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The Elections
Every year seven students are paid to work full-time to lead Birmingham Guild of Students. A further ten are chosen to volunteer within the Guild, ensuring that the concerns of a particular group of students are listened to by Sabbatical Officers and Guild services.
Chosen by their fellow students in a campus-wide vote, they become leaders of an organisation with an annual turnover of £4.3million, a staff team of over three hundred and over two thousand active volunteers.
To take part, you just need to nominate yourself to run. The Guild’s Student Voice department will then support you in every step of your campaign.
Key dates
• January 16th – Nominations open at 10am
• February 6th – Nominations close at 12pm
• February 8th - Nominations for Women’s Officer and Ethnic Minority Students’ Officer at Re-Open 10am
• February 9th – Nominations Close for Women’s Officer and Ethnic Minority Students’ Officer at 12pm
• February 13th – Candidate Photos at 4pm
• February 13th – Compulsory candidates’ briefing at 6pm
• February 14th – Compulsory candidates briefing at 4pm
• February 27th – Campaigning Opens at 10am
• February 28th – Candidate Question Time at 12pm in Mermaid Square
• March 2nd – Voting opens at 10am
• March 9th – Voting closes at 4pm
• March 10th – Results Night
Officer Training & Induction
If you are successfully elected then your term of office will begin on July 16th. Until then you will be a Guild Officer-elect, having not yet started your new role within the Guild of Students. However the Guild will be working with you to ensure that you’re ready to hit the ground running on your first day in the role. Therefore you’ll have to be available on the following dates:
• March 21st – Welcome To the Guild at 2pm
• May 21st – Handover Meeting of Guild Officer Group at 6pm
• June 11th – Final Guild Council of the year at 6pm
• June 18th – Beginning of Sabbatical Officer & Non-Sabbatical Officer Training
• June 22nd – End of Non-Sabbatical Officer Training
• July 16th – Beginning of Term of Office
• August 3rd – End of Sabbatical Officer Training
Sabbatical Officers will be remunerated for attending training from June 18th and will be expected to take annual leave from July 4th to July 15th while degree congregations are ongoing, although several officers are expected to attend NUS training conferences during this time. Limited training will continue into the first two weeks of your term of office so please do not book any holidays before August 4th.
If you require more information about Officer Training then please contact the Guild at elections@guild.bham.ac.uk.
