From midday on Monday 9 November 2026, prospective candidates can complete the Nomination Form (tbc), and send it to our Returning Officer ([email protected]); this must be done by midday on Tuesday 24 November 2026. You will need the nominations of 10 Jewish students from at least 5 different JSocs. You will also be required to email photos of the student ID cards of each of your nominators.

Your nomination will not be accepted until both the completed form and the photos of university IDs have been received. 

Candidates will be required to send the following materials to our returning officer Guy Dabby-Joory, by midday Tuesday 24 November 2026, for the candidate announcement: 

• A manifesto, which could outline your campaign policies or your experience. The manifesto must be a minimum of 100 words, and we recommend it is no more than 550 words. If presented in poster format, a plain text manifesto must also be submitted (both must be in PDF format).
• A video, which could introduce you as a candidate or your campaign. This video must have a maximum length of 90 seconds and include subtitles (a recommended website is https://www.kapwing.com/subtitles).
• A photo, in which your face can be clearly seen (to be used for all promotional material).

For examples of previous material, click here for 2025-26 candidates, click here for 2024-25 candidates, click here for 2023-24 candidates, click here for 2022-3 candidates or click here for 2021-22 candidates.

Campaign rules:

Please see the UJS Election Rulebook 2026/27.

For any queries regarding rules, contact the Returning Officer, Guy, at [email protected]. 

Meetings

If successful in this nominations process, candidates will be required to attend 2 meetings:

• With the Returning Officer. This meeting will detail the code of conduct and election rules. It will be held over video call, and must be attended by candidates and their campaign teams. This will take place on Tuesday 24 November 2026.
• With the CEO Mervyn Kaye, who will meet with each candidate individually on Tuesday 24 November. This meeting contains a briefing so that each candidate has the same key information on UJS heading into the election. 

Debate

Successfully nominated candidates will be invited to attend and take part in a Presidential Debate in person. 

In person debates are open to in person attendance for all members of UJS. 

Questions will be taken from the room and online in the question portion of the debates. 

The debate will be held the evening of Sunday 29 November in London.

Additional Information

We would like to remind prospective candidates at this stage that public campaigning is not permitted before the campaign period begins at 9am on Wednesday 12th November 2025 (as per 7.2.1 of the Election Rulebook), and that candidates and their campaign teams are not permitted to engage in negative campaigning (as per 12.3 of the Election Rulebook). Candidates are responsible for ensuring adherence to these rules. 

Please direct any queries or complaints to the returning officer Guy.

Candidates are reminded that before, during and after this election UJS expects our code of conduct to be followed. Any complaints relating to the election will be dealt with by the Returning Officer. 

This is an incredibly exciting opportunity and exercise of Jewish students’ democratic rights in their grassroots union. Candidates’ well-being is our priority throughout the election process. Please contact the UJS President or any of the UJS team throughout the election process for impartial welfare support. 

This process has been approved by the Returning Officer. The election will be held in accordance with the UJS Constitution and By-Laws, which can be read here.

Voting

In order to vote, you need to register on the UJS website by 23:59 on Tuesday 8 December 2026. All sign-ups to the UJS website must have a JSoc, a valid graduation year and a valid email. Sign-ups will be vetted and checked by UJS and may be requested to submit a valid student ID. Only Jewish students are eligible to vote in this election - for more information, find our constitution and by-laws here. Registered members will receive a voter key via email with a link to vote from Election Buddy - make sure you check all your mailboxes as well as your junk mail. Please contact us ([email protected]) if you have any issues.