This award recognises a club or society that excels in achieving its core aims through innovative initiatives, delivers an outstanding program of events in 2025, actively collaborates with the USU community, and demonstrates creativity in engaging members and the broader community with measurable success and strong supporting evidence.

This award recognises a club or society that excels in achieving its core aims through innovative initiatives, delivers an outstanding program of events in 2025, actively collaborates with USU’s and broader community, and demonstrates creativity in engaging members and the broader community with measurable success and strong supporting evidence.

This award recognises a new club established since October 2024 that has successfully achieved its aims through innovative initiatives, delivered an outstanding events program for its members, and significantly increased exposure for the USU by attracting and engaging a fresh audience with clear membership growth strategies.

This award is not entirely based on the quality of the show or how many tickets sold but the overall experience of being in a Revue club. It will aim to acknowledge Revues who are building a community within their club and looking for innovative ways to advertise themselves or their show.

Awarded to a club that consistently encourages belonging, inclusivity, and meaningful participation. Not only within their own membership but also across the wider club network. This club actively builds relationships across faculties, identities, and interests; and plays a significant role in strengthening the broader club community.

This award honours an executive team that demonstrates exceptional governance and club management, drives meaningful membership growth, delivers accessible and inclusive events, maintains clear and timely communication with USU staff, promotes strong teamwork, and actively pursues ongoing training to enhance their club’s success.

This award recognises the best executive group photo that showcases perfect composition with balanced spacing and full visibility of all members. It highlights consistent, engaged expressions, a complementary background, and clear visual elements that strongly represent the society’s aims, purpose, and shared values.

This award celebrates an outstanding club executive who demonstrates effective leadership by collaborating well with teams and stakeholders, champions inclusivity and diversity, completes key leadership training, and actively contributes to both their club’s success and the wider USU community.

This award celebrates the best club photo of the year that authentically captures the spirit and activities of the club or society. It recognises genuine, well-composed images that clearly depict events, have been submitted for the ClubCommunities program, and have achieved strong audience engagement.

This award recognises a promotional video that clearly conveys its aims and call to action, demonstrates strong visual design principles aligned with its message, and achieves outstanding engagement across multiple channels, effectively capturing the audience’s attention and inspiring response.

* May include, social media images, posters, banners, website design

This award recognises the most engaging and original design work across social media, posters, banners, or website design, that effectively delivers information or marketing goals. It celebrates outstanding visual creativity, clarity, and user experience, demonstrated through high-quality design that drives strong engagement and positive impact within their Club community.

This award recognises a merchandise design that is creative and original, clearly communicates the society’s identity and aims, and showcases a unique concept that effectively represents the club’s values while maintaining a strong visual connection to the society.

*May include periodical journals, magazines, digital publications or newsletters, anthologies, guidebooks. The publication must be in English.

This award recognises a publication (such as a journal, magazine, newsletter, or guidebook) that showcases original, inspiring content with a strong and creative editorial theme. It excels in accessibility and inclusivity, high-quality design, and aligns closely with the club’s aims and member interests.

This award recognises a small event (Less than 100 attendees) that excels in attracting strong attendance, ensures accessibility and inclusivity for all students, creates an experience closely aligned with the club’s aims, implements an effective and creative marketing plan, and stands out through its originality and innovative approach.

This award recognises a large-scale event (such as a ball, cruise, camp, or multi-day competition) with strong attendance and exceptional accessibility. It celebrates events that deliver meaningful experiences aligned with the club’s aims, implement innovative marketing strategies, demonstrate originality, and maintain thorough coordination with the USU Clubs office.

This award recognises a joint event that successfully meets the aims of all participating clubs through strong collaboration in planning, coordination, and promotion. It celebrates effective teamwork and marketing efforts that drive high member participation and attendance, showcasing the power of united club partnerships.

*not for Revue societies nor to be submitted in conjunction with any other event Award

This award recognises a performance or showcase that attracts strong attendance, ensures accessibility and inclusivity, and delivers a meaningful experience aligned with the club’s aims. It highlights innovative marketing strategies and celebrates exceptional originality and creativity in concept and execution.

This award recognises clubs that create meaningful impact through social justice and community engagement, whether by advocating for equity and access, supporting marginalised groups, or building partnerships for change. It celebrates efforts in sustainability, inclusive practices that champions belonging, initiatives that support student wellbeing and mental health, and charitable or volunteer work that uplifts others and contributes to the greater good.

