President: As the leader of your committee and society, you have the job of making sure all aspects of your group run smoothly. This guide covers your responsibilities.

Vice President: Previously, societies were required to have a Treasurer role. We now ask instead that it is a Vice President who accompanies your President, and that they take charge of the society's finance. This is an important role, and this guide will cover the key funding responsibilities which Vice Presidents will now be responsible for:

Secretary: Keeping a record of everything that happens in the society might seem a big task, so this guide will cover your key responsibilities:

Committee Member: On larger committees, it’s important to ensure that everyone pitches in. This guide covers the key responsibilities and qualities of a committee member:

Annual General Meetings: When elections take place in Term 2, every society is required to run an AGM to discuss the year, present a financial report and vote on any changes to the Constitution. We have created a guide to explain how an AGM works, as well as the best way to run it online.

Development Plan: Each society should complete a Development Plan over the summer, ready for Term One. This document allows you to plan and review your activities, ready to pass on to future committees. We have created guidance on how to complete this, as well an example of a completed plan:

Event Planning 101: Don’t know where to start when planning a society event? This guide covers the process from start to finish, allowing you to plan, promote, and execute your activity:

External Speakers: External Speakers are key if you wish to offer something to your students that will benefit them outside of their studies. This guide covers the key requirements and considerations for bringing an external speaker onto campus or for online activities.

Trips: Any event outside of Nottingham is defined as a trip, therefore you need to take extra measures to ensure everyone is safe and enjoys themselves. This guide covers everything that goes into running a trip:

Boat Balls: While it’s not quite the French Riviera, the River Trent is a popular location for an end-of-year Boat Ball. If you’re looking to run one with your society, check out this guide first:

Finance and Funding Guidance: To a beginner, society finances can be complicated. This guide contains all the information you need to know about your society accounts and your funding sources:

Online Event Ideas: We have compiled over 100 ideas for online activities. These will give you some inspiration to keep engaged with your members while we’re not on campus as much as usual:

Group Chats and Discussions: Keeping in close contact with your society members is crucial for updating them on upcoming events, discussing opportunities, or just chatting about last night’s Bake Off. We’ve come up with a list of some of the best:

Online Conduct: It’s important to make sure that anything you run online linked to the society provides a good impression of the group. This guide will show how you to present yourself in a positive light and how to respond to inappropriate behaviour:

Streaming Content: Online streaming is a big industry now, from gaming to webinars. This how-to guide covers the basics of streaming to get your society engaging students in new ways:

Social Media: Promoting your society and its activities is important if you want to grow your membership. Here’s how you can use social media to do that:

Attracting Members: With over 130 groups at NTSU, how will you make sure your society stands above the rest? This guide covers how to attract members to your group, by ensuring that all channels are covered: