Opportunities The Summer Party has become a student-run service. The Summer Party Committee retains its student leadership but now benefits from the Students’ Union’s guidance and a new democratic structure that allows any student to get involved. The Student Volunteer Centre achieved the Investing in Volunteers (IIV) Award in April 2009. IIV is based on the four areas of volunteer management: planning for volunteer involvement; recruitment; selecting and matching volunteers; and support and retention.
We came 7th in BUCS (British Universities & Colleges Sports) 2009 out of 142 universities. The University of Nottingham is the only university in the top 10 NOT to offer a sports degree.
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Five inactive societies were lapsed to free up resources for new societies and three fundraising groups are being moved to the Student Volunteer Centre in line with the new charity registration: ZambiAIDS, Marrow, Dreams of Africa. Inter-hall sporting competition, Superstars, was revived. A boy and girl from each hall competed in a series of sporting challenges culminating in the crowning of a male and female Superstar. With five rounds and eight events it was a real test of sporting prowess and a fun event for spectators too.
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2009 saw the addition of a new event in the societies’ calendar, Nottingham’s Got Talent, which was a huge success. A full audience turned out to support the 13 acts and recordings of the performances were placed on the national Uni’s Got Talent website where hundreds of people up and down the country could vote for their favourite act. Our very own Will Bushell (acoustic singer) won the competition overall and Musicality (the Students’ Union’s musical theatre society) made it through to the finals.
14 new societies were affiliated to the Students’ Union: