Welcome to the Student Council Elections page

STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2025 

Candidate statements are now available to view for the College’s Student Council elections, the representative body for our student members. 

These pages will give you all the information you need about the Student Council Election process and guidance on how to vote. 
 
- What is the Student Council? 
- Hot to vote
- Candidate statements
- What region am I in? 
- What does a Student Member Representative do? 
- Election timetable 

WHAT IS THE STUDENT COUNCIL? 

The Student Council is the platform for the student member voice. The Student Council holds regular meetings to discuss regional and national topics important to student paramedics. It advises and is consulted on College policy relating to students and education, and it will ensure the student perspective is embedded in all activities the College of Paramedics is involved in. 

The Student Council tenure runs from January to December starting on the 1st of January. Members have the option to stand down after one year or continue for another year. 

Voting is available for all student members in the region/nation/sector where the position is contested. All eligible voting members will receive an email from Civica Election Services (CES). If you cannot find the email you should:  
 
1.  Search your inbox for an email from takepart@cesvotes.com with subject: Student Council Election 2025 
 
2.  Email support@cesvotes.com to request a reissue, being sure to mention it’s for the College of Paramedics Student Council Election 2025  
 
3.  Request an automatic reissue via https://secure.cesvotes.com/V3-0-0/contact/forgotcodes.aspx?JMSJobno=m1724_1 – for this process, you will need to enter the email address that we have registered to you in our database  
 
4.  Check that we have the correct email address for you by checking your profile at Member login   
 
5.  If you are still unable to find an email and believe that you should have received one, please contact penny.jones@collegeofparamedics.co.uk  

CANDIDATE STATEMENTS

Click here to read all candidate statements.

WHAT REGION AM I IN?

Our regions are based on the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and others.  
 
Regions are predominantly related to the geographical location of your university. The nations of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are clear.    



However, some of you may spend the majority of your clinical placement time outside of the geographical region of your university, for example in a neighbouring Ambulance Service. Your individual situation, when applying for a position on the Student Council, will be taken into account. You may apply for the region in which your university is located, or the region where you complete your Ambulance Service placement hours. You will choose which regional role you are applying for in the registration form.  

If this is the case for you, please think carefully when you chose your region as, should you be successful in your candidacy, your role on the Student Council is to be the representative voice of your student colleagues in that region. 

The following regions are up for election in 2025: 

- Scotland 
- Northern Ireland 
- North West 
- North East 
- Yorkshire and the Humber 
- West Midlands 
- East Midlands  
- Eastern 
- London 
WHAT DOES A STUDENT MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE DO?

The student member representative is the voice of the student members in their nation/region/sector, advocating for their interests, articulating their perspective to the College and communicating with them on the College’s work. This could be you!

Member Representatives have a vote on the Student Council and elect the Student Representative on the Paramedic Council (who also takes part in Congress meetings). Here’s what being a Rep is like, according to people who have served in the role:

Isobel Abbott, former East Midlands Rep: “Being able to make actual positive changes to students across the country, whether that’s helping to establish or run student events or fixing issues in your area that improves student experiences”

Gavin Keymer, former Scotland Rep: “It can involve as little or as much as you want it to be. You are part of a national team that liaises with students and multiple academic professionals. You also have the opportunity to represent the student body which can sometimes be overlooked within the paramedic profession.”

Emma Wainwright, former Chair of Student Council and Wales Rep: “Being a representative is extremely rewarding; not only are you given incredible opportunities for networking and for building up your strengths as an individual to go into the working world, but you are also the go-to person for all student paramedics in your area and can make a genuine difference. It is fantastic to see projects that you have brought to the table for discussion come to fruition.”