Societies Awards

This will be awarded to an academic society linked with their department which has organised a variety of informative and inspiring activities and events regularly throughout the year, including career and development opportunities.

This will be awarded to the society who has proved they value their members and have built a strong community on campus through their society. There are two awards in this category (BL and ME).

This will be awarded to the student group which has made the greatest contribution to charity fundraising and/or RAG and its activities during the year through the Adopt a Charity Scheme.

This will be awarded to a new society affiliated between September 2020 and March 2021 which has exceeded expectations and shown commitment to future development.

This will be awarded to the society which has improved on the previous year and transformed the experience of its members.

This will be awarded to the society who have overcome the challenges of being a small society and achieved their objectives and targets set out in their development plans and held regular, well organised events and activities throughout the year. Societies nominated for this award must have 50 members of less.

This will be awarded to a society event, which has gone above and beyond to demonstrate the group’s aims and objectives in an inclusive and accessible environment. This can include events on and off campus and trips away.

This will be awarded to a society event, which involved two or more societies collaborating. The event will have gone above and beyond to be welcoming, committed, fun and will have strived to build a strong community in an inclusive and accessible environment.

This will be awarded to the Principal Officer or Committee Member who has gone above and beyond in their role for their society. This individual should stand out from the crowd in their commitment to their society, engagement with societies members and engagement with the Students’ Union.

This will be awarded to the society which has made a massive contribution to the student experience and has organised a wide range and high number of events, activities and achieved their objectives and targets set in their development plans.