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Eligibility Criteria

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Only Affiliated Student Organisations shall be eligible to stand for election to the CSRC and nominate candidates for election to the CSRC, on the basis of the List PR system.

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Registered full-time Students shall be entitled to stand for election to the LSRC at the Campus at which they are registered, subject to sections 4.2 to 4.3 of the SRC Constitution.

 

To be eligible for election, a student must:

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  • not be a student in his/her first year of registration as a full-time student of the University;

  • have been promoted to the following year of study;

  • be registered full time for at least 50 % of credits for the relevant semester/year;

  • Have obtained an average mark of sixty percent ( 60 % ) across all the subjects for which the student was registered in the previous academic year;

  • in respect of first -year full time post graduate students , have obtained an average mark of sixty percent ( 60 % ) across all the subjects for which the student was registered in the previous academic year;

  • In respect of none - first year full -time post graduate students , the Director of the Centre of Post Graduate Studies needs to confirm that a nominated student has made suffient progress in line with the requirements of the Higher Degrees Committee in their previous post graduate academic year. 

  • he nominee has not served a period of two full terms of office as a member of the LSRC and/or CSRC

  • not be serving a disciplinary penalty imposed by any disciplinary body at the University;

  • not serve under a Work Integrated Learning Programme for a period exceeding two months in the first semester of the academic year in which the student is in office;

  • not be serving a penalty as a result of a criminal conviction at the time of the election; and

  • have lodged a properly completed nomination form with the electoral office before the specified closing date and time.

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No member of staff shall be eligible to stand for SRC elections.

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The office of the Registrar shall conduct the screening of the academic eligibility and the disciplinary records of students who have been nominated for the SRC.

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