2026 SRC Election Nominations (Re-Opened)

Nominations on hold until further notice

2026 STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Re-opened nominations for the Paddington International Officer position are currently on hold until further notice. 

  • If you would like to keep updated about nominations for this position, please email ceo.admin@arc.unsw.edu.au with the subject header 'SRC Elections Paddington International Update EOI'

ELECTION NOTICE (RE-OPENING)

Nominations OPEN at 9:00AM Tuesday 6th October 2026. 

This notice should be read in conjunction with the Arc Constitution and Regulations available at: Arc Constitution and Regulations.

For further information regarding the SRC and its roles and responsibilities, refer to the SRC Charter.

Nominations CLOSE at 4:00PM Tuesday 13th October 2026. 

POSITIONS TO BE RE-OPENED

OFFICERS:

  • Paddington International Officer

TERM OF OFFICE

Officers and Councillors hold office from 1st December in the year of election until 30th November of the following year. Officers and Councillors may only hold any one office for a maximum of 2 years.

NOMINATIONS

Nomination forms will be available HERE

Forms must not be submitted until nominations are open.  

Nominations must be submitted prior to the close of nominations to be valid. They may be lodged electronically, using the above link. If a hard copy of the form is required due to accessibility issues, please email ceo.admin@arc.unsw.edu.au.

Candidates must attach an image of their Student ID card (front and back) with their nomination and may attach a recent photograph (JPEG format), and a statement of not more than 150 words (word docx. format) containing information relating to the candidate that they wish to supply. The Returning Officer may edit such statements and crop photos if deemed necessary.

Only students who are members of Arc as at the close of nominations are eligible to stand as a candidate.

A student cannot be a candidate in both the SRC and PGC elections in the same year. 

Candidates can self-nominate. No nominators are required.

All UNSW students (Kensington, Paddington and Canberra campus) are eligible to nominate and vote.

UNSW College students are associate members of Arc and not eligible to nominate, vote or campaign in Arc elections.

A person can only be elected to 1 position on the SRC, but may nominate for multiple positions. If doing so, the candidate must indicate on the electronic nomination form the order of preference for the positions, if they were to be successful in more than 1 position. This preference may be taken into account pursuant to Regulation 10.23.

ELECTORAL TICKETS (Groups)

A group of candidates may register as a ticket (see 10.18 of the Arc Regulations).

Ticket registration applications have closed, however candidates for the re-opened positions may join existing Tickets.

VOTING

ONLINE ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD IN WEEK 7 (commencing 7:00am Monday 26th October, concluding 9:00pm Thursday 29th October 2026).

Voting will be held online only. All students will receive an email to their university email address containing their voting link when voting opens.

CAMPAIGNING

Only UNSW students may campaign for the Arc SRC election (UNSW College students may not campaign). All campaign material must bear the name and student number of a candidate or name of ticket contact person who is authorising and taking responsibility of such material.

Candidates and ticket organisers should ensure they understand the full campaigning rules, as breaches can lead to the disqualification of individuals or tickets. Further information can be found in the Arc @ UNSW Constitution and Regulations at https://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/about/arc-board/arc-governance

In accordance with 10.3(o) of the Arc Regulations, the Returning Officer has supplied Campaigning Guidelines to supplement 10.24.

All candidates, campaigners and students involved in the election in any way must abide by any campaigning and election guidelines provided by the Returning Officer.

MORE INFORMATION

Please direct all queries to Philip Binns (the SRC Returning Officer) via email to returning.officer@ozemail.com.au or phone 0432 218 026.

IMPORTANT DATES

All elected candidates will be required to attend the SRC Induction as well as subsequent workshops. Noting that the induction date is currently scheduled for 

Monday 23rd November 2026 | 9:30AM – 4:30PM | Introduction & Overview, Admin Processes, Gendered Violence Awareness & Response Training, Constructive Disagreements, Anti-Racism and Discrimination Workshop, Event Planning, Arc Marketing and Arc Legal. 

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