Click here to register a concern with us.
Click here to access the Trustee Declaration Form.
Click here to access the Equality & Access Form.
Rules and Regulations
Click here to access the Leadership Elections Rules and Regulations.
(Updated February 2025)
Candidate Declaration Forms
Please complete the form relevent to the role you have nominated yourself for, by 3pm on Friday 28 February.
Click here to complete the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Candidate Declaration Form.
Click here to complete the School Officer Candiate Declaration Form.
Candidate Briefing Slides
Click here to access the Candidate Briefing slides from the briefings that took place on 18 February 2025.
Candidate Campaign Expenses
Please use the following online form to declare your campaign expendature and to request reimbursement. Click here.
Campaign Team Registration
Please use the following online form to register details of your campaign team. Click here. Everyone in your campaign team will need to wear our official lanyards while campaigning. We will share the collection details with you shortly.
International Student Guidance
The following information is taken from the UKCISA guidance available on their website and provides information if you have Student or Tier 4 permission, and you want to stand for election as a Students' Union Sabbatical Officer. Click here to access the Leadership Elections International Student Guidance.
(Updated January 2025)
Digital Media Training
A big part of campaigning now is to be visible online and engage with our students remotely as well as on campus! Click here to access a digital marketing training containing useful information and tips to help you run successful campaigns online.
In this guide, we included info about Canva, a tool to easily design your poster and assets that we recommend using. Click here to learn how to use it.
Poster & Postering Guidance
If you wish to have posters printed for you to put up on the approved postering locations around campus. Design your own A4 poster using Canva, Adobe, or any other platforms that you like, and submit it using this form before 3pm on Friday 28 February:
https://forms.monday.com/forms/d6e46ecdf0e93c24a26f7343aaadc418?r=use1
We will print your posters for you and you'll be able to collect them at our Welcome Desk in the Portland Building during working hours on Monday 10 March. You should only put them up on the approved poster sites identified in the Postering Guidance section on the Candidate Hub on our website.
Your poster should be unique and include this info:
1- your name
2- the role that you are campaigning for
3- your key manifesto pledges
4- elements that showcase your personality
Click here to access more instructions about postering on campus.
Campaign Video Guidance
From Tuesday 18 February, you are allowed to start campaigning online. To do this you are encouraged to create video content to share on social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and WhatsApp. Check out our digital media training if you're not sure how to do this yourself.
If you wish to have a video published on your official candidate webpage on the Students' Union website, create and edit a video (1-2mins max) in a landscape format (sideways) and submit it before 3pm on Friday 28 February as an MP4 file using this form:
https://forms.monday.com/forms/d6e46ecdf0e93c24a26f7343aaadc418?r=use1
We will then upload it to the LBSU's YouTube channel before voting week and add it to your candidate webpage. In the video, answer these questions:
- What is your name?
- What role are you standing for?
- Why are you running in the Leadership Elections?
- What are your thoughts and ideas about the campaign priorities of the SU?
Embedding Equality and Inclusion into your campaign
What is equality, equity, diversity and inclusion (EEDI) and how can you embed this into your manifesto and elections campaign? Read this document to learn more about this.
Candidate Insight Briefs
You may use the following data about the Leeds Beckett student body to support you with your campagin ideas. To read more, click here.
You may also find the following video briefing helpful, which has been provided by staff at WonkHE to give candidates an overview of the Higher Education sector in the UK. To watch the video recording, click here.
Signposting Students to Support
Please refer to this document to signpost students to any relevent support including school-based wellbeing practitioners, academic librarians, Support Report Respect, the SU Support Team, Disability Advice and Skills for Learning. Signposting to support
Please refer to this document for information about the Students' Union Advice Service. Our advice service
Candidate Wellbeing Support
You may speak with a University wellbeing practitioner if you would like to access wellbeing support as a candidate in the leadership elections. You can find further info and self-refer to an appointment at this link.
Candidate Employability Support
Check back later to find information on how we can support you with your employability aspirations following the leadership elections.
Candidate Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Check out the candidate FAQs here.