What’s the point?

You can get Rise points for almost anything you do while studying at Manchester Metropolitan. As long as an experience is giving you something valuable to look back on, you can earn points for it. The number of points earned for any activity is worked out by the time you spent doing it and the depth of your involvement. For example, leading a team on a project will give you more points per hour than attending a guest talk.

Let’s explore each of the ways you can get points with the quick summaries below, for more information on these follow the links provided.

Self-Claim

Rise isn’t just about the opportunities we provide—it’s about celebrating all the incredible things you do outside of your course too! With our self-claim process, you can turn your independent efforts into points that can enhance your degree profile.

Whether it’s volunteering, work experience, independent projects, or self-study, your efforts matter! Rise allows you to claim points for activities that are valuable to your personal and professional growth but aren’t formally part of your course.

Find out more and make your first claim here

Earn Points for Rise activities

All activities delivered through Rise earn you points. These points will usually be awarded automatically when you scan a QR code to register your attendance, or on completing a self-study pack. Sometimes staff might award points manually or in rare cases an event might ask you to self-claim for attending an activity. If you aren’t sure if you’ve earned points the first thing to do is check your Rise Transcript here. If you think you’re missing points contact the event organising to check but remember it can take up to to a week for points to appear.

Why not get started right now and look at our calendar of upcoming events?

Staff Awarded Points

All Manchester Metropolitan staff can award you Rise points for your co-curricular activities. If you’re helping out with anything like research projects, exhibitions, or supporting your peers you can ask the staff member you are working with if they can award you points and give you the recognition your work deserves!

But what does it all mean?

So you’ve earned lots of points and gained lots of great experience, what now? Rise points do the following things for you:

Keep Track and Get Recognised

One of the hard parts of writing your personal statement or CV can be trying to remember all the amazing things you’ve done, especially if they were a few years ago! Everything you do that earns points goes on your Rise Transcript. You can use this as a handy record to log everything you do, and then when it comes to building your CV you can easily remind yourself about that course or certificate you did in your first year. As an added bonus 150 Rise Points grants you transcript recognition, an extra line on your degree transcript that demonstrates the additional effort you’ve made.

Badge Your Achievements

Rise badges give you an extra way to get recognised and show off your achievements. The main purpose of Rise badges is to give you milestones to aim towards as you engage with Rise. You earn badges by earning enough points in a particular theme (e.g. Digital, International, Personal Effectiveness, Sustainability). To earn the higher tier badges these points also need to come from activities with higher levels of engagement. For example you can’t get a gold badge by completing self-study alone. You need to get out there and apply your knowledge to a project or use it to have an impact through volunteering. The table below gives a brief overview of how to earn badges and you can find out more in the this article on badges.

Badge level	Total points needed	Point requirements
Bronze	75	Anything!
Silver	150	At least 50 points from an activities that involves interacting with other people (attending talks, workshops, etc.)
Gold	300	At least 100 points from an activities that involves application of your knowledge (it could be an internship, project work, etc.)

If this all sounds a little confusing, don’t worry! Every activity shows you what kind of badge it contributes to. If you aren’t sure, the best thing to do is to start earning points and you’ll find the badges appear!

To get the most value from your badges share them out out there on your socials. This handy guide explains the best way to share your Rise achievements.

Final Credits

For some, there may be the possibility once you have earned 300 points, to enrol on the Rise Assessment. Unfortunately, not all courses are eligible, so it is important to check. The Rise Assessment is a reflective piece where you will look back on your engagement with Rise and the impact it has had on your learning and development. For more information on the Rise Assessment head over to our assessment page and browse all the resources there.

Even if you are not eligible to submit the assessment, we encourage reflection as an important part of learning. It helps you appreciate how far you have come, understand your growth, and plan ahead for the future. 

That’s it! Now get out there and start earning Rise points!