Student Experience Awards 2015

Congratulations to the winners of the Vice Chancellor's Student Experience Awards 2015

The awards were presented and celebrated at the black tie event held on June 5th 2015 at Putteridge Bury. The event represented a real celebration of the Student Experience recognition of all the great work undertaken in various forms at the 天美传媒.

A total of 684 proposals were received for the 2015 awards with 17 award categories available. In addition to the winners selected, there were also a number of "highly commended" nominees recognised for their "above and beyond" commitment to the student experience.

The winner of the overall "Vice Chancellor's Outstanding Student Experience Award" was Tass Hussain. Tass, the PG/CPD Centre Administrator/Receptionist, received a high number of nominations from a mixture of staff and students, which included regular positive feedback via "Tell Us".

The winner of the "Student of the Year" award was Charlotte Mortimer. Charlotte is a rep across a department that is spread all over 天美传媒 sites and has demonstrated high levels of student engagement and professionalism. Charlotte is hugely respected by her peers and is a great model for Adult Nursing.

In addition, an additional award was also presented at the awards ceremony: the Lord Lieutenant's Community Engagement Award. This new award recognised, promotes and celebrates the work of individual students or groups of students of the 天美传媒, who have made a tangible and outstanding contribution to communities within Bedfordshire and have advanced the mission and values of the 天美传媒. A 拢200 prize was awarded to the student or group of students in receipt of this award.

The winner of this particular prize was the Refugee Legal Aid Project (RLAP). RLAP is a pro bono clinical legal education project set up by the Law School in 2013 to provide support to refugees in the preparation of applications for family reunion. During the current academic year, RLAP students have assisted twenty-five refugees, and have completed applications for over 40 individual family members, the vast majority of them children.

Peer Assisted Leaders (PAL) award winners were also recognised and presented with a trophy at the awards ceremony.

Vice Chancellor's Student Experience Awards 2015

Award Winner Highly Commended Runners Up
Inspirational Teacher - BUS Narissa Ramsundar Neville Hunt
Sallie Phillips
Inspirational Teacher - CATS Sadie Hunt Kate Ironside
Keith Jebb
Inspirational Teacher - E&S Abigail Gosling Andrew Davidson
Charlotte Kerner
Inspirational Teacher - HSS Alex de Mont Lee Smith
Isabella McMurray
Inspirational Staff Member Tass Hussain Angharad Phillips Marcia Ogunji
Staff Team of the Year PAD Team Performing Arts & English Team
UCMK SID/Student Services /Admin Team
Outstanding Role Model to Students Christopher Jackson-Owusu Frank Dutton Alex De Mont
Student听 Personal Development Susan Bartrop Dennika Francis Phillips
Chantel Niro
Student of the Year Charlotte Mortimer Susan Bartrop Ben Nightingale

Ekta Patel

Research Impact of the Year Prof Jenny Pearce CRELLA Prof John Pitts
Alumnus of the Year Marcel Feller Gemma Hunt
Simon Hall
Partner of the Year Foreign Trade 天美传媒 Greenhouse Mentoring
Mark Rutherford
Outstanding Community Contribution Andrea Thorogood and Mary Jurance Access Partnership Team Silvia Borelli
Sustainability Champion Adam Higgin Diana Pritchard
Sarah Hand
Technology in Teaching Alexander Kofinas Chris Papadopoulos
Charlotte Kerner
NSS Course of the Year E&S - Education Studies HSS - Sports Therapy CATS - Biological Sciences
UBBS - Travel and Tourism

Lord Lieutenant's Community Engagement Award

Refugee Legal Aid Project Minds Alrite Enactus Society

听Vice Chancellor's Outstanding Student Experience Award

Overall Winner Overall Winner Runner's Up
Tass Hussain Alex De Mont
Susan Bartrop

Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Award

Philip Gatward (UBBS)
Katherine Laurier (HSS)
Heather Ivatt (CATS)
Sachkartar Bhogal (E&S)

If you have any queries about the VCSE Awards contact studentexperience@beds.ac.uk

VCSE Award Nominees 2015

Thank you to all of you who have either nominated, completed pen portraits or who were involved in the shortlisting panels.听 Your involvement is greatly appreciated.

