THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
Any member of the Curtin community can nominate a club for this award. This includes faculty members and teaching staff, general staff and associates, fellow clubs, club members, and general Curtin students. The People's Choice Award is YOUR chance to shine the spotlight on the clubs who've made your Curtin experience extraordinary. Our winners will be determined by the quality (not the quantity) of nominations received FROM YOU, our Curtin Community.
Nominate a Club
2025 Nominations for this category are open at all times and tallied before each annual award ceremony (October).
2024 Winners have been announced.
MAJOR AWARDS (CLUB-NOMINATED)
Winners will have demonstrated an extremely high level of engagement with their members and the wider Curtin community, by facilitating a diverse range of events, projects and/or initiatives throughout the year. The winner for each category will be announced at the annual awards ceremony held in October. They also receive a direct cash grant to assist with future club events, projects, and initiatives, at the discretion of the club committee.
Categories are:
- The Peoples Choice - $300
- Best Club Event - $350
- Best New Club - $350
- Most Improved Club - $350
- Club of the Year - $600
- Runner-up for each category receive additional club function pack points for the following year.
Please read criteria before submitting your nomination. To be eligible:
- Clubs must be registered in full with the Curtin Student Guild in 2024.
- Clubs must have conducted themselves to a high standard throughout the year (i.e. respectful interactions, both online and in person, with Guild and University staff, members, students, community, etc.).
- Clubs must represent the Guild and the University in a positive light.
- Clubs will be ineligible if the Guild is aware of any substantiated complaint or allegation of misconduct made against them in 2024.
- Clubs will be ineligible if the Guild has directly observed inappropriate/poor behaviour or compliance breach(es) by anyone authorised to act on behalf of the club in 2024.
In addition to the above criteria, some categories have additional criteria which is outlined below.
The People’s Choice
- Nominations are welcomed by any member of the Curtin community. This includes faculty members and teaching staff, general staff and associates, fellow clubs, club members (not committee members), and general Curtin students.
Most Improved Club
- Club must have been registered with the Guild for at least 24 consecutive months at the time of nomination
- Club must have demonstrated measurable improvements in the club’s key performance indicators (KPIs) from 2023 to 2024.
Best New Club
- Must be nominated by a current club committee member from the club in question.
- Club must have registered with the Guild for the first time in 2023 or 2024.
Best Club Event
- Must be nominated by a current club committee member from the club in question.
Club of the Year
- Must be nominated by a current club committee member from the club in question.
- Club must have had at least one representative attend Club Induction Training in 2024,
Nomination Tips & Award Criteria
Nomination Tips
Create a document to prepare a strong, well-written nomination that addresses the award criteria and incorporates supporting evidence to back up your claims. You can create a PDF document or get creative with Canva. Once complete, submit the nomination online by the deadline.
- Start Strong and Be Clear. Immediately identify who you’re nominating and why. Begin with key points, like a news story, and provide more details as you go. Cover the nominee’s identity, role, notable work, and impact upfront to give judges clear context.
- Provide Evidence and Specifics. Include specific examples that show how the nominee’s achievements have made a positive impact, aligning with the award criteria. Use measurable results and real evidence, like links to articles, case studies, or testimonials, to back up your claims.
- Highlight Outcomes and Impact. Detail what the nominee accomplished and how their work made a difference. Be clear about outcomes without exaggerating but don’t hesitate to highlight the nominee’s excellence.
- Stay Focused and Passionate. Refer back to the award criteria to ensure you’re meeting key points. Let your passion for the nominee shine through with relevant anecdotes or personal stories to make the nomination more engaging.
- Check and Prepare Early. Ensure your writing is clear and free of errors, as judges don’t want to struggle with hard-to-read nominations. Don’t procrastinate; start early to avoid missing important details and to give yourself time to refine your submission.
- Proof of Impact Matters. Support your nomination with concrete proof—case studies, media links, or testimonials—to demonstrate why the nominee stands out.
Award Criteria
The selection panel will be looking for clubs who address the following criteria:
Club of the Year
- All clubs who nominate for any other award will be eligible for Club of the Year.
- Club demonstrates successful use of Tidy HQ, social media, and other forms of marketing and communications. Please provide evidence or references to support your nomination.
- Club provides examples of successful events run, meeting the aims and objectives of the society.
- Club demonstrates general improvements and progress of the club from the previous year (if applicable).
- Club has followed all Guild rules, regulations, and processes. Clubs who have been subject to Club Escalation Policy action are ineligible for an award.
