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Big Essex Award / Chart My Path New Activity Form
Big Essex Award / Chart My Path New Activity Form 2023
Please complete this form to propose your activity for inclusion within the Big Essex Award or Chart My Path for 2023/24. This could be ANYTHING extra / co-curricular, including non-credit bearing events, resources, activities designed to engage students outside of their course. Some of the activities proposed will need to be verified and approved for inclusion on the student HEAR (digital transcript). This is the only way for students to gain recognition for extra-curricular achievements.
Name
(required)
Department
(required)
Contact Details
(required)
Email
Phone
Mobile
Activity Title
(required)
Please tell us the proposed new activity / unit title.
Campus
(required)
At which campus is your activity available to students?
Colchester
Southend
Loughton
All
Activity Unit Verification
(required)
All student participation and achievement in activities included in the Big Essex Award must be verifiable by a member of staff who runs or works on the activity. Please tick to confirm that this activity can be verified. Verification is not required for introductory activities such as resources, information or low input tasks (i.e. joining a society or visiting the library). This will not be recognised on the HEAR.
This activity can be verified by a member of staff
This is an introductory activity and cannot be verified.
Activity Verifier Name
Please indicate the name of the person who will be verifying this activity or will be the main contact for students if this is an introductory activity. If details are the same as above please leave blank.
Activity Verifier Email
Please indicate the email of the person who will be verifying this activity or will be the main contact for students if this is an introductory activity. If details are the same as above please leave blank.
Hours
(required)
Please indicate the likely number of hours input. This could be pre-defined (e.g. a 200 hour work contract), a minimum expectation (i.e. attend a 1 hour event) or likely average hours of input (i.e. most students participate for 10 hours).
0 - 9 hours
10 - 18 hours
19 - 49 hours
50 - 99 hours
100+ hours
Commitment
(required)
Please indicate the expected level of commitment. This could be pre-defined (i.e. a work contract or a number of shifts defined by the lead), or expected to meet criteria (i.e. attend x number of workshops)
One-off commitment
Attended / participated more than once
Attended / participated more than once AND have completed staff-led training
Committed to a set number of days/weeks/ sessions
1-2 term commitment
1 Academic year commitment
More than 1 academic year
Responsibility
(required)
Does this activity require the student to hold a position of responsibility? NB. Community refers to both on-campus student community and off-campus / online community
None
Responsible for a project or group of people.
Holds a position of responsibility in the community (this could involve welfare of another person, working with minors, representing the University)
Impact
(required)
Does this activity impact on the student or / and on others? NB. Impact on self is where the primary outcome of the activity is for the student’s personal development only.
Impact on self
Impact on others
Activity Description
(required)
Please provide details of the activity.
Student Participation
(required)
Approximately how many students do you envisage will take part in this activity per year.
0 - 10
10 - 50
50 - 100
100+
Is this activity a paid or voluntary position?
(required)
Where an activity is paid you are confirming that this position meets National Minimum Wage requirements.
Paid
Voluntary
Please provide a URL for students to get more information about your activity
(required)
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