Volunteer Awards 2023
It's time for the 2023 Volunteer Awards! Nominations are now closed!
What are the volunteer awards?
The Volunteer Awards are an annual celebration of the volunteers who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make your university experience better. We celebrate our Society Leaders, Class Reps, School Officers and a whole host of others who give up their time to make things run smoothly and make the student experience better for others.
Nominees for the 2023 Volunteer Awards:
Here are this years nominations!
Principal's Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community
- Reece Docherty
- Cameron Fields
- Ross Henderson
- Meng Wu
Principal's Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Student Community
- Harshita Chhabra
- Charlotte Delcross
- Cameron Fields
- Jil Sheth
Open Door Award
- Lilja Alam
- Nahl Ghani
- Robotics Society
Undergraduate Representative of the Year
- Ben Agnew
- Harshita Chhabra
- Christie Robertson
Postgraduate Taught Representative of the Year
- Bashir Ayvazian Kassis
- Sayanima Kisku
- Rahul Nair
Postgraduate Research Representative of the Year
- Florian Ahrens, Josephine Giard, and Karen Fung
- Sean Keenan
- Jil Sheth
School Officer / MP of the Year?
- Eireann Lee
- Vincent Pemberton
- Lucy Welford
Academic Enhancement Award
- Robotics Society
- Students Actuarial Society
- Lucy Welford
Strive for Sustainability Award
- Net Zero Society
- Ocean Conservation
- Student Progressive Society
Social Media Presence of the Year
- Chess Society
- Investment Society
- Kpop Society
- Muslim Society
Event of the Year
- Discover Islam Week - Muslim Society
- Diwali - Indian Society
- Skills and Change for a Sustainable Future - Net Zero Society
- Surfing with Ocean Conservation Society
New Society of the Year
- African Caribbean Society
- Art Society
- Kpop Society
- Signing Society
Stefan Kay Volunteer of the Year
- Charlotte Delcross
- Zafeer Khan
- Charlie Otter
- Jil Sheth
Society of the Year
- Indian Society
- Investment Society
- Muslim Society
- Student Progressive Society
Society Leader of the Year
- Srivathsan Karunanithi - Foodie Society
- Izabela Nowakowska - HW Racing
- Greig Rowe - Investment Society
- Aadil Sayed - Muslim Society
Hours awards
At the volunteer awards we also celebrate the milestones volunteers have reached with the hours awards:
- Bronze Award - 50 hours and 5 employability skills
- Silver Award - 100 hours and 5 employability skills
- Gold Award - 200 hours and 6 employability skills
- Platinum Award - 300 hours and 6 employability skills
- Ruby Award - 400 hours and 7 employability skills
- Diamond Award - 500 hours and 7 employability skills
These are based on the hours logged at the student union website, so if you're a volunteer please make sure your hours are up to date! If you want a refresher on how to log hours check out our guide here! When you're logging your skills, make sure to log them across different categories for them to count.