Autumn Elections 2025
Voting is now closed in the 2025 Autumn Elections. You can see all the candidates and winners by clicking the button below.
Roles
Course Reps
To represent students on the same course as you, become a Course Rep! Liaise with University staff about the ideas and concerns of your course mates, and make real change happen.
School Presidents
School Presidents are the lead academic rep for your School. School Presidents up for nomination in the 2025 Autumn Elections are:
- Economic, Social and Political Science School President
- ORC School President
- Psychology School President
You’ll help and support the Department Presidents and Faculty Officers, and encourage collaboration between Schools and Departments.
Department Presidents
Department Presidents are the lead academic rep for your Department. You’ll manage representation within your Department and organise and lead the Course Reps within your Department.
Available Department President Roles
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department President
Gerontology Department President
Midwifery Department President
Occupational Therapy Department President
Philosophy Department President
Physiotherapy Department President
Social Statistics and Demography Department President
Environment and Life Sciences Faculty Officer
Faculty Officers are the senior academic reps in their faculty, reporting to the Union’s VP Education and Democracy.
Arts and Humanities Postgraduate Research Officer
Our PGR Officers work together to represent Postgraduate Research students to SUSU and the University.
Chair of Student Council
Student Councillors are responsible for overseeing the policy and political direction of SUSU, and approving and monitoring the work of our Sabbatical Officer team.
The Chair of Council sits on the council alongside 10 elected officers who hold other SUSU roles; 10 directly elected Student Councillors; and the 5 Sabbatical Officers.
Student Councillors
Our Student Council is the committee that holds the Sabbatical Officers accountable to their plans for the year. The Student Council also reviews the actions of the Sabbatical Officers to ensure they are representing students effectively.
There are 10 councillor positions available in the 2025 Autumn elections. A Councillor’s focus is primarily on accountability and transparency.
Suggest a Friend
If running in our Elections isn’t for you, but you know someone who would be a fantastic Academic Rep or Student Officer, you can put their name forward!
All you need to do is tell us their name, university email address and which role they would be perfect for, and we’ll get in touch!
Suggest a friend is not closed and will reopen in our next election.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Nominations are open in our Autumn Elections from Monday 22 September at 09:00 until Wednesday 08 October at 16:00.
If you’re having any problems nominating yourself for a role please contact representation@soton.ac.uk
Yes! All the roles you can run for in our Autumn Elections are part-time, volunteer roles. This means you can be a Rep, President, Officer or Councillor alongside your studies.
There will be times throughout the year where you may be called on to help promote SUSU campaigns, and there will be key meetings you must attend.
If at any point you find that you are struggling to balance voluntary work with your studies, we understand that your degree must come first. You can always come and speak to us and we will try our best to make things easier.
For Course Rep positions you will want to focus on speaking to students from your course before/after your lectures, workshops, and seminars, as these will be the only students who can vote for you. For other roles you could speak to students in student social areas, or to other members of any clubs or societies you’re a part of. You can also campaign using existing group chats or other social media, but make sure not to ‘spam’ other students by sending lots of messages over a short period of time. Finally, remember to vote for yourself – it might be the vote that makes all the difference!