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Sabbatical election season kicks off

7 Feb 1997 — 1 min read

The sabbatical election season got off to a slow start this week with only two nominations being posted by the time Felix went to press. Papers for nominations for the sabbatical elections went up outside the Union Office in the Beit Quad Union Building on Monday morning and will remain up until 5.00pm Friday evening.

So far the only posts that have received nominations are Deputy President (Finance & Services) and Felix Editor. 4th year mechanical engineer Duncan Tindall is fully signed up for the former, while third year physicist Jeremy Thomson is standing for the latter. To be elegible to stand, a candidate must be a full member of Imperial College Union, which all students at IC are, supported by twenty seconders and must find someone brave enough to propose them.

The other two positions open for election are President and Deputy President (Clubs and Societies).

Potentially, there is a fifth sabbatical recently established to cover the medical merger. Unlike the first four, this post is funded from external sources, such as the St Mary’s old boys association, as is not elected by campus wide ballot. It is thought that this year may see the first sabbatical taken by a medical student.

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