All postgraduates are able to stand for ANY association positions in these elections - including sabbatical roles. They are also able to VOTE for all positions.

Nevertheless, there are two dedicated positions which are only elected by postgrads, for postgrads. These include:

Postgraduate President

As the President of the Postgraduate Society you will be responsible for convening the Postgraduate Committee. This committee aims to improve the life of postgraduates - both by representing them to the University on issues as diverse as accommodation, education, and the student experience, and by organising social events to bring the postgraduate community together.

As President, you will also be the only postgraduate student member of University Senate - the highest academic body in the University. This meets in a forum called 'Academic Council' twice every semester, and is a body made up of all the Heads of the academic Schools, and the Principal's Office. It's purpose is to examine and approve any new University policies regarding academic affairs, and your role will be to represent the postgraduate voice in this decision making process.

Postgraduate Vice-President

As the Vice President for the Postgraduate Society, your main responsibilites will be to assist the President and the Postgraduate Committee in their activities - whether that's organising the annual PG ball, convening a forum of postgraduate class reps to discuss academic issues, or liaising with the Students' Representative Council over postgraduate accommodation.

A key part of your role will be as Postgraduate representative on the SRC - Students' Representative Council. It will be your responsibility to represent the entirety of the PG community at this forum, and to raise any appropriate issues. The SRC meets every alternative Tuesday evening, and you will be expected to attend.

The terms of office on these positions run throughout the whole of the next academic year, so to be eligible to stand you’ll need to be a matriculated postgraduate here throughout that time. For most students, that means you’ll have to be a research postgraduate. However, there will be plenty of opportunities for next year’s taught postgraduates to get involved too, at the Postgraduate Society’s AGM in October.

If you want to learn more about these positions, please contact Patrick on pres@st-andrews.ac.uk.