your responsibility to ensure that it reaches the Governance Office by the required deadline.

Each Nomination Form received will be acknowledged. Ballot papers will be issued if necessary after the closing date for nominations together with details of the voting procedure. The result of the election will be announced on the Planning, Governance & Compliance website.