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Notice of Election Meeting to Elect Eight Members of Convocation

23.07.2012


CONVOCATION

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TO ELECT EIGHT MEMBERS OF CONVOCATION TO THE NUI SENATE

NOTICE is hereby given that the current period of office of the Senate of the National University of Ireland will expire on Wednesday 31st October 2012.

MEMBERS OF NUI SENATE ELECTED BY CONVOCATION
In accordance with Section 45(2) of the Universities Act 1997, the composition of the Senate includes, ‘eight members of the Convocation elected by Convocation, four of whom shall be women and four men’.

Convocation consists of the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, the Members of Senate, the Professors and Lecturers and the Graduates (degree holders) of the University.

DATE OF ELECTION MEETING
The Election will be held at a Meeting of Convocation to take place in the National University of Ireland, 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, on Thursday 11th October 2012 at 10 o'clock a.m. The poll will remain open for one hour.

NOMINATIONS
Each candidate shall be nominated by a nomination paper, which shall be signed by at least two members of Convocation and shall be received by the Clerk of Convocation, 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, on or before Thursday 2nd August 2012.

The nomination paper shall state the name and address of the person nominated and, in case that address is not in Ireland, shall state an address in Ireland, and shall include the written consent of the person nominated.

A Form of Nomination may be obtained on application to the Clerk of Convocation at 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, or may be downloaded from the link below.

Download Form of Nomination


APPLYING IN WRITING FOR A VOTING PAPER

Members of Convocation who wish to vote in the Convocation Election must apply to the Clerk of Convocation in writing* for voting papers no later than Friday 5th October, 2012.

Applications for voting papers must be in writing. An application form is available and may be downloaded from the link below. Applications may also be made by post to the address below, by fax to 01 4392466, or by email to elections@nui.ie. To receive your voting papers, the following information must be provided:

• full name (forename[s] and surname) at registration
• any other form of name used (e.g. Irish, single, married etc)
• date of birth
• NUI degree(s) and other NUI qualification(s)
• year(s) of conferring(s) and NUI institution(s) where conferred
• previous address (for identification purposes)
• current address

Download Application For Voting Paper Form

John Hanley
Clerk of Convocation
National University of Ireland
49 Merrion Square
Dublin 2


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