Organisation Awards

The awards in this category are recognition of vision, best practice and improvement in students’ unions over the past year.

As a mark of celebration for unions that have had an outstanding year – winners in this category will demonstrate the very best of what they do; from vision, buy-in and planning to engagement, success and impact.

Awards

Has your union had a truly outstanding year and done more than you ever imagined – could you be Students’ Union of the Year?

  • FE Students’ Union of the Year
  • HE Students’ Union of the Year
  • Small & Specialist Union of the Year

How to nominate

Restrictions: ‘Small and Specialist Students’ Union of the Year’ can only be entered by higher education students’ unions.

The NUS Awards 2014 are now open for you to enter and nominations close midday on Wednesday 7th May 2014. Judging criteria for each award are detailed below.

You can submit your application online at the ‘Nominations’ page for any award.

Criteria

The following judging criteria are used for all awards in this category.

1. What is the students’ union’s vision and how has it been developed?
2. How has the union achieved buy-in from its members and other relevant stakeholders and how has this been taken forward this year?
3. What steps has the union taken this year to achieve best practice in its planning and objective setting?
4. What has the union done to increase the quality of its contact with engaged members and to make new contacts with unengaged members to improve the union this year?
5. How is the union positively contributing to the student experience, and how is this demonstrated?
6. How has the union demonstrated improvement in the past year – including in participation, influence and structures?
7. What successful campaigns has the union run and what impact and changes have been made as a result of the union’s work, and to whom?

Get Involved

Get involved in sharing your inspirational stories and exciting successes. Join the conversation on Twitter using the #NUSawards14 hashtag.

Let your local community and organisations from across the country know you’re entering –inspiring and encouraging students from across the movement and those around your local area to get involved in supporting your nomination.

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