HISA Student Elections 2026 - The Results!

Simon Varwell

The results for the 2026 HISA Student Elections are LIVE! See who's leading HISA next academic year right here!

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We are delighted to announce the results of the 2026 Student Elections, where students from across UHI have been voting for their new Student Officers to lead the Highlands and Islands Students’ Association (HISA) in the next academic year.

This year’s voting took place from Monday 9th March to Thursday 12th March, and we had a total turnout of 859. We had voting for our two Cross-Campus Officer positions, the President and Vice-President (Education), plus our Local Officers at most UHI partners. We are not electing a Local Officer at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, which has its own local students’ association, and at Highland Theological College students are represented directly by the President and Vice President Education. Meanwhile there were no nominations received for the role of Depute President for UHI Shetland or the Depute President for UHI North, West and Hebrides (North), and the one candidate for UHI North, West and Hebrides (West) was disqualified for a breach of the election rules. For those three positions we will hold a by-election soon – check our website in the coming weeks for more details. 

Results have been declared by Simon Varwell, who is our Director of Student Engagement and Representation and has been appointed by HISA’s board of trustees to be the Deputy Returning Officer in the elections. See the new officer team below or watch our results video on YouTube! Click the images to see the voting stats for each position.