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Sport Club Committee Elections 2025

3 February 2025

Are you ready to shape the future of your sport club in 2025?

We're excited to announce the opening of nominations for Committee Elections, with the nominations period commencing on Monday 10 February at 12 pm (midday).

the men's football team celebrating together

By becoming a part of your club's committee, you not only enhance your personal development and employability skills but also gain fantastic work experience to enrich your CV and HEAR (Higher Education Attainment Record).

As a committee member, you'll be empowered to make positive changes that will leave a lasting legacy for your club. Whilst being fully supported in your role by the NTU Sport team.
If you're passionate about your sport and eager to boost your CV, develop new skills, forge new friendships, and gain valuable experience, put yourself forward and help steer the future of your club.

Key dates:

Nominations period:

Opens: Monday 10 February, 12 pm (midday)

Closes: Friday 21 February, 12 pm (midday)

Election period:

Voting opens: Friday 7 March, 12 pm (midday)

Voting closes: Thursday 13 March, 12 pm (midday)

Both nominations and elections will take place through the NTSU website portal.

Election results:

Announced: w/c Monday 17 March.

This will be followed up with a by-election period once the initial results are confirmed. More information about that will follow closer to the time.

Available Roles:

The President
Are you a natural leader who enjoys working with and inspiring others?

The Treasurer
Do you enjoy working with numbers and getting the best value for money?

The Social and Wellbeing Officer
Are you a people person who has a passion for heling and supporting others?

The Secretary
Are you an organised person who likes sticking to policy and procedure?

The Marketing and Communications Officer
Are you a confident communicator with an appetite for social media and content creation?

Some clubs have additional roles, these are listed below:

Burlesque Costume officer

Cheer Kit officer

Dance Events officer

Equestrian Development officer

Equestrian Horseball officer

Equestrian participation officer

Gymnastics competition officer

Pole Competition & Performance officer

Equipment & safety officer – Multiple Clubs

Swimming Competition officer

Trampoline Competition officer

Trip officer – Outdoor Clubs

Waterpolo officer

Tennis Club Development Officer

Thai Boxing Competition Officer

Netball Wellbeing Officer

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Know someone who would be perfect for one of these roles? Let us know by filling out this form.

Nominations

The nominations portal will be available on the NTSU website.

FAQ's

Log in as a student on the NTSU website and click on ‘Your Account/Profile’ under your name in the top right-hand corner of the screen. You will then need to click on ‘My Nominations’ and you should be able to see the officer positions at the very least. Or you can head to trentstudents.org/nominate.

Check that you have signed into the website as a student. You will need to be a member of the club. If there are still issues, contact Vicki who can ask NTSU to check the user account on the website to identify the problem.

Yes! We have added students we think are on placement and will be returning for the 2024/25 academic year. However, if you have been missed, please get in touch with Vicki and we can add you.

The most likely reason for this is that you ‘opted out’ of the Union when you enrolled. You will need to email support@ntu.ac.uk and ask to be opted back into the Union. You will have to wait overnight for the system to update your data.

This means that either nominations haven’t yet opened, or nominations have closed. You can only nominate yourself between midday on Monday 10th February and midday Friday 21 February.

No – We allow two weeks for nominations, which is plenty of time to submit. Any issues with the website should be flagged up in good time so that staff have time to resolve them. We cannot accept late nominations as the team need time to administrate the website and turn around ready for voting. It is also unfair on those candidates who have submitted their nominations on time.

Yes – You will need to email elections@su.ntu.ac.uk stating which nomination you would like to withdraw. We don’t need a reason. Once a nomination has been withdrawn, it can only be resubmitted before the nomination deadline. After that, we do not allow a resubmission.

It could be for a number of reasons, but commonly they are likely to be one of the following:

  • Your manifesto was irrelevant to the role or contained inappropriate content.
  • It makes reference to heavy alcohol consumption.
  • It contains bribery or offers something outside the role description in return for votes (free food or alcohol etc.).

You will have received a reason at the point at which your nomination was rejected from NTSU. You can resubmit any nomination until the close of nominations.

Not if the nomination period has already closed. We allow a 2-week period and you should be checking to see whether your nomination has been accepted or not. Submitting a nomination is not a guarantee that it will be accepted.

You need to be logged in as a student. Once logged in, the ballot paper should appear automatically, or else head to trentstudents.org/vote. If you are unable to log in as a student, the likely reason is that you have opted out of the union. In this case, you will need to email support@ntu.ac.uk and ask to be opted back in. You will need to wait overnight before you are able to vote.

The likely reason is because you are not a paid-up member of the club. You will need to join the club in order to vote. Placement students may need to be added. Please contact Vicki with the information and we can check for you.

Sports Council and Committee Training

Sports Council, hosted by your VP Sport Jasmyn, will take place on the 17 February. This is a great opportunity to come and ask any questions you may have around the elections period.

Time: 5.30 pm - 7 pm

Location: Newton Lecture Theatre 1

Finally, here are the dates for the committee training sessions for this academic year.

Presidents Welcome: Wednesday 23 April

Committee Welcome: Thursday 24 April

Committee Handover: Friday 30 May

If you are successful in the upcoming elections, you will be expected to attend the training on 24 April.

Presidents will need to attend both sessions.

The time and location for both the Presidents Welcome and Committee Welcome sessions will be announced closer to the time.