Division of General Counsel, Governance and Compliance

Academic Staff to Council 2019

 

Notice of Election of one member of academic staff to Council to serve until 31 July 2022

This notice is to announce the election of one member of the University’s academic staff to Council to serve from 1 August 2019 to 31 July 2022. The election is caused by the end of tenure of Professor Heather Keating.

Eligibility

Provision is made in Regulation 5 (3) for two members of the academic staff to be elected to Council by and from the academic staff of the University.

(NB: the other current member of academic staff to Council is: Professor Mario Novelli)

In accordance with the relevant Regulations, the following members of the University’s academic staff are eligible to nominate, be nominated and vote in this election:

those on Teaching or Research Faculty Conditions of Service who (a) hold University appointments on the census date and (b) whose continuous service with the University will be at least one year by the end of the contract which is in force on the census date.

The electorate will be the members of the University’s academic staff as defined above on the census date of Friday 10 May 2019.

 

Election procedure

The first step is the nomination of candidates. A Nomination Form has been published on the Governance Office website:

Nominators should check that their nominee is willing and eligible to serve. Self-nomination is permissible.

Completed forms must be returned to Anthony Hibbs (Governance Office, Sussex House Room 327 or by email to A.Hibbs@Sussex.ac.uk) by 12 noon on Friday 7 June 2019. Please note that if you are submitting your form in hard copy it is your responsibility to ensure that it reaches the Governance Office by the required deadline.

Each Nomination Form received will be acknowledged. Ballot papers will be issued if necessary after the closing date for nominations together with details of the voting procedure. The result of the election will be announced on the above page of the Governance Office website.

2019 Academic Staff to Council Nomination Form

2019 Academic Staff to Council Notice of Election

 

Results:

Prof Heather Keating Outgoing Council Member

Dr Gerhard Wolf Ingoing Council Member

 

Governance Office