• Best Executive Group Picture: Sydney University Thai Society
• Best Promotional Video: USYD Run Club
• Best Publication: Science Society – First Year Guide
• Best Design: Sydney University Experienced Designers (SUEDE)
• Best Joint Event: Vet Soc & Ag Soc – Beers, Pies, Bulls
• Best Event: Arts & Crafts – Blooming Florists
• Best Insta Grid: Queer Revue
• Best Merch Design: Sydney Marketing Society
• Best New Club (since August 2023): Sydney University Cyber Security Society

• Best Community / Impact: Sydney University Sign Language Society
• Best Joint Event: Science Society - Interfaculty Trivia
• Best Event: USYD Social Dancing Society
• Best Digital Event / Program: Sydney University Business Society
• Best Executive Team: USYD Tea Society
• Best Exec Group Pic: Sydney University Boarders and Skiers
• Best New Club: The Taylor Swift Society (USYD’s Version)
• Best Insta Grid: The Taylor Swift Society (USYD’s Version)
• Best Design: Barbersoc
• Best Merch Design: Sydney University Business Analytics Association
• Best Promotional Video: Sydney University Business Society
• Best Publication: Sutekh - Board Game and Tabletop Society
• Most Cursed Design: SUAnime
• Dave Burnett – Small: Sydney Pan-African Society
• Dave Burnett – Large: Sydney University Data Society

• Best In-Person Event: The Sydney Arts Student Society (SASS); Roaring Twenties Party
• Best Digital Event: EKANSH Indian Cultural Society; India’s 75th Independence Day
• Best Publication: SASS x SHADES; Queer Arts Students Guide
• Best Promotional Video: Conservatorium Students Association; Annual Parody Video
• Best Design: Sydney Marketing Society; Graduates Guide
• Best Joint Event: Australia China Youth Association, University of Sydney Chapter (ACYA USYD) ; ‘Exploring Opportunities in the Australia-China Space’ careers panel
• Best Community/Impact: Filipino Student Society of USYD; Typhoon Fundraiser
• Best Exec Team: Media & Communications Society (MECOSOC)
• Best New Club: USYD Student Association of Speech & Hearing (SASH)
• Dave Burnett – Small: Arts & Crafts Society (CraftSoc)
• Dave Burnett – Large: Sydney University Engineering Undergraduate Association (SUEUA)

• Best Publication: Sydney Arts Students Society - SASS 1978
• Best Promotional Video: Sydney Marketing Society
• Best In-person Event: Science Revue Society - SUDS Revue The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
• Best Executive Team: Sydney Uni Marching Band Association
• Best Design: Sydney Marketing Society First Year Guide
• Best Digital Event/Program: Dual Winners: Sydney Computing Society Hackathon + SULS Clerkship Networking
• Dave Burnett Small Club: Biology Society
• Dave Burnett Large Club: Movement and Dance Society

• Best Faculty or Affiliated Site Club: Sydney University Law Society
• Best New Club: Sign Language Society
• Best Revue: Science Revue
• Best Executive Team: Sydney University Musical society
• Best Large Event: Sydney University Business Society - SUBS Ball
• Best Small Event: Marketing Society
• Best Joint Event: Sydney University Engineering Undergraduate Association
• Best Promotional Video: Conservatorium Students Association
• Best Publication: Sydney University Business School – Survival Guide for 1st years
• Best Website: Sydney Marketing Society
• Best Poster: Sydney University Dramatic Society
• Best Tshirt: Physics Society
• Dave Burnett Large Club: Sydney Marketing Society
• Dave Burnett Small Club: SUMBA – Marching Band Association

• Best Executive: Sydney Filipino Society
• Best Poster: Sydney University Queer Revue
• Best Promotional Video: SUTEKH
• Best Publication: University of Sydney Metal Society
• Best T-Shirt (Joint winners): The University of Sydney Physics Society & Sydney University Association of Malaysian Students
• Best Website: Sydney University Marching Band Association
• Best Large Event (Over 150 Attendees): SoulXPress Sydney University Hip Hop Society
• Best Small Event (Under 150 Attendees): Greek Society
• Best Joint Event: The Mental Awareness and Health Society, SURCAS, The Sydney University Psychology Society, Sydney Arts Students Society, Sydney University Engineering Undergraduate Association, The Sydney University Business School Society, The Sydney University Science Society - MAHSoc Presents: Interfaculty Breakfast of Champions
• Best Revue: Commerce revue
• Best Executive Team Sydney Filipino Society
• Best Faculty: Sydney University Law Society
• Best New Club: Sydney University RunClub
• The Dave Burnett Award for Most Successful Large Club or Society (Over 150 Members): Vietnamese Students Association
• The Dave Burnett Award for Most Successful Small Club or Society (Under 150 Members): Sydney Filipino Society

