Societies Awards

This award is aimed at the new initiatives and events that our societies have not organised before this academic year. This can include new, never done before events, or new initiatives (which can focus on wellbeing, community building, or skill enhancing schemes).

The Shortlist

93% Club - Lunchtime Talks

German - German Finance Dinner

Grimshaw Club - The Grimshaw Review of International Affairs

Hindu - Dhamaka

Quiz - Weekly Quiz Nights

RAG - Casino Night

This award goes to the best trip that our societies have organised this year. A trip is classed as any activity that takes place outside the M25. It can be national or international, a day trip or a weeklong excursion.

The Shortlist

Amnesty International and United Nations - Vienna Trip

Law - The Hague Trip

Outdoors and Hiking

This award will go to the society that has organised the best fundraising initiative for any cause. Fundraising could be a bake sale to a week of events - the initiative will be judged based on how it was planned, executed, how much money was raised, and the unique and thoughtful ways students were engaged.

The Shortlist

Bangla - Bake Sale

Islamic - Charity Week

RAG

RAG - Giving Tuesday

Student Action for Refugees - Donation Drive for Care4Calais

The Best Conference will be awarded to the society that held the best planned, most accessible and inclusive conference including a diversity of speakers with ample networking opportunities, innovative use of technology, environmental sustainability and responded to previous feedback or received feedback in aim to make the conference an annual event. The conferences aim should be to better the experience of LSE students or a unique initiatave that LSE has been missing.

The Shortlist

Advancing Black Careers - EmpowerED Conference

Colombian - Geopolitics and Trade: Opportunities for Colombia and Latin America

French - Francois Hollande event

German - German Symposium

Islamic - One Ummah Conference

Non-Law into Law - Non-Law into Law Conference

United Nations - LSEMUN

We award this category to the best collaborative event of the year. This collaboration must be between you and a society that is unlike your own (e.g. if you are a society focussing on finance, this event must be a collaboration with another society that isn't liked to finance). The most unique collaboration the better, as this offers your members to interact with others they may not have had the chance to meet yet.

The Shortlist

Crafts and others

Grimshaw Club and others

RAG and AU - RAGxAU Calendar

RAG and Parliament and Prosecco

This award will go to an event that is so spectacular that it just makes people cry (from happiness). This is the event that exceeds all other society events. There is no fixed criteria to this award. Just show us how amazing your society event was!

The Shortlist

Music - Chamber Orchestra's Studio Ghibli Concert

Korean Entertainment - End of Term Showcase

Grimshaw Club - Diplomacy Ball

Drama - Spring Awakening

This award is for groups (including clubs and societies) that are at the forefront of positive action to raise awareness or create change for a specific purpose at LSE during the academic year. To achieve this award, the campaign group must have: delivered a campaign/s with clear aims, made an impact on campus with the campaign/s they delivered, worked effectively with other groups/the Union to execute their campaign.

The Shortlist

Hands Off

PhD Action Network

This award is for a specific person who, throughout the academic year, has been inspirational in their dedication to being a positive agent for change; they have continuously taken action to transform or bring awareness to topics which effect students at LSE. To achieve this award, the student must evidence: having been involved in a number or projects/campaigns, and that they have significantly contributed to the success of a project/campaign

The Shortlist

RAG

Sachin Bhopal-Myers

Sarah Ali

This award is to reward those who have devoted an enormous amount of their time over the past academic year to Student Union activities. To enter for this award, we require information only about the kind of activities the nominee has undertaken this academic year. Please provide, in bullet points, a list of the LSESU activities this person is involved in (Societies, Media Group, AU Club, RAG, SSLC Representative, Halls Committee, Campaigns Network, Member of SU Exec). Please outline what this person has contributed to LSESU over the past year.

The Shortlist

Advait Kuravi

Alberto Martino

Jenny Zeng

Joe Card

Best Social Media Presence is for just that - the most imaginative and informative posts! We don't care about how many followers you have, we just want to know how much you engage with your members. This can be through any form of social media. The most attractive, engaging, and informative social media will grab this award.

The Shortlist

African Caribbean

Christian Union

Drama

This award can be for any society where sustainability is one of their focusses. We want to award this society that has been the most environmentally conscious this year. You may have: hosted a number of events that raise awareness on how to be climate friendly, not used any paper for your promotion this year, volunteered with environment-focussed charities. We want to celebrate how sustainable our societies at LSESU are!

The Shortlist

Beekeeping

Green Finance

We want to celebrate the great work our societies do to ensure that all members feel safe and included within their group. The opportunities for this award are endless. Your society may have: introduced a wellbeing initiative or a buddy scheme to make all members feel included, hosted an event or a series of events celebrating a marginalised or minority group, collected anonymous feedback on how to improve the accessibility of your events for students from different backgrounds or with differing needs. The list is endless, and EDI can mean different things to different people.

