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Opening nominations for unfilled UCU committee roles for the next academic year

UCU University of Leeds Branch Posted on by

The results of the elections for the UCU University of Leeds Branch committee for the 2026-2027 academic year were declared at the annual general meeting Thursday 21 May 2026. The results are at https://www.leedsucu.org.uk/results-of-the-committee-elections-at-the-2026-agm/

There are a significant number of roles unfilled for next year’s committee, so the committee has decided to open nominations again for the following roles.

  • President
  • Treasurer
  • Membership officer
  • Equality officer
  • Campaigns officer
  • Anti-casualisation officer
  • Casework officer
  • One ordinary committee member

The deadline for nominations and stating willingness to be a candidate is 12pm midday 30 June.

This is different from the department rep elections (which are running concurrently).

Nominating a candidate

To nominate a candidate – a UCU University of Leeds branch member, they don’t have to work in your department – please email ucu@leeds.ac.uk, or you can email the branch administrator/organiser directly (see email version of this post for the email address) if the candidate wishes to keep their nomination more confidential. No explanation for your nomination is needed – it is sufficient to say “I wish to nominate [name] for [role]”.

Please check first that they are willing to stand for election for that role, and whether they have already been nominated. Candidates only need two nominations; additional nominations just create unnecessary work for the returning officer (me).

You can find out more at https://www.leedsucu.org.uk/about-us/standing-for-election-to-the-ucu-committee/

Candidates

Please email ucu@leeds.ac.uk before the deadline to state that you wish to be a candidate for election to the specific role.

You can find out more are https://www.leedsucu.org.uk/about-us/standing-for-election-to-the-ucu-committee/

Please do not seek more than two nominations; additional nominations just create unnecessary work for the returning officer (me).

The term of office is 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027.

Current branch officers will shortly publicise some drop-in sessions for anyone who wants to ask questions about being a branch officer or committee member.

This page was last updated on 9 June 2026

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