Course Rep and Student Council Awards

Course Rep Awards categories:

This award is for an outstanding Course Rep who goes above and beyond the call of duty to make life better for the students on their course. This award is nominated by students and staff.


Winner:

Shona Sawhney and Amina Arshad (School of Medicine and Dentistry)

This award is for an individual or group of Course Reps who can provide evidence that they have undertaken activities to build a sense of community in their department, and/or have made a special effort to engage with under-represented groups.


Winner:

Sahra Isha Muhammad Jones (School of Languages, Linguistics, and Film)

This award is for two or more Course Reps who have worked together to create change. These can be a group of course reps for one course, or collaboration between two or more courses.


Winner:

Maria Spanou and Maria Helena Gonzalez Ortiz (School of Medicine and Dentistry)

This award is for an individual or group of Course Reps who have campaigned on or achieved significant change to the academic experience, including but not limited to championing sustainability within academia, improving assessment and feedback, championing innovation within online learning and challenging unsuitable facilities.


Winner:

Sahra Isha Muhammad Jones (School of Languages, Linguistics, and Film)


Student Council Awards categories:

This award is for an elected member of Student Council who has gone above and beyond in their elected role to champion the needs of students at Queen Mary.


Winner:

Beatrix Andrews (School of Languages, Linguistics, and Film)

This award is for an elected member of Student Council for organising and running a campaign that has had a significant positive impact on a large group of students.


Winner:

Andreas Hadjidemetriou (School of Medicine and Dentistry)

This award is for an elected student who has gone above and beyond in their role to ensure students in their School are effectively represented and receive an exceptional student experience. Eligible Student Council Officers include School Representatives from HSS and S&E, including the Clinical Representative, Pre-clinical Representative, Allied Courses Representative and Dental Faculty Representative from the SMD.


Winner:

Ramesh Wilson (School of Biological and Chemical Sciences)


Contribution Awards

Nominations for these awards are not required. Course Reps are eligible to receive a Contribution Award at the end of the academic year. There are 3 levels of Contribution Awards, depending on the Course Rep’s length of service. The criteria for these awards are as follows:

  • Attend the Students’ Union training
  • Attend at least one SSLC per semester
  • Attend at least one School Forum per semester

Additional notes: The shortlist and winners will be determined by a panel of elected Student Council Officers. The panel will consider nominations and determine the shortlist and winners by the quality of the nomination. You should include as much detail and evidence in your nomination as possible within the word count (250 words).

This award is for all Course Reps who have held the role for 1 year only.

This award is for all Course Reps who have held the role for 2 years only.

This award is for all Course Reps who have held the role for 3 or more years.