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.
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