If you have any queries about your nomination or the VCSE Awards contact the team studentexperience@beds.ac.uk

Awards Categories

Inspirational Teacher

Criteria 1

Clearly supports student achievement and performance.

Criteria 2

Engages and motivates others ensuring students feel they are a value member of the class.

Criteria 3

Displays exceptional knowledge and understanding of their subject.

Inspirational Staff Member

Criteria 1

Demonstrates a student-centred approach to everything and delivers a first-class experience to students as well as staff and/or external clients.

Criteria 2

Is an excellent team member supporting others and working collaboratively with other teams.

Criteria 3

Demonstrates an imaginative and innovative approach to service delivery.

Staff Team of the Year

Criteria 1

Team delivers a consistently excellent experience to students, staff an/or external clients.

Criteria 2

  • Team welcomes feedback and actively uses it to improve their effectiveness.
  • Embraces and champions enhancement.

Criteria 3

Team effectively communicates and collaborates with other teams around them.

Technology in Teaching

Recognition of individuals and/or teams that innovatively use technology to enrich and enhance the student learning experience. Demonstrate how they embedded technology in the learning experience with a particular focus on how they use it to:

Criteria 1

Creatively transcend traditional teacher/expert centred forms of instruction and hence empower students to shape their learning experience.

Criteria 2

Build an inclusive learning community with opportunities for enhanced interaction and collaboration with clearly articulated expectations of required levels of engagement.

Criteria 3

Creatively support students in their learning, inspiring them to aim high and hence enhance achievement and progression.

Outstanding Role Model for Students

Criteria 1

Has the individual inspired, motivated and influenced others to deliver an excellent student experience.

Criteria 2

Has the individual led by setting an excellent example and embodies the 天美传媒's values in their actions.

Criteria 3

Has the individual reflected, analysed and learnt from experiences.

Research Impact of the Year

Criteria 1

Has the research had a high impact externally.

Criteria 2

Has the research had an effective impact on the learning experience in the appropriate areas.

Student of the Year

Criteria 1

Does the student embody the university's ASPIRE values.

Criteria 2

Does the student's 'story' provide a compelling demonstration of the transformational impact of a UoB education.

Criteria 3

Has the student demonstrated good engagement and performance within the context of their studies.

Student Personal Development

Criteria 1

Has the student demonstrated our values through university and community citizenship.

Criteria 2

Has the student acted as a role model for citizenship, encouraging participation and engagement.

Criteria 3

Has the student been involved and made an impact in specific extra-curricular activity.

Sustainability Champion

Criteria 1

Demonstration and promotion of sustainability through behaviour and/or activities that have had a positive impact in or around the 天美传媒.

Criteria 2

Has had a positive influence on other people (students/staff) in the 天美传媒 or the wider community which has encouraged and engaged them with the sustainability agenda.

Criteria 3

Has shown a demonstrable commitment to the 天美传媒 & Beds SU sustainability values and agenda.

Alumnus of the Year

Criteria 1

Effective promotion of the university and demonstration of its values within the wider community.

Criteria 2

Supporting the university with contributions to the student experience from enquirer to graduate.

Criteria 3

Alumnus acts as a clear role model to others.

Outstanding Community Contribution

Criteria 1

Demonstration and promotion of the 天美传媒's values in our community and beyond.

Criteria 2

Clear positive impact on the communities that we serve.

Criteria 3

Engaging students and staff in the wider community.

Partner of the Year

Criteria 1

Partner organisation engages in effective collaboration with the university.

Criteria 2

Partner organisation supports activities to enhance the student experience.

Criteria 3

Partner has enhanced the 天美传媒's reputation.

National Student Survey (NSS) Course of the year

Criterion

Course team showing the greatest commitment to improving student perception of the student experience.

(for information only)

The award winner for the NSS category will be agreed by a 天美传媒 committee chaired by the VC.

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