Awards and Recognition

As a society committee member there are multiple Awards that you or your society may be eligible for throughout the year. Here, at Your Students’ Union, we recognise societies and our students hard work through Society of the Month, certificates, Society Excellence Awards and our most awaited night of celebrations of the year: the Activities Awards.

Students celebrating awards from a previous event

Society of the Month

Every month we celebrate and promote a society that has put the effort to provide an exceptional experience to their members. Any students, staff and externals can nominate a society for society of the month.

Nominations are based on quality over quantity so consider what a society has done to achieve the award, how they have demonstrated the SU values and be clear on why they deserve to win society of the month.

End of year celebration

At the end of each academic year we facilitate awards ceremonies that individual committee members and societies are eligible to attend or nominate in. Details about these will be posted in February.

Digital Badges

When you demonstrate skills as a committee member, your SU staff may recommend you for a digital badge. Badges are visual representations that you have demonstrated a particular skill. Badges can be earned in a variety of ways such as attending events, completing administration, planning and development of your society.

We know you do more as a committee member in your own time so we’ve introduced a new form for you to be able to nominate yourself or another individual for a digital badge.

Society excellence awards

SU Societies are some of the most hard working and successful students on campus and we want to acknowledge the great work they do and the time and effort they put in running activities for other students.

We have created a Societies Excellence scheme that rewards standards, activities and performance. We want our societies to be rewarded and attain bronze, silver or gold standard.

Societies can nominate for an excellence award at any time in the academic year and will be sent to the activities team for verification.

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Bronze

You must complete 6 criteria.
You'll receive a digital package with Your Society Website Rosette, you will be highlighted in our Society Excellence Article, and we will add a shout out to the Societies teams channel.

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Silver

You must complete 8 criteria.
You'll receive a digital package with Your Society Website Rosette, you will be highlighted in our Society Excellence Article, we will add a shout out to the Societies teams’ channel and you’ll also be spotlighted in our Instagram page (@yoursu.london).

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Gold

You must complete 10 criteria.
You'll receive a digital package with Your Society Website Rosette, you will be highlighted in our Society Excellence Article, we will add a shout out to the Societies teams’ channel, and you’ll also be spotlighted in our Instagram page (@yoursu.london). Additionally, you’ll have a committee Photoshoot and media interview summarised as specific news article.

Criteria

Best Practice

Criteria

Description

Evidence

Promo stall Fair or general Photos and videos
Events on website Publish your society events on the SU website for all to see, you can add tickets and monitor attendance. Copy down the links to your events and/ or take a screenshot
Post on AULA Post about your society on AULA. Take a screenshot of your post to submit
Successful elections Work to elect a new committee for the next academic year. Email confirmation from your coordinator outlining a fully elected committee.
Communicate with members via admin tools Using admin tools on SU society page to send an email to society members or interested members Submit a screenshot.

Collaboration

Criteria

Description

Evidence

Collab with another society Collaborate with at least one society during the academic year. Complete an activity request for the collaboration and mention the society you’re collaborating with , have this approved, add the event to the website and host it.
Collab with the SU Host one partnership event with the SU e.g., full-time officers, part-time officers, community engagement leads, campuses Complete an activity request for the collaboration, have this approved, add it to your society page and host the event
Collab with community Each year the communities we have host activity for their community members, collaborate with community engagement leads and activities staff for any of the following:
-Black History Month
-Disability History Month
-International Festival
-LGBT+ History Month
-International Women’s Day
Communicate with your coordinator to submit an activity request to the community planning groups and get your event supported.

Academics

Criteria

Description

Evidence

Facilitate academic support sessions Host at least one academic support session, this could be a study-session, for instance. Link to your society page and host the event or Photos & videos of your event
Collaborate with a course rep Collaborate with a course, school or Education REP. Keep in regular communication with your coordinator to progress this collaboration/td>

Development

Criteria

Description

Evidence

Society of the Month Write and submit a detailed nomination for Society of the Month. Have a screenshot of the Society of the Month nomination or the coordinator confirmation.
Development plan Complete the development plan and attend at least one development plan meeting. Attach a photo of the development plan and add the date of the development plan meeting.
Sponsorship Gain a sponsorship of any value for your society, it could be for just one event or a year-long sponsorship Have a sponsorship agreement approved and implemented, submit the sponsorship agreement

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