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Nominees for the 2023 Union Awards...

Meet the nominees for the 2023 Union Awards! Join us on Thursday 4th May for the event where the winners will be announced!

Posted Fri, Apr 21, 2023 9:54 AM

We were overwhelmed with nominations this year - over 200 hundred students were nominated for a prestigious Union Award!

Please see below short list of students in each category for the Union Awards.

Student Staff of the year - Student Facing

Gracie Patchett
Karolinne Cruciata
Paula Garcia Del Olmo

Student Staff of the Year - Special Contribution (UPSU)

Anastasia Cangeri
Rebecca Downey
Andreea Florea

Student Staff of the Year - Special Contribution (PSUT)

Charlotte Cote
Isabel Woods
Mazhalini Rukkma Nirmalan

Student Staff of the Year - Peer Advisor

Sophie Sparks
Emma Short
Luke Basford

UoP Student Staff of the Year

Alexander-Donovan Lowe
Luke Basford
Gaia Cawley

Teaching Award

Jovana Radulovic
Ed Stoddard
Robert Baldock
Martin Brock

Best New Group

Nacho Society
Politics Society
Bodybuilding Society

Most Improved Group

Space Society
Roleplaying Gaming Society
Japanese Society

Best Collaboration

Kickboxing, BJJ & MMA Society
PureFM
Nepalese Society

Best Event

Nerdvana
Festival of Colours
White Swan Fringe Festival

Group of the Year

Pole Dancing Club
Theatrical Arts Society
Korean Society

Best Academic Society

Space Society
Biomedical Society
Pharmacy Society

Course Rep of the Year

Oltian Bullatovci
Maya Amartalal
Abigail Norman

Roxana Negru Award (Spirit of Participation)

Maizey Annear
Suzie Dunn
Ellie Terrett
Sophie Sparks

Change Maker Award (Commitment to EDI)

Lanre Peters
Alex Donovan-Lowe
Luke Basford
Jocelyn Ampofo-Manu

Colours (Half & Full)

No shortlist - as awarded

Thank you to everyone who has gotten involved so far, from organisation to nomination!

We look forward to seeing you at the event on Thursday 4th May 2023.

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