Accessibility

RSU Student Leadership Elections are open to all student members of the Roehampton community. As your Students’ Union, we are committed to ensuring the elections are accessible to everyone.

We understand that the idea of elections can be a little daunting, and so we’ve put together some information below on ways we’ve made our Elections accessible.

As your Students’ Union, we can always do better, so if you have any accessibility requirements or suggestions please do email our friendly elections team at elections@roehampton.ac.uk.

Attend a Drop-in

If you’re unsure about running for a position, have any questions or would like any information on the process, our wonderful elections team run drop-ins every week during the Election period. The dates and times for the drop-ins are below:

• Every Tuesday between 13:30-15:00 at Roehampton Students’ Union Helpdesk
• Every Thursday between 10:30-12:00 at Roehampton Students’ Union Helpdesk

Can’t make one of the times? No worries! Just drop the elections team an email at elections@roehampton.ac.uk. and they’ll be more than happy to meet with you another time.

Accessible Resources

Where possible, we aim to include captions in our video content and ensure that written content is in an accessible font and size.

If there are any resources that you need adjusted or provided to you in a different format, please do get in touch with our Elections team at elections@roehampton.ac.uk.

Information for Candidates

The Students' Union also encourages all our candidates to think about ways to make their campaigns accessible for different communities.

If you’re a candidate, we’ve put together some helpful tips on how to run an accessible campaign on the Candidate Hub here. Information for candidates on how to run accessible campaigns – here

Support Available

We recognise that elections can be a busy and overwhelming time for people and want to ensure that despite this everyone has a fantastic election experience.

There is always support available at Roehampton Students’ Union to support you during this fun Election period. You can find out more below:

• Candidate Breakfast – candidates are welcome to have breakfast at the Students’ Union every day during voting. Breakfast will be available between 09:00-10:00 at the SU Helpdesk.
• Drop-ins – we will be hosting drop-ins sessions across the entire Election period. More information about drop-ins can be viewed above.
• Wellbeing – the University have a dedicated wellbeing service that provides different wellbeing support.
• Elections Team – if you or someone you know has any accessibility questions or requirements, or needs some support, please do get in touch with our Elections team – they're friendly folk who will do their best to support you!