UPSU is offering a fantastic opportunity within a busy students’ union for a group of individuals to work as a team representing over 30,000 Plymouth University students. We are looking for current Plymouth University Higher Education students and people who want to enhance their future career by taking a one year sabbatical position. In return we offer you the opportunity to lead your students’ union, develop excellent leadership and management skills, discover and deliver the needs and wants of all students, campaign (both locally and nationally) on issues that affect students, enhance your C.V. and have a great time doing a job that you will really enjoy. Full training & support given.

Elected Officers (Sabbatical Officers) have the key responsibility to represent your views to the University and they play an important role in ensuring the quality of your teaching, learning and educational experience you get from the Plymouth University.

They also seek to improve the quality, level and range of services your Students’ Union provides. The quality of our Student Officers and the level of service they provide is in your hands. One day you might need to rely on their support. 

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Hello everyone.
I’m Emma, your current Vice President Education and Welfare and I will be the Lead Officer for the UPSU 2012 Elections.

The Elections are a hugely exciting time for UPSU it is a chance for you to decide who should represent you for the coming year and run your students’ union!

So what does ‘Lead Officer’ actually mean? It means together with the dedicated UPSU Elections Team I will be overseeing the whole of the election period from nominations through to voting and election campaigns. I will be working hard to ensure that the candidates get the most from the election experience and that the elections are both fair and transparent. If you are interested in running you can come and speak to me or any of the other officers about their current roles and what they get up to from day to day. You can ask me questions about election rules and regulations (if I can’t answer your questions I will liaise with the regional NUS Returning Officer on your behalf and get back to you). The most important thing from UPSUs perspective is that the process is fun for everyone involved; candidates, voters and UPSU staff – so if you would like to know more about anything to do with the election process please contact the elections team on: elections@upsu.com  

FULL TIME PAID SABBATICAL OFFICER POSITIONS

President

Deputy President

VP Education and Welfare

VP Sports

VP Activities and Communications  

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PART TIME POSITIONS 

Parliament Chair

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Campaigns Chair

Women’s Campaigns Chair

Media Rep

Racial and Ethnic Campaigns Chair

Postgraduate Campaigns Chair

International students Campaigns Chair 

Ethics and Environment Campaigns Chair

Students with disabilities Campaigns Chair 

Mature students Campaigns Chair 

Education Campaigns Chair 

Welfare Campaigns Chair

Part-Time Students Campaigns Chair

Placement Students Campaigns Chair

8 Independent (Non-Portfolio) Representatives   

USEFUL LINKS

Nomination form
WORD
PDF

Election Calendar

5 Steps to Elections

Ex Sabb Interviews

Email for any questions

Election Handbook