Student Group Badges Term One 24/25

We all know that our student groups offer a wide range of activities and events for our students; opportunities to make friends, relax, have fun, try new things, learn, grow and achieve.

The range of opportunities on offer is incredibly broad, from academic mentoring to zombie fighting. With such a wide variety of activities and events on offer it’s difficult to categorise all of our student groups, however many of our groups frequently demonstrate the key attributes that we wish to see in our clubs, societies and network's provision; helping to deliver on our core values for students.

Our Student Group Badge framework aims to recognise these achievements which demonstrate commitment from the group leaders, opportunities for their members and pride in their community. 

The badges are awarded at the end of terms one and two, where a group has demonstrated on two or more occasions, the attributes of each badge theme, with the awarded badges feeding into the end of year student group Proud To Be Staffs recognition awards. When advertising events on the What’s On page, groups can identify which badge their event relates to, which also allows students to recognise where that particular event fits into the framework. 

Community & Civic Partners Badge

Awarded for developing & improving civic partnerships within our local community, EG working with schools, community organisations, charity fundraising / campaigns awareness

Inclusion Badge

Awarded for consistently demonstrating inclusive practice, providing a variety of ways for students to engage, or for working alongside our networks; aiming to overcome barriers to engagement, celebrating member's achievements and encouraging all members to acheive their potential.

Make a Change Badge

Awarded for positive contributions to making positive change for students, such as group representation at Better Staffs' Forums, or Student Group Executive Meetings

Supporting Staffs Badge

Awarded for contributing to or supporting events benefiting the wider Staffs campus community such as group representation at Open Days, Move-in or other University or Union led events

Sustainabilty Badge

Awarded for hosting or participating in sustainability themed activities.

Utilising the Students' Union Green Fund to make your event more environmentally friendly.

Collaboration Badge

Awarded for sharing opportunities, ideas and resources with other groups and harnessing each others creativity - providing even more opportunities for a wider range of students to engage.

We are pleased to have awarded 89 badges to 48 student groups during the first half of the year to:

• Amateur Dramtics Society
• Anime & Manga Society
• Cheerleading
• Christian Union
• Computing Society
• Cop Shop
• Cosplay & Crafts Society
• Cosy Club
• Cue Sports
• Desi Events & Games Society
• Disabled Students' Network
• Engineering Society
• Fight Club
• Folklore Society
• Forensics & Crime Science Society
• Game Development Society
• Glee Club
• Hedgehog Friendly Campus
• Idol Society
• Islamic Society
• League of Legends Society
• LGBTQ+ Network
• Life Drawing Society
• Mario Kart Society
• Minecraft Society
• Mountaineering Club
• Myth Society
• Oriental Society
• Paramedic Society
• PENSA
• Pokemon Society
• Poker Society
• Press Start Society
• Project Earth
• Psychology Society
• Rhythm Games Society
• Rhythm Revolution
• Robotics Society
• RAMS
• Rolling Bones Society
• Silver Screen Society
• Social Knights
• Staffs Esports Society
• Staffs Smash
• Staffs Women In STEM
• Staffordshire University Racing
• SUL Filipino Society
• The Coven

With many other groups also well on their way to earning their badges, we are looking forward to seeing what our dedicated student groups get up to in term two and awarding more badges just in time for the We Are Staffs Awards celebrations!

Congratulations and thank you for your hardwork and committment to supporting Staffs!