LE25: Information for Candidates
About
If you prefer to talk to someone, please email elections@imperial.ac.uk to ask the Representation team any questions regarding the available roles, campaigning, or any other related queries.
Key Dates for Candidates
- 12:00, Monday 10 February - Nominations open
- 12:00, Friday 28 February - Nominations close
- 18:00, Wednesday 5 March - Candidates' Briefing
- 12:00, Thursday 6 March - Manifestos deadline
- 12:30, Thursday 6 March - Campaigning begins, candidates are revealed and manifestos are published
- 11:00, Friday 7 March - Candidate Roadshow
- 9:00, Monday 10 March - Voting opens
- 14:00, Thursday 13 March - Voting closes
- 17:00, Thursday 13 March- Complaints deadline
- 18:00 Friday 14 March - Results announced
Engagement Events
Whether you want to learn more about the elections, are a candidate who wants some support during the process and fun ways to campaign, or a voter who wants to meet your next student representatives, we have a range of ways you can get involved!
Candidate Pack and Election Rules
Learn more about the positions available, campaigning advice, campaign budgets, candidate wellbeing, key dates and rules and regulations in our candidate pack below.
Imperial College Union's elections are governed by rules that ensure fairness and accessibility while rewarding energy and enthusiasm. By nominating yourself for a role, you agree that you have read and understood all of the relevant rules and policies.
Training for Student Leaders
ICU offers comprehensive training for all student leaders, with tailored programmes for all positions. Training is compulsory for full-time officers, Liberation & Community Officers, and all UG and PG Academic & Wellbeing Reps. This will support student leaders to understand their position in the larger network of student representation, learn about ICU processes, meet each other, and learn how to be successful in their role.
Training for full-time officers (Officer Trustees, and ICSMSU President) will take place as part of their full-time induction and handover from Monday 21st July 2025.
The first training for Liberation & Community Officers, Faculty Reps, Constituent Union Presidents, and all UG and PG Academic & Wellbeing Departmental Reps will take place in May 2025, as part of the annual Student Leadership Training.
Elections Management
The Leadership Elections 2025 are governed by a Returning Officer who is responsible for ensuring the elections are free and fair.
The Returning Officer for Leadership Elections 2025 is Lucy Gill (Director of Membership Services) at Nottingham Students’ Union. The Returning Officer will make the final and binding decision on any rule breaches or complex queries raised by candidates and members.
The Returning Officer appoints a Deputy Returning Officer, a member of ICU staff, to operate the elections on a day-to-day basis, answer queries from candidates and voters, and make rulings on complaints and rule breaches.
The Deputy Returning Officer is Cat Turhan (Director of Membership Services) at Imperial College Union.
The Returning and Deputy Returning Officers can be contacted on elections@imperial.ac.uk.
Complaints
You can submit complaints using the complaints form below.
The deadline to submit a complaint is 17:00, Thursday 13 March.
Candidate Briefings
Leadership Elections Candidate Briefing
Wednesday 5 March, 18:00, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, G34, South Kensington Campus
CSP Candidate Briefing
Wednesday 5 March, location TBC
Registration coming soon
Official Promotion Materials
Please see below the official elections artwork that can and should be used as part of candidates campaign materials.