New Election Model

In 2014, Student Voice has voted to change our election system. The changes to the system are summarised as follows:

• Rather than having four separate elections for our Full Time Officers, we will have one election with four candidates being elected using the Single Transferable Vote method.
• The candidate who comes first in the election will be offered the role of Student President.
• The other three successful candidates will each become a Vice President with responsibility for each representing students in one of GCU's three academic schools.
• All officers will be responsible for promoting student representation alongside our activities and services in their schools.
• The existing remits of Education, Wellbeing, Activities and some of the current Student President remit will be broken down and the winning candidates will then assemble their own remits after the election in agreement with each other.

The changes outlined above have been driven by the need to change our system to improve the way in which our elections are run to give students a better choice and to encourage an increase in the diversity of the people who stand and are successful in our elections.

It has also been seen as advantageous to move away from fixed officer remits to allow the candidates who are elected to be matched to the areas of the Students' Association that best match their skills, experience and interests.

For more information please read the full paper outlining what the model will look like and the reasons for implementing it including evidence from other students' associations who use this model.