Executive Elections (Summer 2025)
Deadline: Sunday 20 July at 23:59 BST
Nominations are open for four vital roles on the TaPRA Exec. They are:
- Chair(s)
- ECR Representative
- Working Group Coordinator (x1)
- Communications Officer(s)
All job descriptions are available to download here (below the TaPRA Constitution): http://tapra.org/constitution/
We welcome adaptable and collaborative working, including role-share nominations, in recognition of both our workloads in the HE sector and the power of coalitional leadership. Please do contact us for support if it is needed. TaPRA particularly welcomes nominations of colleagues at any career stage, particularly from Black and Global Majority communities, who have been historically marginalised in theatre and performance research.
The successful candidate/s for Working Group Coordinator, Early Career Researcher Representative, and Communications Officer will join the TaPRA Executive Committee from 1 September 2025.
The successful candidate/s for Chair/s will join the TaPRA Executive Committee from 1 September 2025 with a formal handover from current Chair/s Broderick Chow and Royona Mitra at the TaPRA 2025 Annual Conference at University of Warwick (27-29 August).
If you have any questions about these roles, do not hesitate to contact the current role holders, and/or the Chairs or Vice-Chair: http://tapra.org/executive-committee/. Broderick and Royona will be available to hold short conversations with anyone who would welcome it on the morning (BST) of Friday 27 June.
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Election Nomination
Only current TaPRA members can submit nominations for our elections. Each nomination requires a seconder, who must also be a current member.
How to Participate in TaPRA Elections
TaPRA uses an application called ElectionRunner. This automatically contacts all current TaPRA members with a unique ID and password that allows you to vote via a web browser or a free to download mobile app.
Once the nominations have been received and an election is called, all TaPRA members will receive an email. This email will be sent to the address that you signed up for the Annual Conference with OR if you did not attend the Annual Conference the email you entered into PayPal when paying your membership fee.
If you have not received an email about a current Election and you were expecting one, please contact us at: contact@tapra.org
Notes on Elections
Elections will typically include ballots for more than one Executive roles and will include the statements of each nominated individual. The first stage of an election is nominations. You can nominate by navigating to the banner above. Each nomination must be made by a current TaPRA member and seconded of a current member. The deadline for nominations is listed on the calls above.
If more than one individual is nominated for a role, this role will be added to the ballot as part of a formal election. If only one individual is nominated for the role and that individual is approved by the Executive, the membership will be notified without the requirement of the ballet being added to an election.
Finally, statements are sought from the nominated candidates. These statements will be displayed on the ElectionRunner interface when voting. We strongly recommend that each voting member read the statements of the candidates in full before casting their vote.
