The Stellify Award for undergraduates

 

Your time at university can be a transformative experience. 

The Stellify Award provides you with the opportunity to gain experience outside of your academic studies; to shape not just your future but the world around you. The University's most prestigious personal development award, it's designed to further your personal development, enrich your student life and broaden your horizons. 

By working towards the award, you’ll meet people, have new experiences, develop valuable skills, and help give back to the community.  

Social responsibility is one of Manchester’s most important goals and something we practice across the entire University. By developing and living with a sense of ethical, social, and environmental responsibility, you can gain an understanding of the issues facing the world today and make a difference for causes you care about.

Information about The Stellify Award content for undergraduates starting in September 2026 is coming soon.

Returning students

From becoming a PASS Leader or Sustainability Champion, through to involvement with societies, sports teams, volunteering and more, there are lots of activities to choose from that will help you progress towards earning the award - all designed to fit around your studies and interests.

To achieve the award students complete the following:

  • Understand the Issues that Matter - complete two Stellify eligible UCIL Short Courses. 
  • Make a Difference - complete 25 hours of volunteering which benefits the wider community. 
  • Step Up and Lead - complete two approved leadership roles (or one role for two years).

You are responsible for ensuring the activities you undertake are recorded - information on how to do so can be found via the links to each component below.

Each component achieved will then be recorded on your Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) which formally recognises your extra-curricular achievements.

Students who complete the three components - Understand the Issues that Matter, Make a Difference and Step Up and Lead - will achieve the Stellify Award and will receive a certificate at graduation. 

Please see here for further details on recording your activities and checking your progress.

Help and support

If you have any questions about The Stellify Award please visit our Frequently Asked Questions.

You can also come along to a drop in session, where you can ask questions and get general support from the team.