OVERVIEW

​The Brunei Society Award aims to recognise and celebrate societal excellence, acting as a catalyst for individual, societies and national development that is in line with our country's vision: Wawasan 2035. It attempts to equally acknowledged the hardwork and dedication given by the Society and the committees that runs it despite the arrays of societal members’ demographic and geographic, i.e. education, size, spread, religion, and ethnicity.

Building upon previous Award, the new system aims to encourage societies to go for that extra mile and take iniative to add value to the experience and satisfaction of Bruneian Students in the UK and Ireland; as well as to be more engaging with the Union, Universities and other Bruneian Societies.

STANDARDS

To achieve each standard for your society, you need to have the following points accumulated at the end of the academic year:
GOLD STANDARD
SILVER STANDARD
BRONZE STANDARD
3000 POINTS
2000 POINTS
1000 POINTS

BADGES

The points of each badges are as follows:
BLACK
PINK
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
200 POINTS
250 POINTS
400 POINTS
250 POINTS
100 POINTS

AGM/ MEETINGS BADGE (BLACK)

Attend all Meetings conducted by The Brunei Students' Union or have appropriate apologies accepted at least 48 hours in advance. Also applicable to members involved with activities hosted by the Brunei Students' Union (for example: Outreach Tour and BSU Fundraiser)

(no application is needed for this badge - it will be automatically be put in your stats page)

SOCIAL MEDIA BADGE (PINK)

​Your society needs to demonstrate that they have an active social media (e.g Instagram, youtube, facebook or twitter) for the current academic year.
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Links and screenshots of the social medias are required as evidence for this badge.

MONTHLY REPORT BADGE (PINK)

Your society must submit all their monthly reports on time through their respective Regional Executive.

(no application is needed for this badge - it will be automatically be put in your stats page)

ENGAGEMENT BADGE

Your society will need to show that they have participated in other events created by other Bruneian Societies.

e.g BruEire’s talentime, BruEssex’s Pidato Face-Off or Kem Ibadah.
GOLD BADGE
3 EVENTS
SILVER BADGE
2 EVENTS
BRONZE BADGE
1 EVENT

COLLABORATION BADGE

Your society will need to demonstrate that they have collaborated with another Brunei Society, or any societies within the university on an event, project or campaign.

​e.g Pre- Departure Briefing, BruGames, Regional Tours.
GOLD BADGE
3 collABORATION
SILVER BADGE
2 COLLABORATION
BRONZE BADGE
1 COLLABORATION

​AMBASSADORIAL BADGE

Your society must conduct any activities that aims to promote Brunei to other non-Bruneians.

e.g. National day, Malaysia- Brunei Night, hosting a workshop to learn how to play congkak or other traditional games. 
GOLD BADGE
3 EVENTS
SILVER BADGE
2 EVENTS
BRONZE BADGE
1 EVENT

SOCIAL BADGE

Your society must create events either for social purposes or religious, as long as it is created for the members to enjoy. These events must be organized by your committee.

e.g Khatam Al- quran, Leavers’ race or Game Night.
GOLD BADGE
6 EVENTS
SILVER BADGE
4 EVENTS
BRONZE BADGE
2 EVENTS

INTELLECTUAL BADGE 

To apply for this badge, your society must create events that aims at nurturing the mind; sharpening one's skills and drive. Your society also needs to demonstrate on how they have helped their members towards their degree.
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e.g. hosting revision sessions, inviting a speaker to motivate your members, organize a workshop such as how to gain essay writing skills, quiz night.

GOLD BADGE
3 EVENTS
SILVER BADGE
2 EVENTS
BRONZE BADGE
1 EVENT

ENTREPRENEUR BADGE

To achieve this badge, your society must demonstrate that they have raised funds equal to the respective badges. 
GOLD BADGE
£300
SILVER BADGE
£200
BRONZE BADGE
£100

GOOD DEEDS BADGE

​To get this badge, your society needs to organize charity events to give back to the society.

e.g. organizing a charity drive for the homeless
GOLD BADGE
3 EVENTS
SILVER BADGE
2 evENTS
BRONZE BADGE
1 EVENT

INFORMATION BADGE

The article must be submitted 2 days after an event through the Information Centre and the points will be automatically added to your society's stats page. You do not need to apply for this badge. It will be calculated base on the articles that you have submitted through the Information Centre. Points will be counted starting November 1st, 2018.
GOLD BADGE
30 Articles
SILVER BADGE
20 ARTICLES
BRONZE BADGE
10 Articles

TERMS & CONDITIONS

  1. Your society must be registered under the Brunei Students’ Union to apply for these badges.
  2. Societies need to have a working executive committees, consisting of at least three positions: President, Secretary and Treasurer. These positions need to be filled by different persons.​
  3. Your society cannot apply for a badge if the event has not happened, cancelled or if the requirements are not met for each of the badges that your society is trying to apply.
  4. The points that your society collected throughout the year will be accumulated and counted at the end of the academic year. BSU has the right to reduce the points e.g from silver badge to bronze badge if the application for the badges fails.
  5. ​BSU may introduce a platinum level standard if more than an average amount of society reach Gold Standard.

APPLICATION

Click the button down below to apply for badges. You will need to fill in one form for each badge and this can be done throughout the year. Should there be any enquiries, contact the Vice President of Regional Coordination of BSUnion at vp.regional@bsunion.org.