Have you been regularly engaging in sports and societies, looking after your wellbeing, and getting involved in new activities? Then it’s time to receive formal recognition for your efforts and commitments while at Sussex.

The Spirit of Sussex Award is our way of celebrating everything you achieve alongside your degree. By taking part in extra-curricular activities, you can gain points towards either a Bronze, Silver or Gold award.

The award is your opportunity to showcase your engagement to future employers – you can also add your award to your CV and LinkedIn.

Five fun and simple ways to gain points and reach Bronze Award

The below suggestions are five fun ideas for you to log points for and will also take you over the Bronze award level (25 points). You may already be doing some of them!

Click on Environment & Sustainability and log five points for taking part in a clothes swap, or being a Waste Champion.

Click on Creativity & Culture and log five points for practising a new craft or creative hobby, or for taking part in the 23 Days of Kindness calendar.

Click on Entrepreneurship and log five points for attending an entrepreneurship session, or for taking part in the Big Ideas Contest.

Click on Sports & Wellbeing and log five points for taking part in an Active US class, or a gym session at Sussexsport.

Click on Society & Media Membership and log five points for being part of any Students’ Union society or committee events. You can log ten points for supporting events at a higher level, or 15 points if you led on an activity.

Once you’ve reached Bronze, you can level up to a Silver or Gold award!

Close to reaching Bronze?

Nearly at 25 points? It's great that you've engaged with the award scheme! To help you reach that first Award level, we’ve included suggestions that should only take five minutes each:

Complete the Skills & Strengths Review which is a new tool for you to review your academic and professional skills – you automatically earn five points on completion.

Click on Co-creation & Evaluation and log five points for completing a Whatuni review about Sussex.

Click on Training & Development and log five points for any career training you’ve done or new skills gained via the Skills Hub.

Click on Work Experience and log five points for having a part time job.

Never logged points for the Spirit of Sussex Award before?

To log points, simply access the platform with your usual Sussex email and password, choose the award category most relevant to your activity and then reflect on your level of involvement.

Once selected, you will be prompted to upload evidence, write a short description and reflect on any skills gained - all of which are stored, so you can look back on your responses when you apply for graduate jobs or further study.