Requirements for a Club
For your Club to be AHEGS Approved, it must demonstrate which skills your students will gain by participating and these are the skills to choose from:
- Analytical thinking
- The ability to evaluate information to identify patterns, solve problems, and make informed decisions
- Innovation & creativity
- The ability to creatively develop and implement new solutions that enhance improvement
- Problem solving
- The ability to identify, analyse, and resolve challenges to break down complex issues into manageable parts and evaluate them critically
- Communication
- Paying attention to what others say and understanding points being made, establishing rapport, adjusting the register, and respecting the intervention of others
- Interpersonal
- The ability to communicate, collaborate, and build positive relationships with a diverse set of individuals and teams
- Management
- The ability to plan, organize, lead, and coordinate resources to achieve goals
- Organisation
- The ability to manage tasks, time and resources to ensure objectives are met
- Technical literacy
- Specialised expertise requires to perform specific tasks or specific tools and technology
- Leadership & social influence
The ability to guide, influence and inspire individuals or a group toward a common goal by demonstration initiative, self-management, and strategic thinking
Teamwork
Fostering a collaborative environment by building trust, diplomatically managing conflict resolutions and relationship building to enhance the group’s collective goals
Each category has enablers that define how you are pursuing your chosen skills. For a detailed explanation, please click here.
All Clubs fulfill many of the above skills and can become eligible for AHEGS Recognition, if you would live any advice or guidance on how to explain how you fulfill the skills for your AHEGS Approval application then contact us at clubs@arc.unsw.edu.au
You must also fulfill the eligibility criteria, which can be found here.
For the requirement of being “coordinated, supervised or monitored by university staff member”, Arc Clubs is the supervisor for Arc-affiliated Clubs. Arc Clubs is both your Supervisor and the 'Senior Approver' required in the nomination form.
Requirements for contributing members and program participants
Every individual who receives AHEGS Recognition must fulfill the following requirements:
- 20 Hours of Commitment
AHEGS Recognition can only be provided to those who have provided 20 hours or more towards the commitment within the academic year. Proof of this commitment needs to be submitted as part of the Contributing Members Recognition Form and can consist of things like:- Delegated responsibilities from executives
- Attendance records at events they were helping
- Records of events they were running
- Work relevant to responsibilities such as marketing material, event organisation, designs, artwork, recordings, resources, etc.
- Meeting minutes for meetings they were part of
- Summary of Training/Induction
All contributing members must complete some sort of formal training or induction process as part of their commitment to be eligible for AHEGS Recognition. For executives, this generally consists of the Executive Training Modules and the Executive Training Presentation. For subcommittee members, program participants, peer mentors, volunteers and other non-elected positions, your Club Execs will be responsible for providing this training/induction.
The training material provided to non-executive contributing members and program participants will need to be provided as part of the submission for the Recognition Form submitted at the end of the year.
- Student Code of Conduct
In cases where someone has breached the Student Code of Conduct, AHEGS Recognition may be withheld. Depending on the situation, this can be part of the grievance resolution process or may be determined independently. Appeals should be made directly with the Clubs team.