The Shortlist

93% Club

Parliament and Prosecco

This award will go towards a society nominated by LSE/LSESU staff only (SU staff, Room Bookings, Security), based off: plenty of notice for event forms/information about events, completing deadlines given in plenty of time, nice anecdotes (e.g. this person always comes to meetings with a smile on their face etc)

The Shortlist

Bacchus Wine

Behavioural and Psychological Sciences

Drama

German

Islamic

Postgraduate Planning

This society, compared to last year, should have more impactful events, have more of a community feel and have increased their student engagement due to being more involved in the LSE community. This society has seen growth over the last academic year in engagement, outreach, community, and impact.

The Shortlist

180 Degrees Consulting

Art Business

Castore Consulting

Effective Altruism

Feminist

This will go towards a new society formed in Autumn or Winter Term 2023/24 that has hit the ground running - planning events, getting students involved and immersing themselves to better the LSE community - they should have planned regular events, been creative and prioritised inclusivity, accessibility and sustainability in their society.

The Shortlist

Peruvian

Running for the Bus

Student Action for Refugees

Taylor Swift

Think Tank

This award is for the most impactful Society Leader. If you know a President that has gone above and beyond for their society, whether by implementing new events or initiatives, or engaged members and creating a valued community of students, then this award is for them.

The Shortlist

93% Club - Helen Bourne

Advancing Black Careers - Aleesha Bruce

Art Business - Penelope Bianchi

Entrepreneurs - Reese Wong

Grimshaw Club - Malou van Draanen Glismann

Law - Iyad Mohamed

LooseTV - Faustine Avril

RAG - Noor Mansuri

This should be the society that has had the most meaningful impact of the LSE Community through their creativity, innovation, collaboration and unique initiatives and events that presented in an engaging and creative way. Nominations for this award must be for Creative/Performance Societies only.

The Shortlist

Drama

Music

This should be a media society that is integrated to the needs of students and makes valuable contributions to campus, reporting and providing innovative and high quality content with high student engagement. Nominations for this award must be for Media Groups only.

The Shortlist

Clare Market Review

LooseTV

The Beaver

This should be a society with the most inclusive, empowering and impactful initiatives, events or fundraising that have campaigned, raised money or advocated for any cause, and has engaged students in an accessible and collaborative way. Nominations for this award must be for Charity/Campaign/Political Societies only.

The Shortlist

Student Action for Refugees

United Nations

This should be an academic society that has planned regular inclusive events, worked with their academic department and focussed on bettering the educational and departmental experience on campus. Nominations for this award must be for Academic Societies only.

The Shortlist

Behavioural and Psychological Sciences

Grimshaw Club

Law

Mathematics

This should be a faith society that has planned regular social, educational and sought-after events, could have collaborated with the Faith Centre, and contributed to an inclusive and safe community on campus

The Shortlist

AhlulBayt Islamic

Catholic

Islamic

Jewish

Sikh

This should be a cultural/national society that celebrates and educates on the society's culture through inclusive events, activities and initiatives, where they contribute to the diversity and community building on the LSE Campus. Nominations for this award must be for National and Cultural Societies only.

The Shortlist

African Caribbean

Azerbaijan

Bangla

French

German

Hungarian

This should be a society focussed on a special interest where passion meets purpose. The society should have held regular events with high engagement, with creative and innovative events, activities and initiatives that are inclusive and facilitate personal and social development. Nominations for this award must be for Special Interest Societies only.

The Shortlist

Anime and Manga

Bacchus Wine

Outdoors and Hiking

Puzzle

Running for the Bus

This should be a career-focussed society that facilitates employability, networking and career-building events, initiatives and activities. Whether they are sector specific or generally focussed on careers, they should have inclusive and innovative ways to contribute to career-building on campus. They could have also collaborated with LSE Careers. Nominations for this award must be for Career Societies only.

The Shortlist

Advancing Black Careers

Castore Consulting

Entrepreneurs

Private Equity

Women in Tech

Women Leaders of Tomorrow

It goes without saying, this award is given to the Society that has gone above and beyond to consistently organise fantastic events, that has gone out of it's way to make all its members feel safe and included, and that has significantly enhanced the student experience. This award can be achieved by any society, regardless of size or category.

The Shortlist

93% Club

Advancing Black Careers

Bacchus Wine

Business and Investment

Castore Consulting

Drama

Entrepreneurs

Islamic

Grimshaw Club

Outdoors and Hiking

RAG