Why is the team growing

The Students' Association over the last couple of months have been conducting surveys, focus groups, and discussions on the future of student partnership as part of the Student Voice project. The first development from insights collected from staff and students is to expand the Student Leadership Team from 1 to 3 full time student leaders. 

This is a great enhancement allowing us to have student leaders with focused remits to better empower, represent and advocate for the voice of over 42,000 students. Elections is our first step in implementing the next team following the approval of the expanded team at Academic Board at the start of May. 

The Student Leadership Team Roles 

Click here to read the full role descriptions of these new exciting roles

Recruitment and Eligbility

Student Leadership roles are recruited through an election process administered by the Students' Association where all student members shall be able to vote for who will fill the position.

For students to be eligible for the roles they will need to:

• be an fully enrolled active student on an Arden University programme
• Have the right to work in the UK or Germany - these are full time roles where they will be employed by the University.
• Not be in the process of being withdrawn from the University
• Be able to start a 12 month full time contract of employment from October 2025
• Be willing and able to take a break in learning where applicable

This information will be collected at the point of nomination and any candidate who does not meet the criteria will not have their nomination approved. These criteria are not in place as a barrier but to ensure that who students elect are able to take the office, they are being elected to.

How can you help

We work to ensure that the election process is fairly and properly conducted. Therefore, as staff members we can:

• Promote the election
• Recommend any students that we think would be good in the roles to nominate
• Encourage students to vote

We cannot:

• Give candidates advice on what should be in their manifestos
• Endorse or encourage students to vote for a particular candidate
• Give individual candidates support or advantages that we wouldnt reasonably provide to other candidates

We help we have provided a number of assets and resources that you can use below to help you help us make these elections great.

Recommend a student

We know that you all work closely with alot of amazing students. Reading the role descriptions some of these students may have already come to mind - would they make a great student leaders.

Well we actively encourage you to use our recommend a friend form to tell us about them. When we receive your submission we will reach out to the student letting them know that someone (we dont share your name) thinks they would make a great student leaders. We will also provide them with information on how to nominate themselves if they want to take that next step into leadership.

Click here to recommend a student

Marketing messages and assets

We have also created several assets and messages that will help you to promote these elections all accessible through our website:

• Email Signatures (For: Nominations, Recommend a Friend, Voting)
• Presentation Slides (For: Nominations, Voting)
• Key messages that can be used for communication activities such as newsletters.

If you would like any additional assets or content that we have not included here then please email studentvoice@arden.ac.uk and we would be happy to create something. 

More information about Elections

What Is the Election and Why Do We Do It? 

Elections are a way to appoint individuals into roles, but instead of providing a CV, the potential leaders will create candidate statements (manifestos). And finally, instead of a recruitment panel having the power to decide, you, our students, have the power by voting for your preferred winners. The Student Leadership Elections are the biggest elections to happen throughout the year at your university. They are a chance for students to decide on who their student leaders will be. These students will represent, advocate and campaign for your academic interests and needs to ensure the student journey is truly impactful.

Our Student Leadership Elections are also achance for students to step into leadership and nominate themselves for a role that they are passionate about. 

Key Dates 

Our Student Leadership Elections for 2025 are starting and here are those all-important dates that you should know about.

Want to Find Out More? 

You can check out our election’s pages through the Students’ Association website as well as our election articles. We also recommend you keep an eye out on the website as we will be hosting a series of information sessions for those interested in the available roles, and don’t forget our social media! 

Any questions? No problem! You can also speak to a member of the Students’ Association team by emailing studentvoice@arden.ac.uk.