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.

Student Voice & Impact Awards 2025

Nominations close on 27th April, 12pm.

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
Student Wellbeing Champion
  • Open to students who demonstrate a commitment to their own wellbeing but has invested in the wellbeing of their peers
  • They have actively engaged in, or promoted, social, mental or physical wellbeing activities that inspire students; is an advocate for breaking down barriers and stigmas or has reached out to others to offer support
  • They are simply passionate about helping fellow students and have gone an extra mile
  • Just considering the effect of cost of living on students
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 Advocacy 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
Student Voice Champion/Department of the year for student experience
  • The award recognizes a staff member who has gone above and beyond in advocating for and empowering students.
  • The staff member demonstrates an unwavering commitment to ensuring students' perspectives are heard and valued, actively creating opportunities for their voices to shape decisions and contribute to the university community.
  • This award recognizes a university department that has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to enhancing the student experience.
  • The winning department will have gone above and beyond to create an inclusive, engaging, and supportive learning environment, ensuring that students feel valued, empowered, and well-supported throughout their academic journey.
  • This is for a department that champions the student voice, improves student engagement, provides academic and pastoral support, and fosters a strong sense of community. The recipient will have made a significant and lasting impact on students' university experience, setting a benchmark for excellence in education and student support.
  • This award celebrates the dedication of faculty and staff who work tirelessly to enrich student life, ensuring that learning is not only academically rigorous but also inspiring and student-centered.
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 all professional and support services 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!

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