BALLOT FORM:

ELECTION TO SENATE

(Academic staff member – Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Notice of Ballot

Vacancies existfor threeacademic staff member (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) on Senate.

Following a call for nominations, the candidates listed below are eligible to stand for election. Consequently, a ballot will be conducted to determine the outcome of the election.

Staff eligibility to vote

The following staff are eligible to vote in the election:

All current academic staff within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences who are appointed to full time or part time posts on either a permanent academic contract or a fixed term academic contract.

Notes

Ballot papers will be deemed void and excluded from the count in the following circumstances:

  • a first preference is not indicated
  • more than one preference is indicated in any voting box
  • two candidates are given the same preference
  • the ballot form is received after the deadline.

Deadline for receipt of ballot forms

The completed form must be returned by:

5pm,Friday25 August 2017via email to Dan Burke

Please note that this deadline will be strictly enforced and no forms will be accepted after this time. Further information about the election process is available at:

Voting procedure

You have ONE vote; however under the rules of the single transferable vote (STV), you may express your vote in terms of preference for each candidate if you wish to do so.

Voters may rank any number of candidates and are not obliged to rank beyond their first preference.

Use your vote by entering:

‘1' against your first preference candidate

and, if desired

‘2' against your second preference candidate

‘3' against your third preference candidate

and so on until you are indifferent.

The sequence of your preferences is crucial.

Candidates eligible to stand for election

Nominees’ election statements are provided on a separate sheet for voters’ reference.

Candidate / Job title / Ranking
Dr Sadhvi Dar / Lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility/Business Ethics
Dr Madeleine Davis / Senior Lecturer
Professor Phoebe Okowa / Professor of Public International Law
Professor Kathryn Richardson / Chair/Director Of The Language Centre, and Director of The Confucius Institute

Nominees’ Election Statements

Dr Sadhvi Dar
Since joining QMUL’s vibrant research community in 2007, I have served on various committees and working groups at a departmental and university level. Queen Mary has grown into a major academic institution both locally and nationally, and this growth presents us all with huge opportunities and some challenges. Underpinning our strengths is our student community - 60% of whom are BME and 50% of our students are recruited locally. Our strength as a BME university is currently under-valued and I would work hard on Senate to ensure that issues with the student attainment gap, student employability, use of different kinds of assessment and curriculum content be carefully considered in decision-making processes going forward. As a member of Senate, I would also support women’s, academics of colour and LBGT academics’ careers and progression in our university.
Dr Madeleine Davis
I could bring to Senate an excellent track record of collegial and productive work for SPIR, the Faculty and College. I served three years as HSS Deputy Dean for Taught Programmes from 2013-16, during which time I worked with Heads and Directors of Taught Programmes across all HSS Schools to help achieve the College’s strategic objectives for teaching and learning. I developed strong working relationships with academic and professional services colleagues and student representatives across the institution, as well as a sound practical understanding of the different kinds of work, processes and people that make up the QM community. I’m fully committed to the values of QM as an institution committed to excellence in research and teaching, rooted in and serving a diverse local and global community. I would work hard on Senate to ensure that issues of equality, diversity and inclusivity get the priority they deserve.
Professor Phoebe Okowa
I have been at QM since 2002 and witnessed its transformation into a world-class institution. In the aftermath of Brexit, the debates about University funding, as well as concerns about QM having a disproportionately high student dropout, these gains are under threat. I would like to contribute to the on going dialogue on diversity, making our academic programmes relevant to global citizenship and balancing the demands of free speech and safe spaces. I have all the skills necessary for the role. My identity as BME and academic appointments abroad, has given me a unique set of understandings on some the challenges outlined. In addition to teaching in the law school, I have also been a Global Professor at New York University, served on the College’s and QMUCU Equality Committees. Outside College, I serve as ambassador for a charity that provides higher education loans for girls in Africa.
Professor Kathryn Richardson
As Language Centre Chair, I play a transversal role in the university, with my department contributing to student learning in all three faculties. I can thus make informed contributions to discussions around the university’s academic standards, overseas partnerships and joint programmes. Moreover, I can speak specifically for QMUL’s foundation and pre-masters students and champion their progression to QMUL degree programmes.
As Professor of Language Education, I can speak to the role of languages play in enhancing student employability, particularly through the QMUL Model. As an initiator of the College Language Strategy Scholarships, I can ensure that students receive equal opportunities to study a language during their degrees.
As Director of the QMUL Confucius Institute, I can facilitate QMUL’s China partnerships, in terms of teaching, academic freedom and research, while furthering the provision of opportunities for QMUL students to go abroad during their degrees to enhance their cultural and social capital.

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