Academic Awards 2023

Our annual Academic Awards are a way to say thank you and well done to anyone who has gone above and beyond to improve or support your academic experience this year.

The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday 11 May at The Cube, SUSU Building 42.

If you've been nominated for an award and you'd like to read your nomination in full, please contact our Representation team via repres@soton.ac.uk

This year's award categories are:

Best Impact

Winners

Jason Zhou
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Jingnan Bian
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Iona Bateman
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
Samuel Fry
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Yaviin Jayasoma
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Christopher Hopper
Faculty of Medicine
Amina Omokanye
Faculty of Social Sciences
Arjun Awasthi
Faculty of Social Sciences
Ishani Dasgupta
Faculty of Social Sciences

The Nominees

Alice Robertson
Faculty of Social Sciences
Ava Edwards
Faculty of Social Sciences
Ben Collyer
Faculty of Social Sciences
Jack Pink
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Lottie James
Faculty of Social Sciences
Nora Belkhiter
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sam Miles
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Yi Liu
Faculty of Social Sciences

Best Consultation

Winners

Abdullah Alabdulrazzaq
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Alex Brown
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
Phi Loan Le Chu
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
Mackenzie Calver (Oli)
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Silvia Kho
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Rabia Butt
Faculty of Medicine
Yi Liu
Faculty of Social Sciences

The Nominees

Ava Edwards
Faculty of Social Sciences
Dylan Dodhia
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Jason Zhou
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Phi Loan Le Chu
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
Samuel Fry
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Yaviin Jayasoma
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Best Contribution to the Faculty

Winners

Jiayin Xiang
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Milly Jones
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Will Simmons
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Emily Blackburn
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
Rebecca Would
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
Charlotte Bevan
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Dylan Dodhia
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Ava Edwards
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sophia Pascoe
Faculty of Social Sciences

The Nominees

Jason Zhou
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Laura Smith
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
Nora Belkhiter
Faculty of Social Sciences
Oliver Pick
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Sam Miles
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Samuel Fry
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Shun Wai KWOK (Jessica)
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Tanaka Mbvumira
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Yaviin Jayasoma
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Yi Liu
Faculty of Social Sciences

Best Academic Support

Winners

Emma Laurie
Faculty of Social Sciences
Emma Mackenzie
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Emma Tompkins
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
Giulia Felappi
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Reza Rezazadeh
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Highly Commended

Ian Dawson
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Lindsay O'Connor
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

The Nominees

Ashot Minasyan
Faculty of Social Sciences
Ben Mason
Faculty of Social Sciences
Dina Lupin
Faculty of Social Sciences
Dorrie Chao
Faculty of Social Sciences
Emma Laurie
Faculty of Social Sciences
Emma Mansfield
Faculty of Social Sciences
Fatimah Zainudin
Faculty of Social Sciences
Frederick Nash
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Gary Morris
Faculty of Social Sciences
Hannah Stones
Faculty of Social Sciences
Heather Armstrong
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
Hesham Bassyouny
Faculty of Social Sciences