LSE Halls Cup

You can score points through LSESU Raising and Giving (RAG) or on your own:

• 50 points for the hall which raises the most funds
• 40 points for second place
• 30 points for third place
• 10 points for any hall that wins Battle of the Halls
• 20 points for any hall who has raised more than £150
• 10 points for any hall who has raised a minimum of £75
• 5 points for each hall that participates in the RAG Jailbreak
• 5 points for any hall that participates in the RAG Gets Lost challenge
• 5 points for any hall that participates in the LSE Virtual 10k*

*Points in this category will be awarded once evidence will be submitted. Evidence needs to consist of your ticket confirmation from Eventbrite and the "LSE Residences 2021" Strava Club joining. 

Submit your Halls Cup evidence

You can score points through the LSE Volunteer Centre or on your own (virtually or in-person):

• 5 points for each student per volunteering event*
• 5 points for each group of five students that submit a detailed feedback form for LSE Volunteer Centre (the form needs to be approved by the LSE Volunteer Centre team and meet their quality check)
• 15 points for each student that publishes a post on the LSE Volunteer Centre blog
• 40 bonus points awarded to the hall with at least 20 per cent hall population involved in volunteering

Submit your Halls Cup evidence

* Points in this category will be weighted by the number of bed spaces at each hall. Please include supplementary photographic evidence. A simple group photo will suffice. If attendance was recorded (sign-in sheets, Eventbrite, Facebook, etc), please submit these too, for the event of a tie.

You can score through virtual or in-person fitness and sport events in your hall or on campus:

• 5 points for each resident who participates in an active lifestyle session or event such as football tournaments, yoga or Zumba® classes

Submit your Halls Cup evidence

Score by attending events organised by your committee, warden team or hall management:

• 20 points for each student who attends a virtual or in-person wellbeing or mental health hall committee event (submitted as event logs to ResLife)*
• 10 points for each student attendee at any other virtual or in-person hall events organised by the hall committee, warden team or management (submitted as event logs to ResLife)*
• 10 points for each student attendee at any virtual or in-person event either open to all residents of the hall or your household organised by any resident (submitted as event logs to ResLife)*
• 10 points for each Hall Committee initiative (highlighted by the Residential Life team)

Submit your Halls Cup evidence

*Points in this category will be weighted by the number of bed spaces at each hall. Please include supplementary photographic evidence. A simple group photo will suffice. If attendance was recorded (sign-in sheets, Eventbrite, Facebook, etc), please submit these too, for the event of a tie.

To score, elect a full hall committee, register to vote in UK elections (if there’s an election), complete the accommodation survey and attend Residences User Group (RUG) meetings:

• 2 points awarded to each student that takes part in the Accommodation satisfaction survey*
• 20 points awarded to the hall with the highest participation rate in the Accommodation satisfaction survey
• 20 points awarded to each hall that has a hall committee representative at each Residences User Group meeting
• 50 points awarded for each fully elected committee during Michaelmas term (for UG halls, a full committee has all positions filled, for PG halls, a full committee has all core positions filled (president, vice president, communications officer))
• 5 points awarded to each student that registers to take part in a local UK election
• 2 points awarded to each students that becomes a Mutual Aid Network volunteer in their hall of residence

Submit your Halls Cup evidence

* Points in this category will be weighted by the number of bed spaces at each hall. Please include supplementary photographic evidence. A simple group photo will suffice. If attendance was recorded (sign-in sheets, Eventbrite, Facebook, etc), please submit these too, for the event of a tie.

Participate in Reduce the Juice or Green Week Challenge, help with donations and collections and bring your own re-usable items to committee events:

• 25 points for the hall(s) that wins the Green Week Challenge
• 15 points for each hall that wins a Reduce the Juice sprint
• 10 points for each hall that organises a collection drive
• 10 points for each hall committee event where every single resident brings their own reusable item (eg mug, glass, cutlery)
• 5 points for each resident that becomes a sustainability ambassador as part of Reduce the Juice
• 1 point for each resident that attends a monthly Reduce the Juice webinar
• 1 point for each resident that participates in a Reduce the Juice challenge (either by email to the Reduce the Juice team or through social media, using #LSEHallsCup, tagging Reduce the Juice and ResLife in the same post, multiple entries permitted)
• 2 points for each resident that qualifies for a Sustainability Advocate Award as part of Reduce the Juice

Submit your Halls Cup evidence

• £618 raised in fundraising events
• 117 hours contributed to volunteering
• 228 wonderfully diverse events hosted across all halls
• ‘Collection drives’- initiatives in halls 
• in-hall fitness sessions including yoga and running clubs
• 48 per cent of students participated in the Accommodation satisfaction survey 

The previous winning halls were: 

• 2020/21 Carr-Saunders Hall
• 2019/20 Rosebery Hall 
• 2018/19 Rosebery Hall 
• 2017/18 High Holborn Residence