The Society Awards Ball will take place virtually this year. We still want to make sure that Societies and Society Members are celebrated for their efforts and engagement this year as much as any other year. As such, we will be hosting a virtual event on Friday 21 May 2021 from 5pm where we will celebrate your Society activity for the 2020-2021 academic year. The event will be streamed online, all attendees will receive a link to the event closer to the date.

Societies always matter and a pandemic isn’t going to stop us celebrating them.

Watch the Awards on our Youtube chanel, just head to https://www.youtube.com/user/uwesuvideo to watch from 5pm!

 

Nominations closed 28 March

Get your free ticket below 

The awards are:

• Society of the Year
• Best New Society
• Best Small Society
• Most Improved Society
• Best Academic Society
• Commitment to Participation
• Event of the Year
• Campaign of the Year
• Committee of the Year
• Committee Member of the Year
• Society Equality Award
• Intercultural Activity Award
• RAG (Fundraising) Society of the Year
• Greener Futures: Green Society of the Year
• Lasting Impact Award
• Destined for Success Award
• Society Full Colours - criteria
• Society Half Colours - criteria

 

Please contact vpsocsandcomms@uwe.ac.uk with any queries concerning the awards.

 

Society Awards 2021 Shortlist

Thank you for submitting your nominations for this years Societies Awards, please find below the shortlist from the nominations;
 

Society of the Year

• Architecture
• BAME
• Built Environment
• Christian Union
• East African
• First Aid Society
• Nigerian
• Pre Hospital Simulation
• Sikh

 

Best New Society

• Baking
• BAME
• First Aid
• History
• Movie Fanatics
• Sexpression
• Sikh
• STAR

 

Best Small Society

• Bad Movie
• Caribbean
• East African
• Geography
• Movie Fanatics
• Public Health
• UWE Eye

 

Most Improved Society

• Built Environment
• East African
• Geography
• Nigerian
• Planning
• Redeemed Christian Campus Fellowship

 

Academic Society of the Year

• Architecture
• Built Environment
• Economics
• Formula Student
• Geography
• Law
• PAIRS
• Physicians Associates
• Pre-Hospital Simulation

 

Commitment to Participation

• Baking
• Built Environment
• Law
• Redeemed Christian Campus Fellowship

 

Event of the Year

• BAME – Female and Non-Binary DJ Event
• Christian Union – CU Eurovision & Podcasts
• Law – Virtual Speed Networking
• Nigerian Society – Tips for Academic Excellence
• PAIRS – Myanmar Event

 

Campaign of the Year

• First Aid Society - St Johns Ambulance COVID-19 Vaccinator Training
• Law Society

 

Committee of the Year

• Architecture
• Christian Union
• East African
• Formula Student
• Nigerian Society

 

Committee Member of the Year

• Caleb Shaw - Christian Union
• Callum Jones - Geography
• Catarina Costa -  Built Environment
• Cayla McGowan - LGBT+
• Chris Worden - Esports
• Cory Richards - Formula Student
• Lauren Parry - Feminist
• Libby Everall - History
• Monique Taratula-Lyons - Geography
• Raphaella Vieira Da Silva - Planning
• Scholastica Obodo - Nigerian Society

 

Society Equality Award

• UWE Planning
• Architecture – IDN Talks

 

RAG (Fundraising) Society of the Year

• Architecture
• Geography
• Islamic Society
• Physiotherapy

 

Greener Futures: Green Society of the Year

• No shortlist - winner to be announced at event

 

Lasting Impact Award

• Adeyemi Adedokun (Redeemed Christian Campus Fellowship)
• Built Environment Society
• Caleb Shaw (Christian Union)
• First Aid Society
• Nigerian Society
• Redeemed Christian Campus Fellowship

 

Destined for Success Award

• Built Environment
• Movie Fanatics