The Student Voice & Impact Awards by WarwickSU recognize students and staff who improve the student experience at the University of Warwick. These awards celebrate contributions to democracy, activism, sustainability, and academic excellence, honoring those who drive meaningful change within the university community.

Student Voice & Impact Awards

 

The Student Voice & Impact Awards recognise and celebrate students who advocate and create change for the student experience, including Course Reps, Execs, Activists & Campaigners.

Your Students' Union is democratic and student-led, so these awards are perfect to showcase the value and impact your involvement has to the Warwick Community. Make sure to nominate your friends, inspirational students who've really pushed for change, or campaigners that have made impactful changes on campus. This years awards have a wide variety to showcase the many kinds of ways that students can have an impact through the Students Union here at Warwick, so check below for more details!

Please include text describing the reasons why you have put in your nomination as this will be used by the relevant forums to evaluate and rank nominations.

Make sure to nominate your friends, inspirational students and campaigners that have made impactful changes on campus.

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As well as new award categories, the event itself will be bigger and better. This year, the awards evening will be hosted by a compere, there will also be performances from our student societies and awards will be presented by our Full-Time Officers (FTOs). Award categories will cover contributions to our academic structures, our democratic processes and the final award will be the Kevin Gately Award for Student Activism, in honour of the Warwick student Kevin Gately. In order to celebrate academics and university staff who contributed to your student experience, we have brought back a series of award categories that cover your university experience.

SU Forum of the Year

Has consistently engaged with the wider student population

Has made a positive impact on the student experience, enhanced the reputation of the Students’ Union or created positive change within the Union or local community. This could be through:

  • lobbying
  • campaigning
  • writing policy
  • other creative means
  • The Forum has collaborated to achieve positive changes
  • The forum has prioritised student voice

This award is open to all SU Forums

Academic Rep of the Year
  • Has excelled in representing their cohort
  • Has brought their cohort together through networking
  • They have formed partnerships across the student community to achieve positive change
  • They have made a difference to the lives of students and staff
  • Open to all academic reps
Jacquie Page Award for Outstanding Contribution to Democracy
  • Open to all students who have made an outstanding contribution to democracy
  • Someone/or a collective who engage with democratic processes to enact positive change
SU Forum Member of the Year
  • This award recognises the SU Committee member who has shown outstanding commitment to their exec and has contributed to its successes
  • They have supported other SU Forum members in their activities and helped achieve a positive impact for students
SSLC of the Year
  • This SSLC has engaged with the SU as well as their cohort, and made a positive impact on the student experience or created positive change within the Union or their department
  • They are led by a great Chair and Sec and have great attendance and engagement with their Course Reps
Part-Time Officer of the Year
  • A PTO who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to the role and achieved real impact for students whilst in office
  • This award is open to all PTOs
Kevin Gately Award for Student Activism
  • This award is for the great student activists within Warwick who develop change and inspire students to do the same
  • These students are a big force on campus and ensure that students are prioritised within the Warwick Community
  • This award can be for an individual or a collective of students
  • It celebrates those who embody passion and dedication to drive meaningful change
Academic Staff of the year
  • This award is for an outstanding all-round academician who is enthusiastic about their subject
  • This academician is committed to developing and empowering students
  • This academician is dedicated to exploring and embedding new pedagogies
Decolonise and Liberation Award
  • This student/member of university staff/academic has championed students who are working on decolonise matters, both within the university and outside of it
  • This student/member of university staff/academic may have supported student-led initiatives to expand the curriculum in light of EDI values
  • This student/member of university staff/academic may have supported student-led campaign initiatives related to decolonisation
  • This student/member of university staff/academic is embedded
  • This student/member of university staff/academic has taken their own initiative in practicing and embedding decol matters into their work
  • It may be an initiative or a project
PG Supervisor of the Year
  • This award is for a supervisor who has gone above and beyond to offer outstanding support to one or more PG students.
  • The award celebrates an individual who has made a lasting impact on their student’s success, exemplifying excellence in research supervision and postgraduate mentorship.
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Outstanding Contribution
  • This award is open to GTAs only.
  • This award is for outstanding teaching or support from a GTA.
  • This award is for GTAs who have supported their students, delivered excellent teaching, or contributed greatly to the PG community.
Support Staff Member of the Year
  • This award is for a hard-working member of staff working hard behind the scenes.
  • It recognizes an outstanding support staff member who has made a significant and positive impact on the student experience.
  • The award can be for exceptional dedication, kindness, or going above and beyond in their role; the staff member will have demonstrated an unwavering commitment to supporting students and enhancing their university experience.
  • Staff from University Professional Services and the Students’ Union are eligible.
Biggest Sustainable Impact

This award is for the individual/student group that has had a major impact in terms of sustainability on campus. From reducing carbon to cutting waste whatever the commitment by the member we want to hear it!

