Students' Union Awards 2026: Discover the winners

On Tuesday 21 April we held an in-person awards ceremony to announce the winners of our prestigious staff, student group, and course representative awards.

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On Tuesday 21 April, students and staff congregated at Stratford’s Great Hall for an evening of celebration at the Students’ Union Awards!

The Students’ Union Awards are our way of celebrating the people who make a positive impact to our campus community every day, with categories covering staff, student groups and course representatives. We had hundreds of student nominations, outlining stories of our staff providing exceptional teaching and support, and our students building communities, creating fun on campus, and working hard to represent students’ views.

It was a joy to read all the nominations, and an amazing evening of celebration featuring dinner, drinks, performances and dancing, alongside the presentation of our awards. We were also delighted to partner with Residential Life as they presented their own set of awards for halls residents.

Thank you to everybody who took the time to submit a nomination or to join us at the awards ceremony, and a huge congratulations to all of our winners. View the winners and shortlists below.

STAFF AWARDS

Best academic advisor

Ruksana Beigi, School of Childhood and Social Care

Runners up: Dr Diliara Mingazova, School of Business and Law, and Wendy Conner, School of Health, Sport and Bioscience

Best professional service staff

Elif Serindag, Careers and Student Enterprise

Runners up: Mário Cordeiro Alves, School of Business and Law, Jennifer Haywood, International Student Advice, and Angelo Williams, Student Wellbeing

Most creative teacher

Ian Wells, School of Childhood and Social Care

Runners up: Dr Evgenia Theodotou, School of Childhood and Social Care, and Tracey Lemay, School of Health, Sport and Bioscience

Most effective feedback

Dr Hattie Campbell, School of Childhood and Social Care

Runners up: Lisa Taylor, School of Childhood and Social Care, and Dr Anas Sattar, School of Health, Sport and Bioscience

Most effective supervisor (UG/PGT)

Dr Meghdad Bagheri, School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering

Runners up: Gerta Kellici, School of Business and Law, and Dr Julie Botticello, School of Health, Sport and Bioscience

Most effective supervisor (PGR)

Dr Evgenia Theodotou, School of Childhood and Social Care

Runners up: Dr Hisham AbouGrad, School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering, and Liselle Terret, School of Arts and Creative Industries

Outstanding teacher of the year

Dr Sheeba Viswarajan, School of Childhood and Social Care

Runners up: Dr Fiorentina Sterkaj, School of Childhood and Social Care, and Kelly Thobekile Ncube, School of Childhood and Social Care

Best student staff member

Elizabeth Phillips

COURSE REPRESENTATIVE AWARDS

Best course representative (ACE)

Muhammad Shawaiz Jamal

Runners up: Syed Sameer and Harshit Choudhary

Best course representative (ACI)

Jessina Khan

Runners up: Belinda Insaidoo and Jose Gãlvez

Best course representative (B&L)

Manas Mahant

Runners up: Theja Pratap and Leina Mabrouk

Best course representative (CSC)

Doreen Nuwahereza

Runners up: Brooklyn Singh and Laura Anne Cox

Best course representative (HSB)

Yulime Yajaira Timaure Vidarte

Runners up: Naira Minaz Gillani and Rukayat Adesola Adeyemi

STUDENT GROUP AWARDS

Best student group

Kerala Society

Runners up: Psychology Society, Indian Society, Model United Nations Society, and Nigeria Society

Best new student group

LGBTQ+ Community Group

Runners up: Sri Lanka Society and Creative Reading and Writing Society

Best student group event

Nintendo Switch Gaming by Gaming and Esports Society

Runners up: Cinematography Workshop by Film Society; Onam by Kerala Society; Garba Night by Indian Society; and Pongal by Tamil Society

Best committee member

Amber Jones, Occupational Therapy Society

Runners up: Harish Pathapuram, Indian Society; Julia Pruitt, LGBTQ+ Community Group; Kiara Dutry, Psychology Society; and Easha Oreen Gofran, Bangladesh Society