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Rectorial Election November 2011

Home › For Students › The University Rector › Rectorial Election November 2011

The election of a Rector in succession to Stephen Robertson MBE will take place from 08 Nov 2011 to 10 Nov 2011.

Outcome of the Rectorial Election November 2011 Announced!

The University is pleased to announce the election of Dr Maitland Mackie as Rector. He will take up office on 1^st January 2012.

943 students voted in the election which was conducted using single transferable vote.  The outcome ranked the candidates as follows:

• 1^st Maitland Mackie
• 2^nd Matthew Bell
• 3^rd Jim Henderson
• 4^th James Steel
• 5^th Colin Lawson
• 6^th David Craig

For more information on the new Rector and the Universities response to his election.

Voting

Voting is open from 9am Tuesday 8th November 2011. All those eligible to vote can do so via the link below.

Voting closes at 5pm on Thursday 10th November.

Postal Voting

Provision will be made for those students unable to vote electronically to submit paper votes by post.  Applications to vote by post must be made at the InfoHub by 5pm on Friday 4^th November.  

Please contact Emma Webb on e.webb@abdn.ac.ukor phone 01224 272963 for more information.

Election Rules and Guidance

Download the Rules and Guidance for the 2011 Rectorial Election below

• Rules and Guidance

Relevant Dates and Times

Campaigning to open	Monday 31 October 2011 at 0.01am
Opening of Election	Tuesday 8 November 2011 at 9.00am
Close of Election	Thursday 10 November 2011 at 5.00pm
Announcement of Results	Thursday 10 November 2011 by 6.00pm

Further Information

For further information contact Emma Webb

Interesting Facts and Historical Information

The following document was produced by the Scottish Rectors' Group 2007 and provides some more in depth information about the history of The Rector, the role of The Rector and the role of the Rector's Assessor amongst other interesting reading.

• The Scottish University Rector