The Together at Warwick Award

The Together at Warwick Award is presented in collaboration with the university’s Student Community Experience Team. This award would recognise an individual student or society who have made a meaningful contribution to:

  • bringing people together
  • creating connections across campus
  • building community and belonging at Warwick
Academic Rep of the Year
Nazneen Naveed Sait
Patricia Hegarty
Kosuke Kamada
 
Biggest Sustainable Impact
Helena Ratcliffe
Sophie Scholand
 
Decolonise and Liberation Award
Decolonise Collective (Decolonise Advocates: Jenin Chaaban, Malachi Amadi, Esther Kanu, Zain Sathe)
Decolonise advocates - Jenin, Malachi and Esther
 
SU Forum of the Year
Sports Forum
Steering Group
Sustainability Forum
 
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Outstanding Contribution
Enrica Leydi
Irsa Ajmal
Gabriel Le Du Plessis
Aris Mercier
 
Jacquie Page Award for Outstanding Contribution to Democracy
Adam Allen
James Kimmins
 
Kevin Gately Award for Student Activism
Izie Lopez-Scott
Annam Khalid
Ruby Deakin
 
Part-Time Officer of the Year
Harri Paget and Ruby Deakin (Disabled Students Officer)
Lillian Dove (Trans Students Officer)
 
PG Supervisor of the Year

 
SSLC of the Year
WBS SSLC
Classics
 
SU Forum Member of the Year
Bailey Shore
Sophie Scholand
 
Support Staff Member of the Year
Jake Huddlestone
Celine Al-Saleh
 
The Together at Warwick Award
Saida Alimdjanova
Jakob Reid
Warwick Islamic society
 
Academic Staff of the Year
Silvia Gomes
David Bather Woods
Dr Mark Storey
 
2026 Winners
Academic Rep of the Year
Nazneen Naveed Sait
 
Biggest Sustainable Impact
Helena Ratcliffe
 
Decolonise and Liberation Award
Decolonise Collective (Decolonise Advocates: Jenin Chaaban, Malachi Amadi, Esther Kanu, Zain Sathe)
 
SU Forum of the Year
Steering Group
 
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Outstanding Contribution
Enrica Leydi
 
Jacquie Page Award for Outstanding Contribution to Democracy
James Kimmins
 
Kevin Gately Award for Student Activism
Izie Lopez-Scott
 
Part-Time Officer of the Year
Lillian Dove
 


 
SSLC of the Year
Classics
 
SU Forum Member of the Year
Bailey Shore
 
Support Staff Member of the Year
Celine Al-Saleh
 
The Together at Warwick Award
Warwick Islamic Society
 
Academic Staff of the Year
Silvia Gomes
 
2025 Winners
Academic Staff of the Year
Rinkal Desai
 
Academic Rep of the Year
Michael Cavaliere
 
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Outstanding Contribution
Lauren Wilkinson
 
Student Voice Champion / Department of the Year for Student Experience
Reece Goodall
 
Support Staff Member of the Year
Morna Woods
 
SSLC of the Year
English Department SSLC
 
Jacquie Page Award for Outstanding Contribution to Democracy
James Varney
 
Part-Time Officer of the Year
Summer & Ariane
 
SU Forum Member of the Year
Dan Villano
 
SU Forum of the Year
Societies Forum
 
Student Wellbeing Champion
Blessing Khumbula
 
Kevin Gately Award for Student Activism
Gavriel Hyams
 
Biggest Sustainable Impact
Rebecca Fulford
 
PG Supervisor of the Year
Dr Jagjeet Jutley-Neilson
 
Decolonise Advocacy Award
Shahnaz Akhter
 
2024 Winners
Jacquie Page Award for Outstanding Contribution to Democracy
Radio At Warwick
 
SU Forum Member of the Year
Sophie Rayment
 
Student Voice Champion
Jose Rodrigo
 
Academic Rep of the Year
Ten Takeda
 
SSLC of the Year
APEP Warwick Manufacturing Group
 
Teacher of the Year
Dipak Panchal
 
PG Supervisor of the Year
Professor Debbi Marais
 
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Outstanding Contribution
Mohammed Javanmard
 
Support Staff Member of the Year
Emma Sweenie-Fuller
 
Student Wellbeing Champion
Grace Fisher
 
Part-Time Officer of the Year
Dorian Valentine
 
Decolonise Advocacy Award
Nia Marcus-Taylor
 
Kevin Gately Award for Student Activism
Ben Althen
 
SU Forum of the Year
Sports Forum
 
2023 Winners
Jacquie Page Award for Outstanding Contribution to Democracy
Radio At Warwick
 
SU Forum Member of the Year
Sophie Rayment
 
Student Voice Champion
Jose Rodrigo
 
Academic Rep of the Year
Ten Takeda
 
SSLC of the Year
APEP Warwick Manufacturing Group
 
Teacher of the Year
Dipak Panchal
 
PG Supervisor of the Year
Professor Debbi Marais
 
Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Outstanding Contribution
Mohammed Javanmard
 
Support Staff Member of the Year
Emma Sweenie-Fuller
 
Student Wellbeing Champion
Grace Fisher
 
Part-Time Officer of the Year
Dorian Valentine
 
Decolonise Advocacy Award
Nia Marcus-Taylor
 
Kevin Gately Award for Student Activism
Ben Althen
 
SU Forum of the Year
Sports Forum
 
2021 Winners
Academic Society of the Year
Warwick Academic Medicine Society
 
Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability
Kimia Talebi & Eseosa Akojie
 
Part-Time Officer of the Year
Evelin Sanderson-Nichols
 
SU Committee Member of the Year
Sebastian West
 
SU Committee of the Year
Liberation & Diversity Committee
 
Faculty/Department Rep of the Year
Jasmine Brittan
 
Jacquie Page Award for Outstanding Contribution to Democracy
Lucy Morris
 
Kevin Gately Award for Student Activism
Amara Okoye
 
Course Rep of the Year
Megan Kelly
 
Making a Difference in the Community
Sana Mittar
 
Outstanding Leadership
Maria Kariuki
 
Student Wellbeing Champion
Ellie Raine
 
SSLC of the Year
PPE UG
 
Campaigning for Change
Toluwa Lipede & Abigail G-Medhins