The Awards

Individual

Freshman of the Year

This is awarded to an individual who is new to the group who has shown outstanding dedication to the group and made a significant contribution to the success of the group’s activities this year. Nominees for this award must have joined the group this academic year, though they do not need to be in their first year at Royal Holloway.

Society Crest

This is awarded to someone who has gone above and beyond the call of duty of any member/committee member throughout their years of participation and has shown outstanding dedication and commitment to their group. Nominees for this award should not be in their first year at Royal Holloway, nor should they have joined their specific group this academic year.

Co-President's Cup

This is awarded to someone who has shown outstanding dedication to Student Opportunities, going above and beyond to make a difference to student engagement societies and dedicating their time to a number of different areas with the Students’ Union and student groups.

Group

Skills and Employability Cup

This is awarded to a group that has shown a clear dedication or made an outstanding effort in the area of improving the employability and/or employable skills of their members through their group’s activities.

Community Shield

This is awarded to a group that has made a significant impact on the relationship between Royal Holloway Students’ Union and the local community. They should have engaged in consistent and high quality volunteering, fundraising or community projects facilitated either by themselves or Community Action.

Raising and Giving

This is awarded to a group that has made a significant contribution to the RAG total this year not only in size of donation but also in commitment, ingenuity and consistency.

Best Event

This is awarded to a group that has organised and delivered a show stopping event this year that was innovative, exciting and has left a lasting impression on those that attended.

Most Improved Society

This is awarded to a group that has made significant effort to develop their group this year including membership recruitment, range and success of events, maintaining good finances, committee development etc.

Best New Society

This is awarded to a group that has gone above and beyond the expected growth of a new society in their first full year as a ratified group. Through this they will have successfully established itself as a group of significant impact on student life at Royal Holloway, and on the Students’ Union.

Sarah Parker Remond Inclusion and Accessibility Award

Sarah Parker Remond was an African American activist, an anti-slavery lecturer and the first black student at Bedford College. Throughout her life she promoted inclusivity, equality and worked tirelessly to support the rights of minority groups. The Inclusion and Accessibility award is therefore awarded to a group that has demonstrated an outstanding effort to ensure that their activities are as accessible as possible and have made a significant effort to promote an inclusive attitude within their membership and in the wider campus community.

Society of the Year

This is awarded to a group that has made a significant contribution to Royal Holloway, student life, and the Students’ Union. They should have worked in order to significantly grow as a group, increasing a wider range of members, holding innovative events, and working to hit objectives across all areas of the development plan.

The Criteria

Make sure you check the criteria of the award that you're nominating for by downloading the .pdf file below.

Award Criteria

The Panel

All nominations will be decided by a panel comprising of:

Co-President, Societies and Media // Societies Coordinator // Student Opportunities Manager

For the following awards a further representative will join the panel:

Skills and Employability Cup
Representative from the Careers Service/Students' Union Passport and Employability Coordinator

Community Shield
Representative from Community Action

Raising and Giving
Representative from RAG Board

Sarah Parker Remond Inclusion and Accessibility Award
Co-President Welfare and Diversity