Frequently Asked Questions about Stellify

Absolutely! The Stellify Award for Masters Students has been designed to work for PGTs who are new to Manchester, PGTs who completed their undergraduate studies at Manchester but did not complete Stellify and those who completed their undergraduate studies at Manchester and did achieve Stellify.  We just ask that you complete new activities for the Masters version. 

All Postgraduate taught students students  are eligible for the Stellify Award. If you are undertaking an integrated Masters you should complete the undergraduate version of the Stellify Award. Find out what you need to do to complete the Stellify Award. 

you should record your Volunteering on Volunteer Hub. You completion of the Ethical Grand Challenges will be recorded for you in Blackboard.  The Champions for Change section is a little more complicated.  Once you believe you have completed all the activities towards your Stellify Award we will ask you to complete a form telling us what you have done.  The Stellify team will then check your Champions for Change activities with the individual activity owners.  

All activity for your Stellify Award must be completed and recorded by 30th September of the year you complete.

If you feel you have specific extenuating circumstances that have prevented you from completing one element of the Award, you should contact stellify@manchester.ac.uk with details of your extenuating circumstances. Cases will be considered by the Stellify Award Operations Group on a case-by-case basis. Please note, queries may not be resolved in time to include the Stellify Award in the graduation ceremony. 

Stellify Award confirmation emails will be sent out. If you think you have completed the Stellify Award but do not receive an email, please contact stellify@manchester.ac.uk. 

Stellify Award certificates will be awarded at graduation. 

You can still achieve the Stellify Award even if you don't successfully pass your degree. Your Stellify Award certificate would be posted to your home address.

The Sustainability Challenge is an interactive online activity on Blackboard. It challenges you to think critically about sustainability in a real-world context and empowers you to take action on issues that matter most to you. The activity takes around an hour to complete.

Please email egc@manchester.ac.uk if you have any access issues.

The Social Justice Challenge is an interactive online activity on Blackboard. It gives you an introduction to what social justice is and allows you to learn about a variety of themes including race, migration, higher education, homelessness, mental health and energy. It take around an hour to complete.

If you are struggling to self enrol, please email egc@manchester.ac.uk. 

The Workplace Ethics Challenge can be completed in two different ways. You can either attend a face-to-face workshop (which last around 1.5 hours) or you can complete it online through Blackboard (approx. one hour).

you can find the dates of the Face-to-face workshops on the Workplace Ethics Challenge webpage.

These workshops include training scenarios that encourage you to consider ethical dilemmas in real life work situations. You can choose a workshop based on your interests and career aspirations including:

• Bullying & Harassment
• Safeguarding
• Healthcare
• Global

The online Workplace Ethics Challenge is available to access on Blackboard. This online activity includes interactive scenarios which will challenge you to reflect on your own, and others’, ethical responsibilities and decision making in relation to issues such as harassment, bullying and discrimination, privacy and confidentiality.

You must undertake 10 hours of community-facing voluntering to complete the 'Making a Difference' component of the Stellify Award for Masters students.

You must undertake volunteering that benefits the wider community, not just the student population, for it to count towards the Stellify Award. Roles which benefit other students and have a university focus may count towards 'Champions for Change' activities e.g. Nightline. If you are in doubt contact: volunteers@manchester.ac.uk.

You can search for volunteering opportunities through Volunteer Hub. Alternatively, you can find your own opportunities and log your hours under the 'My additional volunteering' section on Volunteer Hub.

The 10 hours of volunteering can take place throughout the course of your undergraduate degree. You need to register all your volunteering on Volunteer Hub by 30 September in your graduating year.

Yes. All hours can be logged onto the Volunteer Hub. However, they will not count for more with your Stellify Award.

All volunteering hours must be logged on Volunteer Hub, except for volunteering through the University Sports Volunteer Scheme, which will be logged separately. Please note only the community-facing sports volunteering counts toards Make a difference.  Being a sports Volunteer witha university sports club is likely to count towards 'Champsions for change'. If you are unsure please contact sportsvolunteer@manchester.ac.uk. 

Hours logged on Volunteer Hub must be verified by a member of the charity or community organisation that you volunteer with.

To complete this component of the Stellify Award, you must complete one of the approved roles listed on this website. 

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To make sure your activity is recorded, you should email activities.su@manchester.ac.uk and copy in the Chair of the society.

Yes. All active committee roles will count towards the Step Up and Lead element of Stellify.The roles are not limited to Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.