CLUB AWARDS
The annual Curtin Student Guild Club Awards aim to recognise the achievements of clubs that have been particularly active in enhancing and enriching campus life at Curtin University.
Winners 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.
Past Award Winners
Congratulations to our previous Club Award winners! The winner for each category receives a direct cash grant to assist with future club events, projects, and initiatives, at the discretion of the club committee.
Club Awards 2021
People’s Choice Award
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
Club Awards 2022
People’s Choice Award - Dual Winners
Curtin Illustration Clubs & Women in Business
Best New Club 2022
Podcast Society
Most Improved Club 2022
Winner: Curtin Divers
Special Mention: Curtin Consulting
Best Club Event 2022
Curtin Filipino Students' Society for Intrams
Special Mention: Curtin Mechanical Society for Mechelmech
Club of the Year 2022
Winner: Curtin Illustration Club
Special Mentions: Curtin Mechanical Society, Curtin eSports
Best O-Day (Semester Two) Stalls
Curtin Card Games
Curtin Robotics Clubs
Curtin eSports
Annual Celebration Event
All clubs are invited to an event to celebrate their contribution to the student experience. The annual event typically includes:
- Food & Drinks
- Games & Prizes
- Club Award Winners
- Entertainment
- and more
October 2023 - Date TBC
On-campus
This will be accessible to all Guild clubs & Curtin stakeholders supporting clubs. Photos of the 2022 Club Awards Celebration can be found on the Guild's Facebook page here.
Annual Award Categories
Self-Nominated by Clubs
2023 nominations for the self-nominated categories will open in September. These awards must be nominated by a current club committee member from the club in question. Please read eligibility criteria to ensure your nomination can be reviewed.
Winners are selected based on the what is displayed in each club's submission. If clubs do not apply, this does not mean they are not potential worthy winners - you have to be in it to win it as the Guild cannot judge all aspects of your club's activities and behind-the-scenes efforts.
Consider the below when planning your year if you'd like to aim towards a strong future application. Winning an award is a great way to promote your club, display your certificate at Guild O-Day Stalls or list on your website & socials to potential members.
The categories for these awards are:
- Best New Club - $350
- Most Improved Club - $350
- Best Club Event - $350
- Club of the Year - $600
- Special Mentions / Runner-ups - 2023 Prize TBC
Curtin Community Nominated
Nominations Open Now.
People's Choice Award 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, and general Curtin students. Winners are assessed by the quality and amount of nominations received from the Curtin Community only.
- People's Choice Award - Prize $300
Clubs - spare 5 minutes to add the this award nomination link to live on your tidyHQ website following these intructions.
Curtin Comunity members - nominate a club below.
Submission Deadline
Open at all times, nominations will be assessed and winners chosen one week prior to the Annual Club Celebration Event.
Guild Nominated
These awards are the only awards judged internally by a Guild staff panel or as a result of a challenge won at the Award Ceremony itself. No nominations are required.
- Best O-Day Stalls
- Award Ceremony Game Challenges
Eligibility Criteria
Please read criteria before submitting your nomination.
Eligibility criteria
Clubs may nominate for multiple categories if eligible. Eligibility criteria as follows:
- Club must be registered in full with the Curtin Student Guild in 2022.
- Club 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.).
- Club must represent the Guild and the University in a positive light.
- Club will be ineligible if the Guild is aware of any substantiated complaint or allegation of misconduct made against them in 2022.
- Club 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 2022.
- 'Best New Club' specific additional criteria: club must have registered with the Guild for the first time in 2021 or 2022.
- 'Most Improved Club' specific additional criteria:
- 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 2021 to 2022.
- 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;
- 'Club of the Year' specific additional criteria:
- Club must have had at least one representative attend Club Induction Training in 2022,
- Club must have had at least one representative attend at least one Clubs & Societies meeting in 2022
- Club must have run a stall at both O Days in 2022 (Sem 1 & Sem 2).
All awards - except the People's Choice Award or Guild nominated awards - must be nominated by a current club committee member from the club in question. People's Choice Award 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, and general Curtin students.