Academic Rep Role
What is a Subject Rep?
Subject Reps are the voice of students in faculties and departments. They run on unique manifestos and are then elected by their subject peers to fulfil this role, which is an exciting opportunity to actively shape your educational experience here at Cambridge! Their responsibilities include taking students’ ideas and concerns to faculty and department boards, relaying important information from those boards back to students, and organising with their peers to foster a subject community.
What is a School Rep?
School Reps are higher level student representatives. They represent all students studying in the School by linking up with the relevant faculty and department academic reps leading on School level change. They sit on the Council of the School, which is responsible for education, research, strategy and resource allocation across several faculties in a discipline area. School Reps also sit on the SU's Student Council, where they hold the sabbatical officer team to account and debate and vote on SU policy.
Submitting your nomination
To stand in the Academic Rep Elections you must provide the following. These are submitted via the web nominations form:
- Your name/crsid/University email
- A preferred name - this is what will appear on the ballot and in all public communications about the election. It can be any name you go by and does not have to be your legal name or the name you are registered with the University under, but it cannot be a joke name, slogan etc.
You can also optionally submit:
- Telephone number - this is so election staff can contact you during the election period, and will not be used for any other reason. We would only use the telephone number if something was urgent and will typically contact you via email.
- A manifesto - you can upload a manifesto via the form on the website once you've submitted your nomination. This can be a maximum of 500 words and all the substantive content must be typed text, although you can also include images. This will be linked below your name at the point of voting. You can also optionally upload a designed manifesto which must have the same text as your typed manifesto.
- A slogan - This will be uploaded to the website when you nominate yourself and must be less than 15 words. The slogan will appear on the candidate list and by your name on the ballot, as well as on elections promotional material.
- A photo of you to appear on the ballot. This will not be used for any other purpose outside of the election period. This should ideally be a head or head and shoulders picture and must be in JPEG or PNG format. Please do not upload your designed manifesto in this box.
Eligibility
For some roles you need to be part of a certain group to stand.
- Undergraduate/postgraduate - some roles are restricted to undergraduate or postgraduate students and the system will not let you run if you fall into the wrong group. This is based on the University's data about you and your course; please get in touch if you think there is an error.
- Academic Reps - you can only stand for the roles representing students on your course. We assign students to courses using data given to us by the University - if you think your course is wrong, please contact academic.rep@cambridgesu.co.uk.
Sabbatical officer Role
A sabbatical officer at Cambridge SU is a full-time, paid student representative who works after graduating (or takes a year out of their studies) to represent students’ interests and lead the Students’ Union. Sabbatical officers are elected by students and focus on improving the student experience by campaigning on key issues, supporting student communities, shaping SU priorities, and working with the University to make change happen. They’re there to make sure students’ voices are heard at the highest level and that the SU is working for all Cambridge students.
To find out more about what each role entails, read the Job Packs below:
Job Packs
Submitting your nomination
To stand in the Cambridge SU Leadership Election you must provide the following. These are submitted via the web nominations form:
- Your name/crsid
- A preferred name - this is what will appear on the ballot and in all public communications about the election. It can be any name you go by and does not have to be your legal name or the name you are registered with the University under, but it cannot be a joke name, slogan etc.
- Email/telephone number - this is so the Returning Officer and staff can contact you during the election period, and will not be used for any other reason. We would only use the telephone number very rarely if something was urgent.
- Additional information - this nomination and profile forms will only be available to staff. This is to ensure that we are aware of any access requirements over the elections, as well as any requirements that a candidate may need to complete before being able to take up employment. This includes whether you will need to intermit and whether you require a Visa.
- A manifesto - you must upload a manifesto via the form on the website.This can be a maximum of 500 words and all the substantive content must be typed text, although you can also include images. This will be linked below your name at the point of voting. You can also optionally upload a designed manifesto which must have the same text as your typed manifesto by including it as an image alongside the text manifesto in the box on the form.
You can also optionally submit:
- A slogan. This will be uploaded to the website when you nominate yourself and must be less than 15 words. The slogan will appear on the candidate list and by your name on the ballot, as well as on elections promotional material.
- A photo of you to appear on the ballot. This will not be used for any other purpose outside of the Election period. This should ideally be a head or head and shoulders picture and must be in JPEG or PNG format.
Eligibility
For some roles you need to be part of a certain group to stand.
- Undergraduate/postgraduate - some roles are restricted to undergraduate or postgraduate students and the system will not let you run if you fall into the wrong group. This is based on the University's data about you and your course; please get in touch if you think there is an error.
- Academic reps - you can only stand for the roles representing students on your course. We assign students to courses using data given to us by the University - if you think your course is wrong, please contact academic.rep@cambridgesu.co.uk.