Elections explained

Your Students’ Union holds elections in order to allow you to choose your student representatives for the next academic year.  There are 7 full time elected officers who will work on a full time basis, taking a break from their studies or immediately after graduation, and 8 part time elected officers who will work on a part time basis alongside their ongoing studies.  They are your voice and act as your representatives in the union, university and wider community, fighting for you on institutional, local and national level.

Alongside these positions we also elect a Scrutiny Committee Chair who helps you as students hold the officers to account and delegates to attend NUS Wales and NUS UK conferences on behalf of Cardiff students’.

These manifestos contain the ideas and principles of the candidates that want to lead your union next year and represent your voice. Ask yourself if they display key creative and communicative skills that you would like to see in someone who is representing you and your needs.

If you don’t feel any of the candidates standing in a position have the qualities you feel are valuable, or you do not agree with their manifesto, you can vote RON.  RON stands for “re-open nominations”.  This means, should RON be more popular than any of the other candidates, no-one would be elected to this role and the nominations for the role would re-open, giving the opportunity to find the right person to lead your union.

What are full time elected officers?

Full time elected officers are all former or current students elected by the student body. For twelve months they form the full component of the executive committee as well as become members of the Students’ Union Board of Directors and Board of Trustees.

It is their role to:

• Represent Cardiff University students on an institutional, local and national level. Ensuring that students can get the most out of their university life.
• Lobby and work in partnership with the universities management to ensure the institution continues to go from strength to strength with the best interest of students at heart.
• Lead a £7,000,000 organisation, arguably the best of its kind in the UK, in a manner that ensures that students needs are at the centre of everything we do.

As well as a number of general elected officer duties each elected candidate will have a specific area of responsibility which is detailed in their position title throughout this manifesto booklet.

View your Full Time Officer Candidates

Read the Manifestos online here.

What are part time elected officers?

Part time elected officers are all current students elected by the student body. Alongside their continued studies, they form part of the Students’ Unions executive committee as well as taking up a place on the union’s governing body, Student Council.

Their roles include:

• To represent and improve the university experience for a specific number of minority student groups.
• To lead the unions ethical and environmental policy and campaigns.
• To work with the full time officers as part of the executive team to ensure that union policy takes into account the varied needs of the specific student groups that they represent.

View your Part Time Officer Candidates

Read the Manifestos online here.

What are NUS Delegates?

NUS Delegates represent the views of Cardiff University Students at NUS Wales Conference and NUS National Conference, the annual policy making body of the NUS Wales and the NUS respectively, of which Cardiff University Students' Union is currently a member.

An NUS Delegate will:

• Attend and engage in debate and discussion at the NUS conferences.
• Vote in motions in line with Union Policy where required
• Vote in line with the views of yourself and your peers where Union Policy does not set a precedent

View your NUS Delegates

Read the Manifestos online here.

Get Voting

If you're enroled at Cardiff University you are automatically a member of the Students' Union. You have the right to vote for your fellow students in the elections. The students who get elected make change, represent you and fight for your rights. Make sure you vote for the students you think will do the best job. You can vote online so you don't even need to leave your sofa. All the info you need to make a decision will be available on this website and we'll email you to remind you when voting opens. This is your chance to make a difference, use your vote!

Voting opens Tuesday 5th - Thursday 7th March.

 

Why Your Vote Matters 

Voting Opens: 9am 5^th March – 2pm 7^th March

Reason 1 – You live here nine months out of the year

Reason 2 – Ensure we spend your money on the right services

Reason 3 – They will lobby the University for you

Reason 4 – Our students make up ten percent of the Cardiff population

Reason 5 – You choose who runs your Union

Reason 6 – Elected Officers help decide on the events your Union runs

Reason 7 – One in three students are part of a club or society

Reason 8 – Elections can be won or lost in a single vote

 

Pam Mae Eich Pleidlais yn Bwysig

9am 5ed Mawrth – 2pm 7^fed Mawrth

Rheswm 1 – Rydych yn byw yma am naw mis o'r flwyddyn

Rheswm 2 – Sicrhewch ein bod yn gwario eich arian ar y gwasanaethau priodol

Rheswm 3 – Byddant yn lobïo'r Brifysgol ar eich rhan

Rheswm 4 – Myfyrwyr yw deg y cant o boblogaeth Caerdydd

Rheswm 5 – Chi sy'n dewis pwy sy'n rhedeg eich Undeb

Rheswm 6 – Mae Swyddogion Etholedig yn helpu i benderfynu ar y digwyddiadau a gynhelir gan eich Undeb

Rheswm 7 – Mae un o bob tri myfyriwr yn rhan o glwb neu gymdeithas

Rheswm 8 – Gall un bleidlais ennill neu golli etholiad