| Category |
Prize (1st/2nd) |
Criteria |
| The Markus Lee Society of the Year Award |
£1,000/£400 |
- Provides substantial benefits to members and the University community as a whole
- Contributes to student engagement in worthwhile endeavours
- Substantially enhances student experience
- Excellence in event management
- Excellence in society administration and financial practices
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| Best Event (must be risk assessed) |
£600/£300 |
- Demonstrates substantial ambition in scale or scope of undertaking
- Was significantly well attended
- Substantially enhanced student experience
- Demonstrates excellence in event management and financial practices
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| Best Online Presence (joint society events do not count towards application limit) |
£300/£150 |
- Demonstrates strong social media usage and output
- Graphics and content shows immense dedication
- Posts are well engaged with
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| Most Collaborative Society |
£300/£150 |
- Has collaborated with multiple societies through one event, one society through multiple events, or both
- Has made significant efforts in promoting collaboration between societies
- Has held innovative events between societies of different categories
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| Community Engagement Award |
£300/£150 |
- Provides substantial benefit to the town
- Encourages positive relationships between students and residents of the town
- Benefits the University’s reputation within the town
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| The Sam Gorman Most Innovative Society Award |
£300/£150 |
- Has undertaken creative new practices that have not been attempted in previous years by the society
- Has held events not attempted by other societies
- Substantially enhance student experience through unique events
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| Best Charitable and Volunteering Society |
£300/£150 |
- Demonstrate excellence in fundraising, volunteering, or raising awareness
- Engage members in charitable fundraising and advocacy
- Engage the wider student body in advocacy endeavours
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The Avery Kitchens Best New Society Award
(Affiliated for the first time after March 2023)
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£300/£150 |
- Provide substantial benefits to members and the University community as a whole
- Contribute to student engagement in worthwhile endeavours
- Substantially enhance student experience
- Demonstrate excellence in event management
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| Graduate Attributes Award |
£200/£100 |
- Each committee member must have completed at least one PSC workshop in the 2020/21 academic year (verified through gaining a PSC stamp)
- A moderate amount of engagement (PSC stamps) shown by the committee
- Evidence of the impact of the engagement on the society. For example:
- Have new behaviours or processes been implemented?
- Has there been an impact on the way the committee operates?
- Has there been a wider impact on the members of the society?
- How has the committee encouraged members to develop their own professional skills?
- Does the committee make linkages between society activities and the University’s Graduate Attributes?
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