The Bright Futures Society hosted their annual Awards recognising the achievement of their 32 student societies that operate across UK Universities.

Best Campus Event, sponsored by Deloitte, was won by Warwick Bright Futures
Society of the Year, sponsored by Ernst & Young, was won by Edinburgh Bright Futures
Newcomer of the Year, sponsored by Qedis, was won by St Andrews Bright Futures
President of the Year, sponsored by Meltwater Group, was won by Bristol Bright Futures
Fastest Growing Society, sponsored by gradintel.com, was won by Swansea Bright Futures
Corporate of the Year, sponsored by Bright Futures, was won by Qedis.
 
The day also included training workshop for the students who would form the executive / committee running their Bright Futures Society at their Universities next year. The training workshops were delivered by organisations working in the graduate recruitment market & covered ‘How to run a great Society’ – run by KPMG; ‘Organising Successful Events on Campus’ – run by the Meltwater Group; ‘Working Effectively with Organisations’ – run by ICAEW; and ‘Raising and Managing Money’ – run by Nestle

“Students who take personal responsibility for improving their skills and professional network is what the Bright Futures Society is all about and I am delighted to recognise some truly outstanding achievements through our Awards. All our committee members work hard through the year running skills & careers focused events & competitions on campus for our corporate investors and it is absolutely right that we acknowledge and thank them for this.
We also have a commitment to developing the next generation, the 2010/11 committee, through training ready for the academic year ahead so they can deliver more great events and continue growing their Society. Through these activities they will develop tremendous skills, confidence and of course a professional network” said Simon Reichwald, Managing Director of Bright Futures.

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The Award nominations came directly from students and there were 6 Categories: 

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Best Newcomer was sponsored by Qedis and won by St Andrews Bright Futures

President of the Year was sponsored by the Meltwater Group and won by Bristol Bright Futures Shortlisted were: Bristol Edinburgh Warwick “Two informative workshops and two inspirational speakers… An excellent event to conclude an incredible year for Bright Futures. Thank you very much to the Bright Futures National Team for hosting such a great event.” Natasha Hussein, President Bristol 2009-10 and winner of President of the Year

 
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Fastest Growing Society was sponsored by Gratintel.com and won by Swansea Bright Futures Shortlisted were: Birmingham St Andrews Swansea “Having set up the society in Swansea last year it is a great feeling knowing that it continues to thrive beyond your reign! Having won Fastest Growing Society it shows that students in Wales are really keen to improve their chances of success, and what better way to do that than with Bright Futures!?” Jaqueline Jobes, Swansea Committee 2008-09

  
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Corporate Investor of the Year was sponsored by Bright Futures and won by Qedis

Shortlisted were: ICAEW – Bristol PwC – Edinburgh Qedis – Loughborough “Qedis are very honoured to be named Bright Futures ‘Corporate Investor of the Year’. We have put a great deal into this but the enthusiasm and efforts of the students involved in the “Q Factor” have really made our first year with Bright Futures a great success. We hope this will be the beginning of a long relationship with Bright Futures.” Will Sargeant, Qedis