- Club demonstrates good governance procedures, committee organisation, and succession planning.
- Club has promoted and participated in Guild initiatives.
- Club actively promotes membership to their club.
- Club demonstrates forward thinking and innovation with new events or developing new ways to run reoccuring events to meet the needs of the club members.
- Provide any additional testimonials or references to support your nomination.
Best Club Event
- All clubs who nominate for this award will also be eligible for the Club of the Year award. It is in your best interest to also address the items from that category within this application.
- Club demonstrates the event was successful by providing a post event evaluation that includes:
- Overview / Summary of event.
- Goals: What was the aim of the event? Did you meet expectations? How did you measure the success of the event?
- Highlights: What worked well? What were the highlights of the event?
- Challenges: What were the challenges and how did you manage them?Were there any incidents reported?
- Attendance: How many people attended? What were the audience demographics and influencing factors?
- Feedback: Was there any feedback received from attendees, vendors or other stakeholders such as Guild, Curtin, Safer Communities, local residences, venue staff etc?
- Opportunities: Will you consider running the event again? Are there any opportunities that present themselves that you can make the most of to implement for a future event?
- Marketing & Promotion: Please provide evidence of how you marketed the event across multiple channels (email, social media, postering, etc.)
- Provide photographs and / or videos from the event planning and delivery.
Best New Club
- All clubs who nominate for this award will also be eligible for the Club of the Year award. It is in your best interest to also address the items from that category within this application.
- Club must have registered as a new club with the Guild in Semester 2 2023 or Semester 1 2024.
- Club has held at least two events. Please provide evidence of these events including a post event evaluation to summarise.
- Club demonstrates good governance and committee organisation practices. Please provide examples of processes and meeting minutes.
- Club has provided evidence of succession and handover planning.
- Club has developed a strong Tidy HQ and social media profiles.
Most Improved Club
- All clubs who nominate for this award will also be eligible for the Club of the Year award. It is in your best interest to also address the items from that category within this application.
- The Guild staff may also nominate clubs for this award.
- Club must have demonstrated measurable improvements in the club’s key performance indicators (KPIs) from 2023 to 2024. Please provide evidence. KPIs that will be looked at include:
- membership numbers,
- number of events (including online), initiatives, and/or programs run.
attendance / engagement figures for events / programs / online initiatives,
- engagement with Guild-facilitated opportunities; meetings and/or events,
- digital engagement and social media statistics.
The People's Choice Award
Any member of the Curtin community can nominate a club for this award. This includes faculty members and teaching staff, general staff and associates, fellow clubs, club members, and general Curtin students. Winners are assessed by the quality (not the quantity) of nominations received from the Curtin Community only. Clubs can promote the people's choice award to their members and Curtin staff for nominations.
Major Awards
Club awards for the remaining categories should be submitted by the club's committee.
Nominations Closed: Midnight, Monday 14 October 2024.
At this event, we honour Guild clubs and societies and the huge contribution they make to the student experience at Curtin by announcing the winners of the annual club awards.
Ceremony Program
Who's Invited?
Club committee members & invited staff.
When & Where
Wednesday 23 October 2024
5pm - 8pm
Curtin University, Bentley Campus
Vibe
Cocktail theme, inter-club networking, winner announcements, food, beverages and entertainment provided.
AWARD WINNERS
Congratulations to our Club Award winners!
Winners were announced at a private award ceremony on October 23. Photos from the event can be found here.
The Peoples' Choice
Nominee Shortlist:
- Curtin Tabletop
- Curtin Hindu Club
- Electronic Music Appreciation Society (EMAS)
- Vietnamese Students Association
- Curtin Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Club
Dual Winners:
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Curtin Middle Eastern North African Club (MENA). We received well written and passionate feedback from members of this club. With a dizzying array of social media presence helping to express the diversity of the clubs’ cultural roots. A member said that the new club has transformed campus life for students like themselves. Others have stated that the club has created a sense of belonging for students from the Middle East and North Africa.
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Curtin Hindu Club. Holding weekly cultural events on campus and keeping members engaged is no small feat, but this club has done just this in its 2 years of being back on campus. Students say that the weekly events allow them to embrace and learn new things about their culture, able to create new friends and to socialise, but also embrace their holiest of festivals all under the one banner.
Best Club Event
Nominee Shortlist:
- Curtin Tabletop - Megagame
- Curtin Hindu Club - Harmony in Colours
- Curtin Mechanical Society - MechElMech
- Curtin Games and Esports - UniLAN
- Curtin Computer Science Students Association (ComSSA) - Hackathon
- Curtin Engineers Club - Engineer your Career
- Curtin Robotics Club - Semester 2 Hackathon
Dual Runners-up:
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Women in Business - Spring Market. With its third year running, there was a dramatic shift for this event to be moved from a night time affair to a day time setting. This saw the club activate Atkinson Forum with a host of women-led businesses and stalls. Feedback from attendees called the market “fantastic” and “inspiring”. Women in Business’ Spring Market.
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Curtin Hindu Club - Harmony in Colours. Combing culture and religion, this Holi Festival was about creating an inclusive, respectful and belonging environment to celebrate that every colour is beautiful. By covering everyone in colour, everyone is equal.
Winner:
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Curtin Mechanical Society - MechElMech. Every year this club aims to make a bigger and better event that provides an entire cohort the opportunity to network with over 25 companies. With the goal to get students out there into grad programs, this event is timed to help students to meet those companies and get a foot in the door. With over 200 attendees, this former Runner-up has crashed through the barriers to win Best Club Event of the Year.
Best New Club
Runner-up:
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Curtin Occupational Therapy Society. When new clubs start they have to outline their key purpose, and for this club, it was not just about creating a club for a particular cohort, it was also about raising awareness about the important job that people in that cohort provide to the general community. You will see at their stalls at O-Day, and their BBQ events, with equipment that shows the wider Community the difficulties that many people have with getting through daily life. That is why Occupational Therapy is such an important cohort to help people in the tasks they do, day-to-day.
Dual Winners:
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Vietnamese Students Association at Curtin held 8 successful events this year, ranging from celebrations of culture to inspiring members by holding talks with successful Vietnamese Curtin alumni. This club has had a touching impact on Vietnamese students at Curtin, with many reaching out to us to speak about how much this club has meant to them, to have a community they can feel they belong to.
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Curtin Middle Eastern North African Club (MENA). This club was only fully registered in August, 2024, but sky rocketed to 140 members in short time, running two very well attended and successful events. Their marketing campaign on Instagram is next level and truly embraces the diversity of cultures they represent. With their rapid growth and developing of their community, the club have all the tools in place for a long and successful time at Curtin.
Most Improved Club
Nominee Shortlist:
- Curtin Consulting Group
- Curtin Marketing Association
- Curtin Engineers Without Borders
- Curtin Bangladeshi Student Association
- Curtin Podcast Society
Runner-up:
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Curtin Marketing Association.This club is the epitome of a Phoenix rising from the ashes. Being one of the clubs that dissolved during Covid, an entire cohort was left without the opportunities that other cohort led clubs provide them. A group of students worked hard to not only bring the club back, but also conducted a total and very successful rebrand. They had a clear goal and created a step-by-step plan to build the club back up from ashes.
Winner:
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Curtin Engineers Without Borders. KPI Improvements: 2023 members, 35. 2024 members, 252. Total events went up 567%. 111 Workshops and Volunteering activities completed. These are only a few of the astounding numbers that this club has managed to improve upon for this year, as the club not only targeted fellow Engineering students, but also realised that their club could bring so much more for students from the School of Education, and other cohorts. They also successfully delivered events ranging from volunteering Youth Outreach programs to Beach Clean-ups, and social events!
Club of the Year
Nominee Shortlist:
- Curtin Games and Esports
- Curtin Marketing Association
- Curtin Engineers Without Borders
- Curtin Computer Science Students Association (ComSSA)
- Curtin Podcast Society
- Curtin Mechanical Society
- Women in Business Curtin
Dual Runners-up:
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Curtin Games and Esports. With a dedicated committee running 5 events every week online and offline, for their equally dedicated community, this club pulled out all of the stops to bring some of the largest gaming events that Curtin has seen in many years. With not one, but three LAN parties held, a plethora of weekly gaming nights, and sold out Tav Quiz Nights, this was another incredibly successful year.
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Women in Business Curtin. This was one of the closest Club of the Year awards the committee have ever had to score and thus we have another runner up. Another successful year with a dedicated committee at the helm, this club focused on creating opportunities for their like-minded business and entrepreneur counter-parts. With many events catering to networking with sponsors, relaxing and elegant social events, and capping the year with an incredibly successful Spring Market.
Winner:
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Curtin Computer Science Students Association (ComSSA).To win Club of the Year is no easy feat, and to win Club of the Year when you start your year off asking for help because you didn’t receive a proper handover is one of the biggest testaments we could give to a club committee. This club not-only dedicated themselves for running Hackathon’s, casual Sundowners, and revision workshops for First Years, the committee dedicated themselves to fixing up the governance of the club, to write up a series of handover documents, and to ensure that they could handover the club in a better shape then they received it.
