Voting is now open in our By-Elections 2020! This is your chance to have a say on who should represent you as an Academic Rep or Student Officer.

Vote now: susu.org/vote

The roles you can vote for are:

• School and Department Presidents
• Postgraduate Research Officers
• BAME Officer
• Sports Participation Officer & Intramural Officer
• Halls Officer
• Sites Officers for NOC, WSA and UHS
• Enterprise Officer

Now more than ever, your vote can make a change. Voting is open until Friday 20 November at 16:00.… Read the rest

Every week we will be sharing our most frequently asked questions from students. This week your questions were…

What are SUSU’s opening hours during lockdown?

• Building 42 and main reception: Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 17:00.
• The Bridge: open for use as study space only, Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 17:00.
• The Advice Centre: our team are available via phone (023 8059 2085) or email (advice@susu.org) Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 17:00.
• The Shop: Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 17:00.
• The Stag’s: Closed.
• The Plant Pot: Closed.
• The Shop On Top:

As well as our Halls Elections, we are also running by-elections for a select number of roles at the Union. If you want to make a difference on your course, at your faculty, or to represent a wider community of students, put your name forward!

Nominations are open from Monday 05 November at 09:00 – Thursday 22 November at 13:00.

The roles available in this round of elections are below –

Winchester School of Art roles

• WSA International Officer
• WSA Social Events Officer
• Arts and Humanities Faculty Officer
• Arts and Humanities Postgraduate Research Representative

Postgraduate roles 

• Medicine Postgraduate Research Representative

Nominations are now open for our By-Elections – You can nominate yourself for the following roles:

Postgrad Taught

• Postgraduate (Taught) Students Officer
• RON (Re-Open Nominations)

Postgraduate Committee

• Postgraduate Research (PGR) Academic Officer
• Postgraduate Research (PGR) Training & Development Officer
• Postgraduate Research (PGR) Welfare Officer
• Postgraduate Taught (PGR) Academic Officer

Nominate yourself at www.unionsouthampton.org/postgrad

Faculty Reps

• Health Sciences
• Engineering & Environment

Nominate yourself at unionsouthampton.org/academic

Academic Presidents

• Healthcare Science
• Healthcare, (Management, Policy & Research)
• Optoelectronics Research Centre

Nominate yourself at unionsouthampton.org/academic

Key Dates

• Nominations Open – Monday December 5 at 09:00
• Nominations Close – Tuesday December 13 at 13:00
• Voting Opens

The position for the Training and Development Officer on the PGR (Postgraduate Research) Committee up for by-election as it wasn’t filled in the first election.

The Training and Development Officer is responsible for communicating with PGRs on the strengths and weaknesses of current training and development opportunities and communicating their ideas and feedback to the Union and the University (sitting on the Doctoral College Training and Development Sub-Committee.)

This role is a great opportunity to gain new skills and help develop opportunities for PGR students.

You can read more about the committee here.

Nominations are open NOW until tomorrow … Read the rest

Last Wednesday was a great night, with lots of people gathering in The Bridge to find out the anticipated results of the Halls Committee elections. There is a full run down of who was successful in which positions here, and congratulations to everyone involved! https://www.susu.org/elections/2015/halls-committee-candidates.

There were some positions which had no nominations so If you were thinking about standing but you didn’t get a chance, we are holding by-elections.

So, what is a by-election?

The by-election is a really simple process, what it means, that instead of the whole halls population voting on candidates, the Halls Committee Board … Read the rest