Committee Elections

Council and Senate require elections for certain members to sit on those committees. The processes, nominations and results are presented here.

Council

Council is the senior governing body of the University and oversees all strategic matters and setting the direction of the institution.

Senate

Senate has responsibility for all academic and related matters at the University, including programme approvals.

Election terms and processes

Electorate Definitions:

Academic Staff – Members of the:

  • 'Research, Teaching and Enterprise',
  • 'Specialist and Supporting Academic' and
  • 'Specialist and Supporting Academic Research' job families.

General Assembly – Members of the University staff Grade 6 and above.

Nomination process:

Nominations require a proposer and seconder, and the nominee is required to confirm that they are in agreement with the nomination. Nominations should be emailed to the Academic Registrar's Office at elections@mailbox.lboro.ac.uk.

Balloting process:

Votes are registered online using Jisc Online Surveys. Voters will be emailed a unique, single-use access link that can only be used by the recipient.

Voting system:

We use the Single Transferable Vote process.

Voters rank candidates in order of preference by marking 1, 2, 3 and so on. A voter can rank as many or as few candidates as they like or vote for only one candidate.

Each candidate needs to reach a quota. This is the minimum number of votes calculated according to the number of seats and votes cast.

The first preference votes for each candidate are added up. Candidates who achieve this quota are elected.

Surplus votes from candidates who hit the quota go to second preference candidates.

The candidate with the fewest first preference votes who do not achieve the quota are eliminated. Voters who voted for an eliminated candidate then have their votes transferred to their second preference. The process of transferring surpluses and second (or third, fourth, and so on) preferences continues until all vacant seats have been filled.

Source: Voting systems in the UK - UK Parliament

Elections EDI statement

The University is dedicated to creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment – to create better futures, together. Valuing the inclusion of diverse backgrounds, characteristics and opinions within our community is a great strength and is key to our pursuit of delivering educational excellence, enterprise, research and professional services.

Currently people from minoritised groups, protected characteristics and a diversity of backgrounds are underrepresented in our committees. To ensure greater voice is given to underrepresented groups in decision-making we have committed to achieving a minimum of 15% committee members from racialised minorities and 40% female.

We welcome nominations from people from diverse backgrounds and minoritised groups and urge all colleagues to take positive action to help create a more inclusive environment by encouraging and supporting other colleagues to put themselves forwards. 

Luke Vulpiani Assistant Registrar Governance
Academic Registrar's Office