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The Proctors' and Marshal's Office

 
Societies Fair

The Annual Submission on Moodle will open on 1 October and close at midnight on 31 December

 

Becoming a University Society

In the first instance, please register your Club/Society with Cambridge SU: Cambridge Student Union

Any club or society consisting wholly or partly of current undergraduate or postgraduate students in the University may apply to the Junior Proctor for registration as a University Society.

Registration is not mandatory but does provide certain benefits which are not available to unregistered clubs or societies. For example:

  • only registered clubs and societies may apply to the Societies Syndicate for financial assistance;
  • registered clubs and societies may also be covered by the University’s public liability insurance policy when hiring premises or facilities; and
  • registered clubs and societies are also entitled to space on the University’s web pages.

Advantages of Registering with the Junior Proctor: your society will be listed on the Registered Societies listing with a link to your webpage, a dedicated MS Teams site and OneDrive to collaborate and manage your society business, a society @cam mailing list, access to grants & loans via the Technical Committee and Societies Syndicate, Use of CU name and Arms. The SRCF also offers webhosting should you need it: https://www.srcf.net/services. Regarding group emails, and mailing lists, see the information about them on https://www.proctors.cam.ac.uk/clubsandsocs/computingfacilities you will need to fill in the webform to apply for them.

The University’s Public Liability Insurance policy covers all student clubs and societies that are listed on University of Cambridge Registered Clubs & Societies but the Product Liability Insurance cover only applies to products that have been notified to and accepted by the underwriter.

In order to look into arranging cover for this currently uninsured risk, the underwriter has asked for the following information:

  • Which societies have products and what are these? A description of what the product is required, with further information/documentation if needed.
  • Does the University have oversight of the product concerned via a tutor/lecturer/other employee?
  • Where geographically is it to be used/implemented/sold and does this include any North American territories?
  • Is the product being developed out of research or consultancy contracts (and therefore constitutes a Professional Indemnity risk)?
  • Are the University being asked to provide a subrogation waiver or hold harmless as part of any agreements

If Public Liability Insurance or Product Liability insurence is required please do make sure you can answer the above questions with the Insurance Section.  

List of Registered Societies

http://www.societies.cam.ac.uk

List of Sporting Clubs and Societies, registered with the Sports Service

https://www.sport.cam.ac.uk/student-sport/university-sports-clubs

Proctorial Notice - Clubs and Societies 

Clubs and Societies

Student Society Re-registration

The system now works through upload to Moodle https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk for authorized Society officers.

New Registrations will need to be emailed to the Junior Proctor first for consideration. 

Useful documentation

Detailed notes on registering clubs and societies, and useful supporting documentation, are available to help you in the process:

A University Society will also need to register it's name and List of Officers with Cambridge SU, and 're-register' this each year in June/July by completing a re-registration form found here: https://www.cambridgesu.co.uk/opportunities/support/

Cambridge SU will send annual reminders for this in Easter Term. This re-registration with Cambridge SU will help to keep Society Officer details up dated, all through the year. This will also help with registration for the annual Freshers Fair in Michaelmas Term.   

F.A.Q

You can see a list of all currently registered Societies.

Useful email addresses

societies-admin@uis.cam.ac.uk Can be contacted with queries regarding new/updated contact details from the society, and other IT-related queries.
service-desk@uis.cam.ac.uk

Can be contacted for general UIS (University Information Services) queries.

junior.proctor@cam.ac.uk

Can be contacted for queries regarding registration of a University Club or Society.

societiessyndicate@admin.cam.ac.uk Can be contacted with queries regarding grant applications 
reprographics.enquiries@admin.cam.ac.uk Can be contacted for all your printing needs.  Reprographics 
activities@cambridgesu.co.uk Can be contacted for enquiries with regards to Cambridge Student Union