• Best Website: Sydney University Law Society
• Best Publication – Education and Social Work Society – Drylight 2017
• Best T-shirt – Go Club & Metal Club
• Best Poster: Veterinary Revue
• Best Promotional Video: Roller Dervy
• Best Involvement in a USU Event: Ekansh
• Best Joint Event: Science Revue, Science Society & Women in Science – Talen Questacon
• Best Event with fewer than 150 attendees: SHADES – Speed Friending
• Best Event with more than 150 attendees: Sydney University Association of Malaysian Students
• Best Executive: People of Colour Revue
• Best Faculty or Affiliated Site Society: Science Sociey
• Best Revue: Science Revue
• Best New Club (since August 2016): Food Wastage Society
• The Dave Burnett Award for Most Successful Large Club or Society with more than 150 Members – Vegetarian Society
• The Dave Burnett Award for Most Successful Small Club or Society with 150 Members or Fewer: Sydney University Marching Band Association

• Best Website: Sydney University Wind Orchestra
• Best Publication: Law Society – Nanny State or Necessary Crackdown
• Best T-Shirt: SUEUA - Sydney University Engineering Undergraduate Association
• Best Poster: Science Revue
• Best Promotional Video: Movement and Dance Society – The A-Z of Sydney Uni
• Best Joint Non-Major Event: Ekansh Indian Cultural Society & Pakistani Culture Appreciation Society - Ekansh vs SUPCAS Cricket Tournament
• Best Non-Major Event: Sydney University Mathematics Society - “Knitting Mathematics” – a ΣUMS talk by Dr. Julia Collins
• Best Involvement in a USU Event: Sydney University Wind Orchestra – Dreamscape by Splash Percussion – Verge Festival
• Best Joint Major Event: Sutekh, Quidditch Society & Pokemon League – Nerd Cruise
• Best Major Event – Sydney University Business School Society – Neverland Ball
• Best Executive: SUTEKH
• Best Faculty or Affiliated Sites Society: Veterinary Society
• Best New Club: Sydney University Marching Band Association
• The Dave Burnett Award for Most Successful Club (with 150 members or fewer): Ekansh Indian Cultural Society
• The Dave Burnett Award for Most Successful Club (with over 150 members): Veterinary Society

• Best Joint Non-Major Event: Mathematics Society, Linguistics Society & Crossword Society – Letters and Numbers
• Best Joint Major Event: Association Of Malaysian Students, Singapore Students Society, Vietnamese Students Association, Indonesian Student Association, Thai Students Association, Korean Cultural Appreciation Society , Pakistani Cultural Appreciation Society & Ekansh Indian Cultural Society – Asian Food Bazaar
• Best Involvement in a USU Event: Movement and Dance Society – Radical Sex & Consent Week Dance Class
• Best Non-Major Event: Sydney University Law Society – Studying + Practicing in the USA
• Best Major Event: Sydney University Association of Malaysian Students – Mamak Night 2015: Unity in Diversity
• Best Website: Sydney University Piano Society
• Best Promotion Video – Movement and Dance Society – Kindred
• Best Publication: Sydney University Law Society – Careers Guide
• Best Poster: Sydney University Law Society – Mid-Semester Drinks
• Best T-shirt: Sydney University Photographic Society
• Best New Club: Network of Women
• Best Faculty or Affiliated Sites Society: Sydney University Law Society
• Best Executive: Movement and Dance Society
• The Dave Burnett Award for Most Successful Club (with 150 members or fewer): Sydney University Go Club
• The Dave Burnett Award for Most Successful Club (with over 150 members): Education and Social Work Society

• Best Publication: Sydney University Law Society - Education Guide
• Best Website: Veterinary Society
• Best Promotional Video: Photographic Society – Tino’s Tuesday Tips
• Best Poster: Sydney University Dramatic Society
• Best T-shirt: Mathematics Society; Wildlife Society
• Best involvement in a USU event: SHADES – Radical Sex and Consent Day Party
• Best New Club: BarberSoc
• Best Faculty or Affiliated Site Society: Education and Social Work Society
• Best Executive: Veterinary Society
• Best Joint Non-Major Event: Movement and Dance Society and Law Society – Health & Wellbeing Dance Class and Flashmob to ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams.
• Best Joint Major Event: Sydney University Association of Malaysian Students, Singapore Students Society, Thai Students Association, Indonesian Students Association, Filipino Students Society and Vietnamese Students Association - South East Asian Night Market
• Best Non-Major Event: Movement and Dance Society, for both SEXPRESS and End of Year Showcase
• Best Major Event: Sikh Society – Community Kitchen
• Dave Burnett Award For Club With 100 Members Or Fewer Shortlist: Sikh Society & Wind Orchestra
• Dave Burnett Award For Club With More than 100 Members Shortlist: Photographic Society, Association of Malaysian Students, Movement and Dance Society, Amnesty International Society

