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UG finalist deadline approaching: 10 ways to log your Spirit of Sussex Award points!
Posted on behalf of: Spirit of Sussex Award
Last updated: Wednesday, 4 March 2026
UG finalists: log your points before 1 April 2026!
Log your points by 1 April 2026!
As a university-accredited award, SoSA is an excellent way of demonstrating your transferrable skills and passions to employers when you graduate from ¹ú²úÄÚÉä, which can help you stand out from other candidates. It also comes with extra perks: you’ll get an additional certificate at graduation, a pin badge at the SoSA celebration event, and an opportunity to win £200 towards a prize of your choice!  
Struggling to know how to start? Check out our top 10 ways to log below!
- Have you had/ do you have a part-time job? Log these in the under the question “Do you have a part-time job?” (+5 points)
- Have you been a part of a Club or Society? Log these in the  
- Members - use the question: “Are you a member or a participant of a society or community?” (+5 points each) 
- Committee members – use the question:“Are you a member or a participant of a society or community?” (+10 points each) 
- Presidents – use the question: “Are you president of a Students' Union or BSMS society?” (+15 points) 
- If you were previously a member and are now a committee member or president, you can log these as separate points.
- Have you completed the NSS? Log this in the under the question “Have you provided voluntary formal feedback on academic or professional matters on a one-off basis?” (+5 points)
- Have you joined any Academic Skills or ELAS workshops? Log this in the .
- Academic Skills – use the question: “Have you participated in Academic Skills workshops or webinars?” (+5 points)
- ELAS – use the question “Have you participated in any English for Academic Study workshops?” (+5 points)
- Have you taken part in any wellbeing activities, like Canine Cuddles, Halloween @ ¹ú²úÄÚÉä, Valentine’s @ ¹ú²úÄÚÉä, or community cafes? Log these in under the question “Have you participated in mindfulness or well-being activities?” (+5 points)
- Have you developed a new hobby or skill?
- Log hobbies in the under the question “Have you started or developed a new hobby or craft?” (+5 points)
- Log new skills in the under the question “Have you been regularly studying a new skill in addition to your course?” (+5 points)
- Have you taken part in any Careers development activities (jobs fairs, workshops, careers consultations, job interviews, LinkedIn learning)? Log these in the under the question “Have you accessed any career-readiness & employability support?”(+5 points)
- Do you go to the gym, regularly attend sports, or take part in ActiveUs activities? Log these in the under the question “Have you participated in any regular organised sporting activity?” (+5 points)
- Have you watched a performance, been to a festival, attended an exhibition, or taken part in a protest? Log this in the under the question “Have you been involved in any creative or cultural activity?” (+5 points)
- Do you practice a faith? Log these in the under the question “Have you been involved and engaged with a faith or religious society or community?” (+5 points)
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