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SCUDD chair elections 2018

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Please find below the two statements from the two candidates for the chair of SCUDD, Kate Newey and Mark O’Thomas.

(Though working fine in most cases, some browsers may fail to show both statements, but the download link is functioning for both)

Please do not send us an individual response to the election, but ensure that the vote you send is the consensus of your SCUDD member department or unit.  Please send your unit’s vote to m.j.taylorbatty@leeds.ac.uk (using the subject line ‘SCUDD chair 2018’) by midnight on 15 April. Please use your ac.uk email address as a means to confirm affiliation.

Statement from Kate Newey

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Statement from Mark O’Thomas

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Executive nominations – postponed.

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Given the current strike action at a large number of member departments and institutions, the closing date for nominations for the three available posts on the exec has been moved to Friday March 9th.
If necessary the secretary will contact nominees on Monday March 12th, for their statements, and elections will be open for a slightly shorter period from March 19th to 30th.
In other respects the process is as described below.

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One ‘good news’ item about a Drama student from the University of Manchester. Please help me to populate these pages with other stories, news items and information about any mental health issues in your institution. Send information to alison.jeffers@manchester.ac.uk

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SCUDD Exec elections

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Nominations are open for three posts on the SCUDD Executive Committee: for the chair and for two ‘ordinary members’.

The process is as follows:

  • If you are interested in standing for any of these positions, please request the representatives from two SCUDD departments to nominate you by emailing Gareth White (SCUDD Secretary) g.white@cssd.ac.uk by Thursday March 1st.
  • If there is more than one person nominated in each category, on Monday March 5th I will email all nominees requesting a statement from each, making a case for their suitability. The deadline to submit these statements to me will be Friday 16th March. These statements will be posted on the SCUDD website and to the mail list.
  • The SCUDD membership can then vote for their preferred candidates through the SCUDD website, voting must be completed by Friday March 30th .
  • The successful candidates will be announced on Monday April 2nd.

If you’d like to find out more about the positions or have any questions about the process, please email g.white@cssd.ac.uk.