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Rules and Eligibility Requirements

Candidate Requirements

To be eligible to nominate yourself you must be enrolled as a student at the University of Sunderland and be enrolled throughout the entirety of the election period.

You must not have completed your course before the close of the election period. Once you have nominated yourself, you will be required to attend a nominee training session. Your SU Elections team will be in touch with you to arrange this after you have submitted your Nomination Form. After this session, you will be required to confirm that you have read and understood provided information. To enable voting, we will post your details along with all other confirmed candidates, on Your SU’s website.

 

In order to be a representative of the Students’ Union, you must agree to carry out your role, should you be elected, according to the Nolan Principals of Public Life. There are seven principals those with an elected office must carry out in their work: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership. If you have proven yourself to have not followed these principals in a previous role at Your SU, we reserve the right to express concerns, and potentially consider your transition from nominee to candidate based upon this.

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In order to be eligible to nominate yourself for the role of President: Sunderland, you should complete all academic commitments by 1st July 2025, or be able to take a sabbatical leave from your academic commitments for the year 2025/26.

The role of a President is a full-time, paid role within the organisation, and as such candidates must have right to work within the UK for the full employment contract. As Presidential Roles are also Trustees of the Charity, you must also agree to a further meeting with the DRO to check Trustee eligibility.

In order to run for the position of President: Sunderland, you must be an enrolled student on a course based on Sunderland campuses at the University of Sunderland.

By completing the Nomination Form, you do not automatically become a confirmed candidate: you are only a confirmed candidate once you have attended a compulsory training session, cleared eligibility checks and attended a meeting with the DRO (Deputy Returning Officer).