GUIDELINES. VU.EDU.AU/STUDENT-LEADERSHIP CRICOS Provider No K SSAF

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1 GUIDELINES VU.EDU.AU/STUDENT-LEADERSHIP CRICOS Provider No K SSAF STUDENT SERVICES FEES AMENITIES

2 2017 PURPOSE Victoria University s (VU) vision underlines the importance of empowering a diverse community of students to grow their capabilities and transform their lives. The Student Leadership Awards contribute to this vision by recognising and celebrating students across the University who play a significant leadership role in their co-curricular and extracurricular activities. Recipients of these awards make a demonstrable impact to improving the quality of the student experience at Victoria University as well as developing their leadership potential and building their graduate capabilities. ELIGIBILITY All students enrolled in a Vocational/Further Education or Higher Education unit(s) of study at VU are eligible to apply for a Student Leadership Award. Applicants must be prepared to give evidence* that: - they can balance their study commitments with their leadership activities; and - they have not been the subject of any misconduct claims. Unsuccessful applicants are eligible to reapply for an award in subsequent years however, previous award recipients are ineligible to apply for a Student Leadership Award for a period of two years. Previous individual award recipients are eligible to apply as part of a team in subsequent years. Furthermore, previous team award recipients are eligible to apply for an individual award in the following year. Students who have already received awards from Victoria University for leadership activities are strongly discouraged from applying for these awards Students may only apply for one individual award and/or one team award per year. *Evidence will be obtained by conducting a search of VU s database using the student ID provided by the applicant on the application form. The search will be performed by Student Records and all information will remain confidential. All applications must address the selection criteria for the award they are applying for and provide evidence to support their claims of student leadership. The Selection Criteria for each category is detailed on the following pages. If applying for more than one award, applicants must complete a separate application for each award. slawards@vu.edu.au for any enquiries.

3 SELECTION PROCESS An appointed Selection Panel will judge each of the valid applications. Panel members will be asked to declare any potential conflicts of interest from the outset. The panel will discuss their ratings against each criterion for each applicant, with final outcomes being determined by the Panel STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARDS TIMELINE Nominations Open Nominations Close (5pm) Selection Panel Review Applications Student Leadership Awards Presentation Evening Monday 15 May 2017 Thursday 24 August September 2017 Wednesday 27 September 2017 WHO CAN APPLY? All students enrolled in a Vocational/Further Education or Higher Education unit(s) of study at VU are eligible to apply for a Student Leadership Award. WHO CAN MAKE A NOMINATION? Any current Victoria University student can nominate himself/herself or another current Victoria University student. HOW TO APPLY All applicants must complete the application form available on the Student Leadership webpage All applications MUST be completed through the web form. If you are not able to access the web form, you can complete the PDF electronically and to slawards@vu.edu.au. NO hand delivered copies will be accepted. All parts must be in electronic format including the supporting materials, which should be sent as attachments. Applicants MUST complete all five sections of the application form, which include: PART A: AWARD CATEGORY Select the Student Leadership Award category you wish to apply for. PART B: APPLICATION DETAILS 1. Contact details of the individual application or team leader; 2. Contact details of any team members; 3. Contact details of persons supporting applicant/s (two required) PART C: ADDRESSING THE All applications must address the selection criteria in no more than 200 words for each criterion. Applicants must attach this to their application form. PART D: SUPPORTING MATERIALS 1. Two signed letters of support by persons who are in a position to comment on your (or your team s) leadership activities. 2. Supporting materials which demonstrate the nature of your achievements; may include: printed materials (e.g. posters, photos, flyers, invitations, postcards, letters). All supporting materials must be labelled and its relevance to the application clearly explained (Unlabelled articles will be disregarded). 3. Please attach supporting documents as one file.

4 INDIVIDUAL AWARD This award recognises students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and engagement activities at Victoria University. This award is open to all enrolled students (see eligibility). Up to three Individual Awards will be presented each year. Applications for the Individual Award must address all four of the following criteria in 200 words or less per criterion: 2. Describe how your leadership activities have made a significant contribution to improving the quality of the student experience within and/or beyond VU. PAST WINNERS 2016 Danny Belaci Seval Ulus Jemma McLeod Tanya Monga Jillian Horman Kyriacos Karaolides VU SPIRIT This award recognises students who have gone above and beyond in their leadership and engagement activities at Victoria University, showing true VU Spirit. This award is open to all enrolled students (see eligibility). One VU Spirit Individual award will be presented each year. Applications for the VU Spirit Individual Award must address all four of the following criteria in 200 words or less per criterion: 2. Describe how your leadership activities have made a significant contribution to improving the quality of the student experience within and/or beyond VU. PAST WINNER 2016 Kyriacos Karaolides

