Fixed requested changes

app/controllers/badges_controller.rb

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class BadgesController < ApplicationController
     end
 
     if @user_badge.save
-      content = "You have been awarded a new custom badge '#{@user_badge.badge.title}'!"
+      content = "You have been awarded a new badge: '#{@user_badge.badge.title}'!"
       link = Rails.application.routes.path_for(controller: 'users', action: 'awarded_badges',
                                                id: @user.id)
       @user.create_notification(content, link)

app/views/badges/award.html.erb

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <%= f.label :badge, 'Select Badge', class: 'form-element' %>
     <span class="form-caption">
         Select which badge should be awarded. In case you want to create a new badge, you can do so
-        <%= link_to "here", new_badge_path, class: 'link is-underlined', 'aria-label': 'Add new badge' %>
+        <%= link_to "here", new_badge_path, class: 'link is-underlined', target: "_blank", 'aria-label': 'Add new badge' %>
     </span>
     <%= f.select :badge, options_for_select(Badge.where(:manually_awardable => true).mapping.to_a, selected: []),
                  { include_blank: false }, multiple: false, class: 'form-element' %>