Student Training and Activities Reward Scheme (STARS)
STARS is the Student Training and Activities Reward Scheme. It was set up to make sure that student groups were being rewarded for the hard work they put in to running their groups, and had standards to work towards. This academic year the scheme is expanding to incorporate Associations and Student Run Services.
By giving you the STARS awards, the Students' Union is recognising that you provide a quality service to your members and to all students at the University, and will promote that fact.
For Clubs and Societies there are three awards available: the Bronze Award, the Silver Award and the Gold award, and training is an important part of the scheme. You must attend Handover training in order to achieve your Bronze Award. To achieve your Silver Award you will need to attend Development Planning, and three other training sessions.
For Associations and Student Run Services, your individual group will have to attend certain compulsory training in order to achieve your STARS Quality Mark. By attending six extra sessions during the year, groups will achieve their STARS Award of Excellence.
Apart from Handover, all the training sessions on this timetable are open to and appropriate for Clubs, Societies, Associations and Student Run Services.
The session have been designed to not only give you the skills needed to run your group effectively, but also to equip you with skills that will help you develop personally and enhance your employability. As well as the sessions on the timetable, you can request extra tailor-made training sessions if you feel your group has a training need that is not currently being met, for example team-building for your committee, or Dealing with Conflict. Just let us know what you want training on, and we will arrange it!
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