Monday 13-01-2025 - 11:13

 

LUSU election season is almost upon us once again! We are excited to announce upcoming elections for the Students’ Union Full-Time Officer (FTO) posts for the 2025/2026 academic year.

 

 

All the key dates, positions and additional info for this year’s elections can be found below: 

 

Key dates and timeline: 

Nominations Open: Monday 27th January 2025 (Week 13) @ https://lancastersu.co.uk/nominate 
Nominations Close: Friday 14th February 2025 (Week 15)    
Candidate Briefing: Monday 17th February 2025 (Week 16)    
Campaigning Opens: 10am, Friday 28th February 2025 (Week 17)    
Voting Opens: 10am, Tuesday 4th March 2025 (Week 18) @ https://lancastersu.co.uk/vote 
Voting Closes: 6pm, Thursday 6th March 2025 (Week 18)    
Results: Friday 7th March 2025 (Week 18)

Full-Time Officer positions up for election: 

President 25/26
Leads the Students’ Union’s Full-Time Officer team, supporting them to deliver for students. The President acts as Chair of the Trustee Board and College Presidents’ Committee (amongst other important committees). They are also the Students’ Union’s lead spokesperson and have a seat on University Council and Senate.

Read the role description here.

Activities Officer 25/26
The primary student representative and political lead for sports, societies, student media, and extracurricular events. The Activities Officer acts as Chair of Societies Committee, Sports Committee, and co-chair of the Roses Committee. They also take responsibility for Bailrigg FM, LA1TV, Take2 Cinema, and SCAN.

Read the role description here.
 
Education Officer 25/26
The lead representative on all academic matters; your teaching, learning, facilities, assessments, learning resources, and placements. The Education Officer facilitates and support the work of Student Academic Reps and has a seat in important decision-making spaces in the University.  

Read the role description here.

Wellbeing Officer 25/26 
The primary student representative on student wellbeing matters, campaigns, and initiatives. The Wellbeing Officer works for the betterment of students’ health and wellbeing, as well as supporting the work of our Liberation and Campaigns forums and officers.  

Read the role description here.

Why aren’t we electing Liberation & Campaign Officers this Term?

In December, the current Liberation & Campaign Officers met to agree and discuss the need to review the roles and responsibilities of the LCO positions. At the meeting it was agreed that Lent Term elections for LCO posts should be paused to allow everyone time to thoroughly review their respective roles and provision in their Forums.

It was agreed that:
•    elections for all LCO positions should be postponed to the Summer Term,
•    the first focus of the review will be to the strengthening of liberation communities, 
•    the review of each role and forum will follow slightly different objectives and schedules to allow the development of solutions bespoke to their individual circumstances, and
•    reviews should be complete before the Summer Term to allow adequate time to enact elections before the end of the academic year.

Over the Christmas break, the pause to LCO elections was discussed and approved by both Democracy Committee and Union Assembly.

If you have any questions, or are interested in an LCO position, please email lancastersuelections@lancaster.ac.uk.

 

I’m interested in nominating myself

Great news! We first recommend arranging a chat with one of the LUSU team.

Drop us an email on lancastersuelections@lancaster.ac.uk. 

We can then answer any questions you might have; about the roles, the ways in which we support and develop our Full-Time Officers, and the elections process itself. We want to ensure all our election candidates enter the election well-informed and well-prepared – so please do come and speak to us.

If you are interested, here are some resources you might find useful:
•  Graduate Scheme or Full-Time Officer Year – or both?
•  How to Nominate Yourself
•  LUSU Changes Officer Structure for 24/25