Dean’s Leadership Award for Volunteering
This award acknowledges students who have contributed significantly to an organisation or
individual. Recipients should have a clearly defined leadership role within the organisation that
involved managing other people, being accountable for projects/initiatives, and motivating other
students to volunteer. This award can be through self-nomination or third party nomination. In the
case of third party nomination please follow the link to the third party nomination for and the
student will be conacted to complete the form below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1el3BSmQvSlVou8lQlbPQIAhoVFGaT8NvXPdptM3D08/viewform?usp=send_form
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Personal Details
*Surname:
*First name:
*Trinity Student number:
*Trinity email address (please ensure it is complete and correct)
*Course of study
e.g. TSM French and Film Studies, M.Phil in Peace Studies
*Year of Study
e.g. Junior Freshman, Senior Sophister, Masters
*School of Study
e.g. Law, Histories & Humanities
Second School of Study (if applicable)
Organisation details
*Name of organisation/individual with which you volunteered
*Brief description of what the organisation does
e.g. arranges weekly debates, provides tutoring to secondary school students
*Your role in the organisation
Reflective Essay
Each section will be worth a maximum of 20 marks.
*Please write an essay addressing your role in the organisation. The answer should provide
evidence that you have taken on accountability and responsibility in named projects and initiatives.
It should describe how you filled a specific and sustained leadership role in the organisation and
managed/recruited other people.
It should demonstrate how you have exceeded the requirements of the role/task you have
undertaken.
*1. Give examples of how you have gained/improved your professional and transferrable skills. For
example project/time/people management; presentation skills; financial skills; communication skills.
2. Describe one future ambition, what advantage will these skills give you in achieving this goal?
*Describe your philosophy of leadership and the reasons why you undertook the leadership role.
Discuss the effectiveness of your leadership on those you report to and those that you
mange/recruit. Please give examples of your impact and value your leadership has had on yourself,
the organisation, society, or individual you volunteered with.
References
*These will be supported through references from your manager, which will be greatly strengthened
by personal testimony from those under your leadership.
Please provide and email address for your referee e.g. your volunteer manager, chair of the Central
Societies Committee.
*Please give an estimate of the hours that you contributed and the dates that these hours spanned.
*I confirm that I have not received payment or course credit for this work.
By providing your electronic signature (typing your name) you confirm the statement above.
If you have any queries about this application please email Simone Cameron-Coen at
scamero@tcd.ie