Following the election of Cambridge Student Union’s Co-ordinator, nominees for the Graduate Union (GU) upcoming elections were announced Wednesday.

The positions to be filled are Academic Affairs Director, Environmental Director, Events Director, Families Director, International Director, Secretary, Treasurer, and Welfare Director.

The current GU President is Amina Rai, who was elected in the spring.

The nominees for each position are running as joint candidate pairs, with the exception of Environmental Director. The nominee for that position, Fran Boait, is running alone. All candidates are running unopposed.

There were no nominations for the position of Families Director, which entails addressing issues for student parents at the College and University levels, and co-ordinating resources for students’ children and spouses.

The duo running for Academic Affairs Director features the current Director, Murat Basarir, running for reelection with a potential Co-Director, Anna Kaxira.

 Ms Boait, running for environmental officer, stresses how her studies give her experience crucial for the position.

According to her manifesto the Earth Sciences student aims to focus on the College Carbon Reduction Commitment, larger recycling programs, and the Living Laboratory project, which “supports students from a variety of disciplines in carrying out research into the operational sustainability of the University”.

Arash Moavenian and Ankita Kankani, standing for International Director, seek to introduce programs to help international students, who make up half the graduate population, become acclimated to the UK.

 They propose a Heathrow and Gatwick pickup scheme for new grads, as well as a bicycle orientation “to help students become familiar with the UK road and traffic rules”.

Online voting will begin on November 1 and finish at midnight on November 3. Paper voting will then commence at the Graduate Union the next day from 9.30am to 5pm. Results are due to be announced at 4pm on November 7.