University of Leicester Student Awards nominations announced
The awards will take place at Athena on Wednesday 8 June 2016 and will honour those of you who have excelled in a variety of endeavours from graduate internships to Union Council membership and a range of student group activities.
The nominations are in and shortlists have been announced.
Congratulations to all of our nominated students, we can’t wait to see who wins!
Intern of the Year
Lauren Bingley, Emily Davison, Asha Mistry, Claire Preval, Imogen Barber, Angaraj Duara
Enterprising Student Award
Hawa Mansaray, Kash Chundoo, Lois De Cordova
Course Representative of the Year
Richard Mbasu, Laura Bacon, Nopparada Mingchinda, Anne-Marie Ola, Sedtin Wan, Cintya Cabral de Sousa
Student Ambassador of the Year
Osarenkhoe Uwuigbe, Antonia Kike Famuyimwa, Sofaay Forsyth, Arthur Blazey
Environmental Achiever Award
Caroline Jeffrey, Dan Schofield, Abdullahi Tijjani
Leicester Award Student of the Year
Navin Leanage, Shilpa Kumar, Charles Stansfield, Tara Janda, Richard Nzewi, Aneesah Parkar, Samuel Saw, Laura Patton, Ishani Sinha, Carrie Young
Leicester Award Gold Student of the Year
Nicholas Swalwell, Holly Galpin, Osarenkhoe Uwigbe, Msamuyimen Omaragbon, Iriny Shenoda
Frank May Volunteer Award
Phil Grierson, Sam Shorten, Alexia Vandervaeren, Casandra Rosideo, Saskia Edwards, Osarenkhoe Uwuigbe, Joseph Pope, Josep Maria Sanz Lopez, Emma Roberts, Alex Pollock
Unitemp of the Year Award Sponsored by Unitemps
Juliette Rose Smith, Jagdish Mahale, Nkemdelim Ofodile, Aikaterini Kazou, Michael Sharp
Students’ Union Employee of the Year
Lewis Eves, Anna Bulder, Marshall Somane
Outstanding Contribution to Postgraduate Life
Jane Ainsworth, Hannah Ditchfield, Sarah Plumb, Richard Mbasu
Pomeranze Prize for Music
Luke Barnes, Stephanie Bond, Bhal Chima, Chris Hiam, Rachel Freeman, Robert Lamb, Holly Mulvey, Joke Onogejuho, Damilola Ogunshola, Will Saunders, Ross Willett, Madeline Welland
Union Council Awards
Campaigner of the Year
Daniel Schofield, Mona Murad
New Officer of the Year
Robert Maclean, George Bascom
Part-time Officer of the Year
Rosanna Armenante, Abigail Adewunmi, Eden Richardson, Ofure Ugiagbe
Outstanding Contribution
Robert Greenhill, Nick Frost
Student Group Awards
Academic Group
Media and Communication, Modern Languages, Museum
Campaigning
MHAS, Amnesty International, Environmental Action
Charity
Sexpression, Nightline, UNICEF
Common Interest
SLUGS, Creative Writing, Atheist and Humanist Society
Faith
Sikh, Radical Youth, Christian Union
Media
LUST, Ripple, LUSH
Medical
LUSUMA, MEDSIN, Friends of MSF
National and Cultural
ISA, Nigerian, Erasmus and Exchange
Performance
Concert Band, Dancesport, Voices
Sports
Hiking, Pole Fitness, Quidditch
New Group
Knitting, Student Minds, Nordic
Green Impact
Enactus, Hungry 4 Change, Environmental Action
Event
Big Band/Concert Band, Streetdance, The Polish Society
Fundraising
ELSA, Islamic Society, Oxfam
Committee
Burlesque, PCSB, LGBTQA
Group
LUSH, Autistic Spectrum, Christian Union