• Best Executive: Medical Society
• Best Faculty or Affiliated Site Society: Law Society
• Best New Club: Quidditch Society
• Best T-Shirt: Linguistics Society
• Best Marketing and Communications: Law Society
• Best Website: Wind Orchestra
• Best Poster: Law Society
• Best Video: Medical Revue Society
• Best Major Event: SURCAS
• Best Non-Major Event: Young Vinnies & Photographic Society
• Best Joint Major Event: MADSOC, MUSE,SUDS & SURCAS
• Best Joint Non-Major Event: AUJS & MADSOC
• Best Involvement in a USU EventL Law Society
• Dave Burnett Award Club with More than 100 Members: Movement and Dance Society
• Dave Burnett Award Club with Fewer than 100 Members: Queer Revue Society

• Best Non-Major Event: Beat The System, Weekly Thursdays
• Best Major Event: Engineering Undergraduates Association- Beer and Bangers
• Best Joint Non-Major Event: Engineering Undergraduates, Beer Brewing and Music Appreciation, Mechanical Undergraduates, Movers and Shakers, Designers, Chemical Engineering - Pop Up Bar Crawl
• Best Joint Major Event: Movement & Dance Society, SoulXpress – Nocturne
• Best Involvement in a USU Event: Beat the System - For their involvement in O-week
• Most Improved Audit - Small Club: Catholic Asian Students’ Society
• Most Improved Audit - Large Club: Architecture Revue Club
• Best Audit - Small Club: Overseas Christian Fellowship
• Best Audit - Large Club: Pharmacy Association
• Marketing & Communications:
o Poster: Law Society
o Website: Wind Orchestra
o Publication: Sydney Arts Students Society – ARNA
o T-shirt: Radio Group
o Promotional Video: Photographic Society
• Best Executive: Engineering Undergraduates Association
• Best New Club: Roller Derby Society
• Best Faculty or Affiliated Site Society: Veterinary Society
• Best Club with Fewer than 100 Members Finalists: Queer Revue, Roller Derby Society, Speleological Society
• Best Club with More than 100 Members Finalists: Association of Malaysian Students, Dramatic Society, Movement and Dance Society, Radio Group

• Best Non-Major Event: Beat The System - Weekly Thursdays
• Best Major Event: Chinese Students Association – Chinese Cultural Fair
• Best Joint Non-Major Event: Engineering Undergraduates Association, Civil Engineers, Mechanical Undergraduates Society & Women In Engineering – Engineering First Year Camp
• Best Joint Major Event: Musical Theatre Ensemble, Dramatic Society,
• Movement and Dance Society and Costume Society – Queen Mab’s Ball
• Best Involvement in a USU Event: Beat the System – for their involvement in Snowball
• Most Improved Audit - Large Club: Pharmacy Association
• Most Improved Audit - Small Club - Mechatronics Organisation
• Best Audit: Association of Biomedical Engineers and Speleological Society
• Marketing & Communications:
o Poster: Queer Revue – The Queen: The 2011 Queer Revue
o Website: SHADES
o Publication: Science Society – Aqua Regia
o T-shirt: Women in Engineering
• Best Executive: Veterinary Society
• Best New Club: Beat the System
• Best Faculty or Affiliated Site Society: Engineering Undergraduates Association
• Best Club with Fewer than 100 Members: Speleological Society
• Best Club with More than 100 Members: Beat the System

• Best Community Service Event: Symphony Orchestra – In Blue
• Best Public Interest Event: United Nations - AMUNC
• Best Careers Event: Law Society - Publicly Interested
• Best Performing Arts Event: Movement and Dance Society – Lucid
• Best Outdoor Event: Engineering Undergraduates Association- Cinema Under the Stars
• Best Party: Engineering Undergraduates Association - Beer and Bangers - Monster Mash
• Best T-Shirt: Jazz Society
• Best Regular Publication: Veterinary Society – The Chiron
• Best Annual Publication: Education and Social Work Society – Drylight
• Best Use of Social Media – Science Society
• Best Faculty or Affiliated Site Society: Veterinary Society
• Best Club with Fewer than 100 Members: Wind Orchestra
• Best Club with More than 100 Members: Association of Malaysian Students

