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Division of General Counsel, Governance and Compliance

Elections 2023

 

Council & Senate Election Results 2023

 

Election

Outgoing Member – End of    Tenure 31st Jul 2023

New Elected Member – Tenure starts 1st Aug 2023

Voting figures (ie Turnout)

Brighton & Sussex Medical School Representative to Senate

    Vacancy

Dr Mei Trueba

Unopposed

Business School Representative to Senate

    Professor Paul Nightingale

Professor Paul Nightingale

33.8%

Education & Social Work School Representative to Senate

    Dr Kristine Hickle

Dr Kristine Hickle

Unopposed

Engineering & Informatics School Representative to Senate

    Professor Ian Mackie

Professor Ian Mackie

33.1%

Global Studies School Representative to Senate

    Professor Ben Rogaly

Professor Michael Collyer

Unopposed

Life Sciences School Representative to Senate

    Professor Laurence Pearl

Dr Alessandro Bianchi

30.64%

Law, Politics & Sociology School Representative to Senate

    Dr Charlotte Skeet

Dr Charlotte Skeet

Unopposed

Mathematical & Physical Sciences School Representative to Senate

    Dr Jonathan Loveday

Lily Asquith

38.6%

Media, Arts & Humanities School Representative to Senate

    Professor Sara Crangle

Professor Sara Crangle

Unopposed

Psychology School Representative to Senate

    Dr Alexa Morcom

Dr Alexa Morcom

Unopposed

Professional Services Representative to Senate

    Kit Eves

Kit Eves

35%

Professional Services Representative to Council

    Max O’Donnell-Savage

Pippa Robinson

35%

Postgraduate Researchers Representative to Council

    Vacant

Josh Francis

Unopposed

 

2023 elections notice

 

The Governance Team will be running elections for 2023 as follows;

  1. Schools Representatives to Senate x10
  2. Professional Services Representative to Senate
  3. Professional Services Representative to Council
  4. Postgraduate Research Student to Council 

 

Census day: 28th April 2023

The Governance Team are holding webinars about the role of Senate and Council; these are open to all staff eligible for nomination. Please email lg476@sussex.ac.uk if you would like to attend one of these sessions;

  1. Elections to Council: Thursday 4 May, 4pm-5pm or Wednesday 10 May, 1pm-2pm
  2. Elections to Senate: Thursday 4 May, 2pm-3pm or Wednesday 10 May, 10am-11am

 

 

School Representatives to Senate Elections 2023

 

Notice of Election for one member of Academic Staff from each of the Schools of Study to Senate to serve from 1 August 2023 until 31 July 2026.

Calls for Nominations begin on 2nd May 2023.

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 28th April 2023.  

Election procedure

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

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

Completed nominations forms must be returned to lg476@sussex.ac.uk by 5pm on Tuesday 16th May 2023.

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.

 

 

Professional Services Elections 2023

 

Notice of Elections to choose 1 member of staff from the University’s Professional Services to serve on Senate, and 1 member of staff from the University’s Professional Services to serve on Council for a three-year period from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2026. 

Calls for Nominations begin on 2nd May 2023.

Eligibility

Provision is made for two members of the Professional Services staff to be elected to Senate and 1 member to Council, by and from the Professional Services staff of the University.

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

Operational Support Staff (OS); Professional Services Staff: Professional and Management (PM); Professional Services Staff: Support (PS); Technical Staff: Management (TM); Technical Staff: Support (TX); Operational Craft Staff (OX) 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 University’s Professional Services staff as defined above on the census date of 28 April 2023. 

Election procedure

The first step is the nomination of candidates. A Nominations Form for Professional Services can be found in the table below.

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

Completed nominations forms must be returned to lg476@sussex.ac.uk by 5pm on Tuesday 16th May 2023.

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 Governance & Compliance website.

 

 

Post Graduate Research Student Elections 2023

 

Notice of Elections to choose 1 Research Graduate Student at the Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú to serve on Council for a one-year period from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024. 

Calls for Nominations beginning on 2nd May 2023.

 

Eligibility

All Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú registered Postgraduate Research Students are eligible to nominate or be nominated, who will remain students from 1 August 2023- 31 July 2024.

The electorate will be all Post Graduate Researchers on the census date of 28 April 2023. 

Election procedure

The first step is the nomination of candidates. A Nominations form for Post Graduate Research Students can be found in the table below.

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

Completed nominations forms must be returned to lg476@sussex.ac.uk by 5pm on Tuesday 16th May 2023.

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 Governance & Compliance website.

 

 

If you’d like more detail on Council & Senate and the elected roles, please follow links below;

Senate : Committees : Governance and Compliance : Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú

/ogs/documents/uos-senate-role-descriptor.pdf

Council : Committees : Governance and Compliance : Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú

/ogs/documents/uos-council-role-descriptor.pdf

 

 

                                       Notice of Elections & Nomination Forms

 

Senate Elections 2023

Notice of Election

Nomination Form

Name of outgoing Senator

Brighton and Sussex Medical School

BSMS notice of election

BSMS nomination form

Vacancy

Â鶹´«Ã½ÉçÇøÈë¿Ú Business School

USBS notice of election

USBS nomination form

Paul Nightingale

School of Education and Social Work

ESW notice of election

ESW nomination form

Dr Kristine Hickle

School of Engineering and Informatics

ENGINF notice of election

ENGINF nomination form

Professor Ian Mackie

School of Global Studies

GS notice of election

GS nomination form

Professor Ben Rogaly

School of Law, Politics and Sociology

LPS notice of election

LPS nomination form

Dr Charlotte Skeet

School of Life Sciences

LIFESCI notice of election

LIFESCI nomination form

Professor Laurence Pearl

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

MPS notice of election

MPS nomination form

Dr Jonathan Loveday

School of Media, Arts & Humanities

MAH notice of election

MAH nomination form

Professor Sara Crangle

School of Psychology

PSYCH notice of election

PSYCH nomination form

Dr Alexa Morcom

Professional Services

PS-Senate notice of election

PS-Senate nomination form

Mr Kit Eves

Council Elections 2023

Notice of Election

Nomination Form

Name of outgoing Senator

Professional Services

PS-Council notice of election

PS-Council nomination form

Max O’Donnell-Savage

Postgraduate Research Student

PGR-Council notice of election

PGR-Council nomination form

Vacancy