Nominations are now open for the SUSU Excellence in Volunteering Awards 2015. These special awards celebrate the many varieties of volunteering that take place within the Students’ Union.

Students can be nominated for seven categories: Commitment, Innovation, Engagement, Leadership, Impact, Collaboration and The Volunteer.

The awards have been designed to help students’ employability, demonstrating will have some transferrable skills and values that students can visualise through their specific EVA.

You can nominate for the awards now at www.susu.org/evas.

Nominations will close on the 20 March at 5pm.  The winner will then be presented their award at the ceremony on … Read the rest

The EVA Awards are a way to recognise and award students who give up their time to volunteer for something that they feel passionate about. SUSU is proud to have received over 300 nominations for the EVA’s this year!

The nominations were split in to seven categories: Collaboration, Commitment, Engagement, Impact, Innovation, Leadership, and Volunteer. Not only were individual students nominated, but societies too!

You can find the full list of nominees here:

http://www.susu.org/running-your-union/union awards/2013/eva/nominees.html

We feel that it is only right that students are awarded for their work and are given the chance to shine – and what better … Read the rest

It’s time for another hall of fame focus…

You may have noticed we have a selection of great– but how much do you know about the people who have won them?

In our series of interviews we’ve been finding out more about the different winners behind the trophies on display in the Concourse.

This time it’s our very own VP Engagement Claire Gilbert talking about The EVA excellence in volunteering awards – Commitment …

What are the EVA excellence in volunteering awards?

The EVAs are an annual event to celebrate the amazing achievements of all the different volunteering that happens … Read the rest