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 University of Bedfordshire.
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 University 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 University, who have made a tangible and outstanding contribution to communities within Bedfordshire and have advanced the mission and values of the University. A £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 |
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| 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 Personal Development | Susan Bartrop | Dennika Francis Phillips | |
| Chantel Niro | |||
| Student of the Year | Charlotte Mortimer | Susan Bartrop | Ben Nightingale |
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Ekta Patel |
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| 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 University | 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 |
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| Refugee Legal Aid Project | Minds Alrite | Enactus Society | |
Vice Chancellor's Outstanding Student Experience Award |
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| Overall Winner | Overall Winner Runner's Up | ||
| Tass Hussain | Alex De Mont | ||
| Susan Bartrop | |||
Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Award |
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| 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. 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 University'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 University of Bedfordshire.
Criteria 2
Has had a positive influence on other people (students/staff) in the University of Bedfordshire or the wider community which has encouraged and engaged them with the sustainability agenda.
Criteria 3
Has shown a demonstrable commitment to the University of Bedfordshire & 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 University'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 University'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 University committee chaired by the VC.
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