5 STUDENT AS STAFF This award recognises Students as Staff (SAS) for their outstanding service or work performance to the University. One Student as Staff Individual Award will be presented each year. Applications for the Student as Staff Individual Award must address all four of the following criteria in 200 words or less per criterion: 1. Describe your role within VU as a Student as Staff. 2. Describe how your role within VU has made a significant contribution to the University. 3. Describe situations where you have implemented positive change through your role as a Student as Staff. 4. Describe how your work performance demonstrates the core values of VU; engagement, collegiality; innovation. PAST WINNERS 2016 Jessica Polanski CLUBS This award recognises the outstanding contribution to the VU community of a current VU student who is part of a VU Student Life affiliated Club or VUSU College Society. The applicant must also be a member of at least one Victoria University Club. One Clubs Individual Award will be presented each year. Applications for the Clubs Individual Award must address all four of the following criteria in 200 words or less per criterion: 1. Describe the club or society you are a part of, including the activities of the club or society. 2. Describe how your contributions through your club or society have made a difference to the University. 3. Describe how your club or society activities have inspired or encouraged personal and/or professional development in others. 4. Describe how your contribution to the club or society demonstrates the core values of VU; engagement, collegiality; innovation. PAST WINNERS 2016 Chris Papadopoulos

6 INDIGENOUS This award recognises a current Indigenous Victoria University student who actively contributes to the development of the Victoria University community. One Indigenous Individual Award will be presented each year. Applications for the Indigenous Individual Award must address all four of the following criteria in 200 words or less per criterion: 1. Describe your Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander family and/or community connections. 2. Describe how your volunteer or leadership activities have made a contribution to improving the quality of the student experience OR the experience of the Aboriginal community within and/or beyond VU. 3. Describe how your volunteer or leadership activities have inspired or encouraged personal and/or professional development in others. INTERNATIONAL This award recognises a current International Victoria University student who demonstrates outstanding leadership and dedication to engagement activities at Victoria University. One International Individual Award will be presented each year. Applications for the International Individual Award must address all four of the following criteria in 200 words or less per criterion: 2. Describe how your leadership activities have made a significant contribution to improving the quality of the student experience within and/or beyond VU. POSTGRADUATE This award recognises the outstanding contribution of a current VU postgraduate student to the VU community; this student embraces the true meaning on what it means to be a postgraduate student at Victoria University. One Postgraduate Individual Award will be presented each year. Applications for the Postgraduate Individual Award must address all four of the following criteria in 200 words or less per criterion: 2. Describe how your leadership activities have made a significant contribution to improving the quality of the student experience within and/or beyond VU.

7 VICTORIA POLYTECHNIC This award recognises outstanding leadership in academic, co-curricular, and/or extracurricular activities and involvements of a Victoria Polytechnic student. One Victoria Polytechnic Individual Award will be presented each year. Applications for the Victoria Polytechnic Individual Award must address all four of the following criteria in 200 words or less per criterion: 2. Describe how your contributions have made a difference to V-Poly, through your leadership or volunteer activities. 4. Describe how your contribution in leadership demonstrates the core values of VU; engagement, collegiality; innovation. CLUBS TEAM AWARD This award recognises the outstanding contribution to the VU community of a current VU student or group of students who are part of a Club or VUSU College Society. One Clubs Team Award will be presented each year. Applications for the Clubs Team Award must address all four of the following criteria in 200 words or less per criterion: 1. Describe the club or society you are a part of, including the activities of the club or society. 2. Describe how the contributions of your club or society have made a difference to the University. 3. Describe how the leadership activities of your club or society have inspired or encouraged personal and/or professional development in others. 4. Describe how the contributions of your club or society demonstrate the core values of VU; engagement, collegiality; innovation. PAST WINNERS 2016 Nursing Society VU SPIRIT TEAM AWARD This award recognises a group of current Victoria University students for going above and beyond in their contribution and engagement to Victoria University. One VU Spirit Team Award will be presented each year. Applications for the VU Spirit Team Award must address all four of the following criteria in 200 words or less per criterion: 1. Describe the student leadership activities of your team. 2. Describe how your team's leadership activities have made a significant contribution to improving the quality of the student experience within and/or beyond VU. 3. Describe how your team's leadership activities have inspired or encouraged personal and/or professional development in others. 4. Describe how your team's leadership activities demonstrate the core values of VU; engagement, collegiality; innovation.

8 VU INNOVATION TEAM AWARD This award recognises a group of current Victoria University students for their innovative contribution and engagement to Victoria University. One VU Innovation Team Award will be presented each year. Applications for the VU Innovation Team Award must address all four of the following criteria in 200 words or less per criterion: 1. Describe your team s innovative activities and their purpose. 2. Describe how your team s contributions have made a difference to the University. 3. Describe how your team s developments have resulted in learning for your team and/or others. 4. Describe how your team s contributions demonstrate the core values of VU; engagement, collegiality; innovation. VU IN THE COMMUNITY TEAM AWARD This award recognises a group of current Victoria University students for their contribution and engagement to the greater Victoria University community. One VU in the Community Team Award will be presented each year. Applications for the VU in the Community Team Award must address all four of the following criteria in 200 words or less per criterion: 1. Describe the community organisation/s your team is a part of, including the activities of the organisation/s. 2. Describe how your team's contributions in the community have made a difference to the University. 3. Describe how the volunteer activities of your team have inspired or encouraged personal and/or professional development in others. 4. Describe how your team's contribution to the community demonstrates the core values of VU; engagement, collegiality; innovation. For assistance with completing your application, please contact the Student Leadership team at slawards@vu.edu.au