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The University of Sussex Students' Union aims to make the lives of its members better by providing opportunities such as sports clubs and societies, advice and support services on issues such as housing and coursework and student-friendly shops and bars on campus.

► Autumn 2012 Union Councillor Elections

Union Councillors

A number of Undergraduate Union Councillors were elected in the summer term of 2012 but we're electing more in the autumn term as well as Postgraduate Councillors.

BMEC Councillor Result

Re-open nominations won

Postgraduate Taught Councillor Result

Keith Fung
School of Business, Management and Economics, Postgraduate Taught Year 2

Always by your side

I am a Union Councillor (2011-2012), second year part-time Technology & Innovation Management Master student, and part-time Portfolio Analyst at American Express.

As a Student Trustee, I would leverage my strategic planning, portfolio and financial management skills in contributing to building better strategic planning and governance for the Union and ensure quality services are being delivered to our Union members.

As a Union Councillor, I could contribute my Union Councillor experience to work with fellow Union Councillors and Officers to provide operational and policy-making suggestions to the Union and liaise with student reps.

Please vote Keith as your FIRST choice!!!

Lindsay Debach
School of English, Postgraduate Taught Year 1

Because we're in it together!

As a postgraduate international student, I’m familiar with the questions and challenges of university life. If elected to be a taught postgraduate councillor, I hope use my university experience and relationships with students to represent postgraduate needs and concerns on campus and make postgraduate study at Sussex a more memorable and positive experience.

Total ballots - 34 : Invalid/empty ballots - 2 : Ballots used in the count : 32

Lindsay Debach - 16
Keith Fung - 9
Eleonora Elizabeth Abascal - 5
Ruixuan Li - 2
Joshua Wait - 0

Initial quota (number of votes needed to win) is 10.67. Lindsey Debach reached this threshold and is elected. Her surplus votes are then transferred

Keith Fung - 12.04
Eleonora Elizabeth Abascal - 5.76
Ruixuan Li - 3.52
Joshua Wait - 0

Keith Fung reached the threshold and is elected

Postgraduate Research Councillor Result

Boidurjo Mukhopadhyay
School of Business, Management and Economics PGR Year 1

No manifesto submitted

BMEC Councillor Candidates

Min Jiang
School of Business Management & Economics, Undergraduate Year 1

No pain, no gain.

No manifesto submitted

Shinong Li
School of Business Management and Economics, Undergraduate Year 1

Always by your side

Have you got any questions, complaints, suggestions but don't know where to go? I'm the one whom you can talk to! Make your voice heard, decorate your university life. Vote for me, and I'll do anything within my ability to meet your requirement. With my responsibility and commitment, I'm gonna help you with both your academic doubt and campus life. It is your university, grasp your chance and it is in your hand.

Postgraduate Taught Councillor Candidates

	Eleonora Elizabeth Abascal School of Business Management & Economics, Postgraduate Taught Year 1 Inspiration is fuel for the mind I would like to take this opportunity to nominate myself for one of the postgraduate taught Union councillor roles. I believe I have a strong passion and drive for life with powerful determination to succeed with the ability to reach goals for the benefit of others. Being able to transform, act as a catalyst to change, protect and maintain high levels of service to the community is imperative, I believe I have the character traits to achieve such a task. I believe, that providing inspiration to communities to lift their talents to their zenith is imperative for growth and development.
	Joshua Wait School of Global Studies, Postgraduate Taught Year 1 This is my manifesto No manifesto submitted.
	Keith Fung School of Business, Management and Economics, Postgraduate Taught Year 2 Always by your side I am a Union Councillor (2011-2012), second year part-time Technology & Innovation Management Master student, and part-time Portfolio Analyst at American Express. As a Student Trustee, I would leverage my strategic planning, portfolio and financial management skills in contributing to building better strategic planning and governance for the Union and ensure quality services are being delivered to our Union members. As a Union Councillor, I could contribute my Union Councillor experience to work with fellow Union Councillors and Officers to provide operational and policy-making suggestions to the Union and liaise with student reps. Please vote Keith as your FIRST choice!!!
	Lindsay Debach School of English, Postgraduate Taught Year 1 Because we're in it together! As a postgraduate international student, I’m familiar with the questions and challenges of university life. If elected to be a taught postgraduate councillor, I hope use my university experience and relationships with students to represent postgraduate needs and concerns on campus and make postgraduate study at Sussex a more memorable and positive experience.
	Shinong Li School of Business Management and Economics, Postgraduate Taught Year 1 Always by your side Tell me that I can't do it. Tell me that I should not even try. Tell me the risk is too high, the challenge too much, or the feat too tough. Tell me that I won't do it, …but I will.

Postgraduate Research Councillor Candidate

Boidurjo Mukhopadhyay
School of Business, Management and Economics PGR Year 1

No manifesto submitted

What do Union Councillors do?

The Union Councillor's role is similar to part-time officers, but instead of being responsible for a specific portfolio, Union Councillors are responsible for representing the interests of students in their school of study.

Union Council has representatives from each of the 13 Schools that make up the majority of the voting members of Union Council. Anyone can attend and debate the issues at hand, but only elected Councillors are allowed to vote. Union Council meets around twice a term.

Being elected as Union Councillor means you will be representing the views & interests of students within your School of study, and making sure that these views are reflected in the activities of the Union. You will be the main point of contact between the student reps and the Union, as well as being responsible for holding the full-time and part-time officers to account.

Becoming a Union Councillor for your school is a great way of getting involved with decision making in the Union, and has the broadest remit of any elected position.

Union Councillors are a link between the Union and the Student Reps scheme. A key responsibility for Union Councillors is to make time to listen to student opinion and meet regularly with School Student Reps in their school. This is to make sure they are aware of and can represent issues and concerns affecting students' academic experience as well as feeding back what goes on in the Union.

One undergraduate Union Councillor is elected for each of the current academic schools and a postgraduate taught and a postgraduate research representative from each cluster is elected.

Role description

Time commitment: 2-3 meetings of approximately two hours per term plus time spent finding out the views of students you represent

All elected student Officers of the Union shall:

Promote and uphold Union Policy as passed by General Meetings, Union Council, or Referenda
Uphold the substance and spirit of the Constitution
Take an active role in the relevant decision making and development of the Union
Attend all meetings and training sessions relevant to the post
Undertake such tasks consistent with Union procedures and policy as allocated by Council, relevant committee or sub-committee, or as instructed by a General Meeting.
Promote the positive involvement of students in all areas of the Union’s activities
Actively work to become personally aware of issues and areas of concern within the student body, and use this knowledge to inform action and lobbying to improve conditions for students through the Union’s democratic structures.
Actively work with other elected Officers to inform the student body about the Union’s work.

Elected student Officers who are representatives of a School, or any other distinct group within the student body [i.e. Councillors] shall;

Actively work to become personally aware of issues and areas of concern within the group of students whom they represent
Actively work to ensure that the views and needs of that group of students are expressed and considered within the Union’s democratic structures, with a view to their being appropriately reflected throughout the activities of the Union, and within the University and wider community.
Actively work to communicate Union decisions and campaigns back to members of the group of students that they represent.
Actively liaise with all Union Clubs, Groups, and Societies directly relevant to their remit, in order to effectively carry out their responsibilities as outlined above

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► Autumn 2012 Union Councillor Elections

BMEC Councillor Result

Postgraduate Taught Councillor Result

Postgraduate Research Councillor Result

BMEC Councillor Candidates

Postgraduate Taught Councillor Candidates

Postgraduate Research Councillor Candidate

What do Union Councillors do?

Role description