The People's Choice Award
Dual Winners:
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Curtin Hindu Club. Numerous anecdotes were lodged for the People’s Choice Award from various stakeholders, including Curtin staff, students, and the general community. One student described their weekly holistic events as a joy to attend, creating a calm and welcoming atmosphere. Another student stated that their connection to their identity and culture was strengthened by the clubs’ events and approach to Hinduism. Staff described how the club’s weekly sessions filled a longstanding need for Hindu students to have a place to collaborate and attend on campus.
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Finance & Financial Planning Curtin. Feedback from various sources such as members, industry partners, Curtin staff mention the club should be commended for assisting in tackling really important issues that will continue to impact society in an incredibly challenging economic environment with high costs of living. Other things mentioned were that the committee are determined, hardworking, welcoming, provided informative workshops & are willing to provide other new clubs with support & time – just to name a few.
Nominees:
- Association of Malaysian Students
- Curtin African Students Association
- Curtin Animation Club
- Curtin Engineering Club
- Curtin Esports
- Curtin Filipino Students Society
- Curtin Hindu Club
- Curtin Mechanical Society
- Curtin Nepalese Society
- Curtin Quant Society
- Curtin Student Law Society
- Curtin Tabletop
- Curtin Women in Business
- Curtin Writers Club
- Finance & Financial Planning Curtin
Community Award 2023
Runner-Up:
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Curtin Japanese Club (CJC). CJC’s impact on the wider Curtin community can be summarised with the success of their intra-cultural language exchange program. Bringing together Japanese students, and students from all other backgrounds to exchange language, culture, and develop friendships is a testament to the club’s importance to the Curtin community. Their Semester 2 inaugural language exchange at the Tav exceeded all expectations with over 100 students coming together in a showcase of what bringing the Curtin community together really is about. Working with the Japanese Consulate in Perth, the club welcomed international school students to their language exchange program, creating a really global community experience for Curtin students.
Winner:
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Curtin Tabletop. . CT have proven to be quite successful in their ongoing goal to bring together their community through diversifying events to assist with breaking down ideological boundaries. The club has heavily focused on fostering connections amongst its members and it is extremely evident they are ensuring its online and in-person spaces are safe, welcoming and exciting. This is apparent via various sources of feedback from Curtin stakeholder references & member testimonials. Some words used by members to describe the club are; consistent, diverse, highlight of my year, accepting, delightfully friendly faces, chill & fun, hardworking leaders – just to name a few. The main and common trend we’d like to share in just a small snapshot, was that members expressed how happy they are with the lifelong friendships they’ve made.
Best New Club 2023
Runner-up
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Nursing Paramedicine and Oral Health Student Society Curtin (NPO). Due to ongoing Covid issues, the Nursing, Paramedicine, and Oral Health students of Curtin were without a club to bring students together and help develop industry relationships. This all changed for 2023 with the arrival of NPO Curtin. With over 90 members in their inaugural year, and over 300 following their social media accounts, it’s been a successful arrival for NPO. With industry events teaching skills to students, to sundowners for students to relax at following hard working Semesters, the club has diversified its offerings and created an inviting club that will see much success in 2024.
Winner:
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Finance & Financial Planning Curtin (FFP). FFP have launched their new club like no other with a heavy focus on setting-up their committee, stakeholder relationships, securing sponsorship and listening to what members wish to see. After laying a strong foundation, they blasted into semester two by delivering well organised and executed events, developing bonds with industry partners & Curtin stakeholders while providing their members with a varying experience such as a sense of community and connections with industry. Feedback from various sources such as members, industry partners, Curtin staff mention the club should be commended for assisting in tackling really important issues that will continue to impact society in an incredibly challenging economic environment with high costs of living. Other things mentioned were that the committee are determined, hardworking, welcoming, provided informative workshops & are willing to provide other new clubs with support & time – just to name a few.
Most Improved Club 2023
Runner-up
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Curtin Association of Malaysian Students. Hosting a staggering 13 events in 2023, with an attendance of over 650 students across all events, AMS has grown leaps and bounds. Their events were wide-ranging with culturally significant events in the Merdeka Meetups to celebrate Malaysia’s independence, and their Hari Raya night market proving a huge success. AMS utilised their social media effectively with striking promotional material that helped them advertise to their members and the wider community. All of this couldn’t have occurred without the efforts of their committee which has expanded in 2023 to accommodate their commitment to bring more events to Curtin.
