Society Excellence Awards

CUSU Societies are some of the most hard working and successful students on campus and we want to acknowledge the great work they do.

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

Understand the process Apply for an award See the award criteria in full

The Process

CUSU Societies are some of the most hard working and successful students on campus and we want to acknowledge the great work they do.

Stage 1: Award Application

As you meet the requirements of each rosette a committee member can fill in the application form and submit your application for approval. You must be able to evidence how you have met each requirement and must have followed CUSU’s policies and procedures.

The criteria will show you how many requirements you must meet to move onto the next level of the scheme. Societies must be accredited as a Bronze before moving onto the silver application form and similarly, societies must be accredited as a Silver before moving onto Gold.

Stage 2: Submission and Review

Once your application is completed online and submitted, your coordinator will review your application and get back to you with the result of your submission.

Stage 3: Recognition

When you have achieved your respective level of accreditation, we will award your society with the relevant rosette on your mini site, feature you on our social media pages and you will be formally part of the Societies Excellence Award.

Bronze

If your society isn't currently accredited you should apply for Bronze Award. Need to know more about the criteria?

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Silver

If your society is already accredited as Bronze and you're ready to progress to the next level you should apply for Silver. Need to know more about the criteria?

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Gold

Gold is the highest standard, a society that has achieved gold across all three areas is operating at the height of excellence. Need to know more about the criteria?

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Criteria

Each Rosette (Standards, Activities, Community) has a different set of criteria:

Standards Criteria Activities Criteria Community Criteria

Standards

	Bronze You must achieve 4/6 criteria	Silver You must achieve 4/6 criteria	Gold You must achieve 4/6 criteria
Collaboration on Events within CUSU	Collaborate with another CUSU Society on one event	Collaborate with other CUSU Societies on two events	Collaborate with other CUSU Societies on three events
Collaboration on Events outside CUSU	Collaborate with a Society from another University on one event	Collaborate with Societies from another University on two events	Collaborate with Societies from another University on three events
Online Communication	One post per week on cusu.org or social with an image or video that is educational, informative or entertaining	Two posts per week on cusu.org or social with images or video that are educational, informative or entertaining	Three posts per week on cusu.org or social with images or video that areeducational, informative or entertaining
Committee Meetings	Host one Committee Meeting per month	Host two Committee Meetings per month	Host three Committee Meetings per month
Socials	Host one Social that encourages inclusivity in the society	Host two different Socials that encourages inclusivity in the society	Host three different Socials that encourages inclusivity in the society
Memberships	Achieve a 10% increase in memberships from the previous year	Achieve a 20% increase in memberships from the previous year	Achieve a 40% increase in memberships from the previous year

Activities

	Bronze You must achieve 4/6 criteria	Silver You must achieve 4/6 criteria	Gold You must achieve 4/6 criteria
Guest Speakers	Host one Guest Speaker Event	Host two Guest Speaker Events	Host three Guest Speaker Events
Ticket sales	25 attendees to a paid event or 50 attendees to a free event	50 attendees to a paid event or 75 attendees to a free event	75 attendees to a paid event or 100 attendees to a free event
Faculty Events	Host one Faculty event throughout the year	Host two Faculty events throughout the year	Host three Faculty events throughout the year
Community Events Find a Community to partner with	Host one SU Community event throughout the year	Host two SU Community events throughout the year	Host three SU Community events throughout the year
Halls Events	Host one Halls event throughout the year	Host two Halls events throughout the year	Host three Halls events throughout the year
Trips	Take society members on a day trip	Take society members on a residential trip of at least one night	Take society members on an international trip of multiple nights

Community

	Bronze You must achieve 7/10 criteria	Silver You must achieve 7/10 criteria	Gold You must achieve 7/10 criteria
Community Volunteering Find volunteering opportunities	Delivering 20 hours per year of volunteering within a community setting	Delivering 50 hours per year of volunteering within a community setting	Delivering 100 hours per year of volunteering within a community setting
Charity Fundraising	Raising £250 for charity	Raising £500 for charity	Raising £1000 for charity
Society Fund Generation	Raising £500 for your Society e.g. sponsorship, tickets sales, event proft	Raising £750 for your Society e.g. sponsorship, tickets sales, event proft	Raising £1000 for your Society e.g. sponsorship, tickets sales, event proft
Guest Speakers	Host one Guest Speaker Event	Host two Guest Speaker Events	Host three Guest Speaker Events
Alumni Engagement	Host one Alumni event throughout the year	Host two Alumni events throughout the year	Host three Alumni events throughout the year
CU Group Partnership	Host one partnership event with another CU Group Campus (CU Coventry, CU London and CU Scarbrough)	Host three partnership event with another CU Group Campus (CU Coventry, CU London and CU Scarbrough)	Host two partnership event with another CU Group Campus (CU Coventry, CU London and CU Scarbrough)
Student Media	Promoting your society through interviews on one of the CUSU Student Media channels (TV/Radio/News)	Promoting your society through interviews on two of the CUSU Student Media channels (TV/Radio/News)	Promoting your society through interviews on all of the CUSU Student Media channels (TV/Radio/News)
CUSU Employability Find out more about The Leadership Award	One Society Official completing a CUSU Add+Vantage Module or the Leadership Award	Two Society Officials completing a CUSU Add+Vantage Module or the Leadership Award	Three Society Officials completing a CUSU Add+Vantage Module or the Leadership Award
CUSU Reps	One student involved in your Society being a Student Rep	Two students involved in your Society being a Student Rep	Three students involved in your Society being a Student Rep
CUSU Governance	50% Society turnout in Elections	60% Society turnout in Elections	80% Society turnout in Elections

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Society Excellence Awards

Recognising excellence in the standards, activities and performance of our Societies