• 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

• 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

• Provides substantial benefits to the Student Experience
• Engages members of the student body from a diverse range of backgrounds

• Provides substantial benefit to the town
• Encourages positive relationships between students and residents of the town
• Benefits to the University’s reputation within the town

• Demonstrate excellence in fundraising, volunteering or raising awareness
• Engage members in charitable fundraising and advocacy
• Engage the wider student body in advocacy endeavours

Best New Society

(Affiliated for the first time after 1st January 2019)

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Excellence in event management
• Notable frequency in its regular events.
• Consistent high quality in its regular events

CEED Professional Skills Award

(Does not count towards application limit)

• Each committee member must have completed at least one PSC workshop in the 2019/20 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?