Winner:
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Curtin African Student Association. In CASA’s own words: “our club has demonstrated remarkable growth and success”. This is an understatement given the success of the club over 2023. Developing their relationships with various stakeholders, sponsors, and community members, the club ran hugely successful events focused on bringing the culturally diverse African communities of Curtin together. Highlights include their two semester parties with notable DJs, and their Mental Health Workshop with special guest, Olympian Peter Bol. This hard work and success are a testament to their expanded committee for 2023. Feedback from Curtin stakeholders included how professional the club committee members conducted themselves, their exemplary work with the club, and their commitment to international and domestic students of their community.
Best Club Event
Runner-up
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Curtin Mechanical Society - MechElMech. CMS was the lead organiser for Mechelmech, a joint networking event hosting 20 engineering companies. Such companies include Monadelphous, Rio Tinto, and GHD. The club had an incredible turnout of 167 students, an improvement from last year’s 133. Being a major collaboration effort with other Guild Clubs such as CSME, CEC, WiECD, IEEE, CRoC and MLC it was highly successful at its scale.
Winner
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Curtin Filipino Students' Society for Tiangge. Tiangge is the flagship event of CFSS, a Filipino night market with Filipino culture on true display for all who attend, with countless hours of work throughout the year culminating in showcasing Filipino culture to not only Curtin staff and students, but the wider Bentley community. 2023 saw Tiangge reach new heights with over 300 students, staff, and community members coming together. The CFSS committee worked tirelessly through the year to develop their dance performances for the night, showcasing a unique offering of the club. Attendees were in awe of the event, surprised to hear it was student run, and stating that the night market was an awesome break from study. Tiangge could not have been the success it was without the CFSS extended committee coming together and working in harmony to execute 2023’s event of the year.
Club of the Year 2023
Runner-up
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Curtin Tabletop. Curtin Tabletop’s commitment to creating a fully inclusive space for students to come together to play various types of role-playing and boardgames is a testament to their committee for 2023. Running weekly Friday night games nights, running events through the study breaks and mid-year semester break was not enough, with the committee running two MEGAGAMES in 2023. With the staggering amount of time required to run one MEGAGAME, the commitment from their committee to develop a story, resources, advertise, and run a second event is a sign to their success for 2023. Members feedback to the club include it’s accepting, welcoming and safe space, the long-lasting friendships members have made, and the effort the club has put in to create memorable gaming events.
Winner
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Curtin Esports. Curtin Esports committee meeting at the start of 2023 clearly stated the club’s goal of reach out to more of the Curtin community. To say this was a success would be an understatement and not a true reflection of what Curtin Esports committee have achieved this year. Hosting weekly Games Nights in the Tav; Game Zones at some of Curtin’s largest events; and their indomitable semesterly Quiz Nights: Curtin Esports made themselves available for all students on campus who were needing a safe, welcoming environment to unwind. Given the vast expansion of the club for in-person and on-campus events, this did not come as a detriment to the club’s heart and soul online gaming opportunities, with daily events through the week available for all members to relax after a hard day of study. Feedback from members included how accommodating the club is, creating a warm, accepting, and safe environment, and how they have made lasting friendships.
Best O-Day Stalls
- Curtin Women in Mining and Resources
- Curtin Robotics Club
- Western Australian Physiotherapy Students Society - Curtin Chapter (WAPSS Curtin)
The People’s Choice Award
Dual Winners
- Curtin Illustration Club
- Women in Business
Best New Club 2022
Most Improved Club 2022
- Runner-up: Curtin Consulting
- Winner: Curtin Divers
Best Club Event 2022
- Runner-up: Curtin Mechanical Society for MechElMech
- Winner: Curtin Filipino Students' Society for Intrams
Club of the Year 2022
- Runner-up: Curtin eSports
- Runner-up: Curtin Mechanical Society
- Winner: Curtin Illustration Club
Best O-Day (Semester Two) Stalls
- Curtin Card Gamess
- Curtin Robotics Club
- Curtin eSport
The Peoples Choice
Curtin Illustration Club
Best New Club 2021
Curtin Mechanical Society
Most Improved Club 2021
Women in Business Curtin
Best Club Event 2021
Dual Winners:
- Curtin Engineers Club for “Beers on the Lawn
- Curtin Filipino Students’ Society for “Tiangge”
Club of the Year 2021
Curtin Filipino Students’ Society