• Best Non-Major Event: Vegetarian Society – bi-weekly lunches
• Best Major Event: Young Vinnies Society – Winter Sleepout
• Best Joint non-major event: Association of Malaysian Students, Singapore Students Society, Australian Chinese Cultural Appreciation Society, WASABI – Japanese Cultural Exchange Society, and Chocolate Society – Discovery Sydney
• Best Joint Major Event: Epicurean Society, Sydney Arts Students Society, Wine Society, and French Society. – Wine and Cheese Night
• Best Involvement in a USU Event – Sydney University Dramatic Society - For their involvement in the Verge Arts Festival
• Most Improved Audit: Food Co-Op
• Best Audit: Vietnamese Students Association
• Marketing & Communications:
o Poster: Fine Arts Society
o Website: Space Society
o Publication: Law Society
o T-Shirt: Sutekh
• Best Club with Fewer than 100 Members Finalists: Musical Society, Unibodhi, Wind Orchestra
• Best Club with More than 100 Members Finalists: Dramatic Society, Movement and Dance Society, Sydney Arts Student Society, United Nations Society, Sutekh

• Best Joint Event: SURCAS, Movement and Dance Society; St Johns Ambulance; Dramatic Society; Engineers Without Borders; Science Revue Society; Photography Society – Surc Do Soleday
• Best Non-Major Event: Sydney Arts Students Society, French Society & Wine Society – Wine and Cheese Night
• USU Encouragement Award: Radio Group
• Best Major Event: Croatian Society, French Society, German Society, Greek Society, Italian Society, Australasian Union of Jewish Students, Serbian Society, Spanish Society – EuroGlam & Dramatic Society – The Laramie Project
• Best Audit: Association of Biomedical Engineers
• Most Improved Audit: Unimates
• Marketing & Communications:
o Poster: Wildlife society
o Website: Engineering Undergraduate Association
o Publication: Architecture Revue Club – Sponsorship Package & Science Society – Aqua Regia
o T-Shirt: SUTEKH
• Best Faculty Society: Engineering Undergraduate Association
• Best New Club 2008: Sydney Arts Students Society
• Best Affiliated Site Society: Sydney College of the Arts Students Society
• Best Executive: Engineering Undergraduate Association

• Best Performance 2007: Sydney University Women’s Revue
• Auditor’s Award, Best Club Account 2007: Sydney University Commerce Society
• Auditor’s Award, Most Improved 2007: SUTEKH
• Best Publication 2007: Sydney University Science Society
• Best Website 2007: Sydney University United Nations Society
• Best Poster 2007: Sydney University Dramatic Society
• Best T-Shirt 2007: Sydney University Women’s Revue
• Best Joint Event 2007: Sydney University German Klub; Sydney University Australasian Union of Jewish Students; Sydney University Greek Society; Sydney University Macedonian Society, Sydney University French Society, Sydney University Serbian Society, Sydney University Circolo Universitario Italiano.
• Best Non Major Event 2007: Sydney University Comedy Society; Sydney University Writers Society
• Best Major Event 2007: Sydney University Madrigal Society
• Best Involvement in a USU Event 2007: Sydney University German Klub; Sydney University Australasian Union of Jewish Students; Sydney University Macedonian Society, Sydney University French Society, Sydney University Serbian Society, Sydney University Circolo Universitario Italiano
• Best Executive 2007: Sydney University Engineering Undergraduate Association
• Best Cultural Club 2007: Sydney University German Klub
• Best Faculty Society 2007: Sydney University Science Society
• Best Affiliated Site Society 2007: Sydney University Camden Farms Student Society
• Best New Club 2007: Sydney University Comedy Society; Sydney University Writers Society
• Best Club Under 50, 2007: Sydney University Wind Orchestra
• Best Club Over 50, 2007: Sydney University United Nations Society

• Best New Club: Holistic Integrative Medicine Society
• Best T-Shirt, Publication, Poster or Website: Sydney University Law Society, Science Society, Dental Undergraduates
• Auditors Award: Veterinary Society
• Best Affiliated Site Society: Camden Farms Students Society
• Best Performance Event: Arts Revue Society, The Complete History of Everything that Ever Happened Ever. On Ice. On Fire.
• Best Cultural Event: Greek Society – 50th Anniversary Ball
• Best Non-major Event: Vegetarian Society, Weekly Lunches
• Best Major Event: Golden Key International Honour Society, Climate Change Summit
• Best Involvement in a USU event in 2006: Sydney University Dramatic Society, Verge
• Best Executive: Agricultural Society
• Best Club (less than 50 members): Madrigal Society and Wind Orchestra
• Best Club (more than 50 members): SUTEKH