Students’ Union -Volunteer Awards 2011

Programme Representative Award Winners

Currently, there are approximately 600 Programme Reps at UEL. This year the Students' Union created the UELSU Programme Rep Award to recognise those Programme Reps who have been especially active this year. To qualify, Reps had to attend at least six different events/activities throughout the year, such as the three UELSU training sessions (Induction, Development Skills & Employability), the four General Meetings, the Learning & Teaching Open Space event, the Schools Restructuring consultation events, Programme Committee meetings and School Forum meetings.

Aber Green, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

"Aber is an outstanding student rep. She has always gone the extra mile to ensure that she gathers the views of students and articulates their concerns. She makes an excellent contribution to Field and Programme Committees offering valuable insights into how to improve the student experience"
Penny Bernstock, Field Leader for Sociology

Dorothy Ncube, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

"Dorothy has been an excellent student rep, and has always been extremely conscientious about representing her fellow students and to feedback to the Programme Committee the concerns and views of the students. She is a popular student with staff and students and I know from my own experience that Dorothy is a hugely likeable, warm and thoughtful person with considerable wisdom, integrity and strength in dealing with the demands of the degree and also her responsibilities on behalf of other students."
Dr Candida Yates, Programme Leader for Psychosocial Studies

Elizabeth Snell, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
"Elizabeth Snell is a really good student. She is a bright and warm person and students and staff speak very highly of her - using words like 'reflective', 'warm', 'strong', 'compassionate', 'highly intelligent', and 'a really good listener' to describe her personality. She is an organised and popular student rep and in my role as Programme Leader, I very much value her support and engagement with the programme."
Dr. Candida Yates, Programme Leader for Psychosocial Studies

Esohe David-Mack, School of Health and Biosciences
"Esohe's opinions have always been considered highly by all of us because we know that her criticism is constructive, while at the same time she is ready to acknowledge our efforts to run a Programme which can improve students' learning experience. She has her own as well as other students' experience at heart, and this was confirmed by her attendance and participation in our Committee Meetings. I sincerely thank her for all the help"
Dr. Claudio Scotti, Programme Leader for Biomedical Science

Hannah Dawn Pryke, Royal Docks Business School
"Hannah is a great Programme Rep. She always goes the extra mile to ensure that she gathers the views of students and voices their concerns. She makes excellent contributions to her School Forum, offering valuable insights into how to enhance the student experience."
Nishaant Kumar, Representation Assistant, UELSU

Kulvinder Khalsey, School of Computing. Information Technology and Engineering
"Kulvinder makes an enormous contribution to the IT degree as a student representative. She takes her job very seriously and provides a brilliant role model for her peers when necessary. She always attend our Programme Committee meetings and any training sessions designed for the reps. I am delighted that she has been chosen for this award and I look forward to her continuing support for our degree."
Nanda Bandyopadhyay, Programme Leader for Information Technology

Leighton Maine, School of Computing. Information Technology and Engineering
"He has always been a very helpful and resourceful young man who represents his peers confidently."
Devon Bennett, Programme Leader for Information Security Systems

Lynella Rene, School of Health and Biosciences
"Lynella's opinions have always been considered highly by all of us because we know that their criticism is constructive, while at the same time she is ready to acknowledge our efforts to run a Programme which can improve students' learning experience. She has her own as well as other students' experience at heart, and this was confirmed by her attendance and participation in our Committee Meetings. I sincerely thank her for all the help"
Dr. Claudio Scotti, Programme Leader for Biomedical Science

Nicholas Azinas, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
"Nicolas has been one of the most active Programme Reps this year, taking up many, if not most of the opportunities available to him. His enthusiasm and willingness to get involved have made him one of the most deserved recipients of this award."
Yousuf Joondan, Democratic Services Co-ordinator, UELSU

Rebekah Peter, School of Computing. Information Technology and Engineering
"Rebekah always goes out of her way to attend meetings and making sure that the voice of the students is heard loud and clear. Her enthusiasm and willingness to contribute towards the enhancement of the student experience is commendable."
Nishaant Kumar, Representation Assistant, UELSU

Sonal Devsi, Cass School of Education
"Sonal has been keen to ensure that students views and concerns are heard and that they have a real voice. Sonal's cheerful nature and willingness to help is a bonus. Sonal always goes the extra mile and this is very much appreciated".
Trace Trimmer-Platman, Programme Leader for Youth Studies

Vusa Nkomo, School of Humanities & Social Sciences
"It's been an absolute pleasure working with Vusa this year. He regularly goes above and beyond what is asked of him and is always willing to fill in for others, as he realises how crucial the student voice is at UEL. University colleagues have often spoken highly of Vusa's contributions in meetings and of his enthusiasm for improving the University."
Yousuf Joondan, Democratic Services Co-ordinator, UELSU

Sarah Ibrahim, Royal Docks Business School
"Sarah has represented her fellow students at both School and University level. She has offered positive feedback and forwarded students' concerns about their programme at Programme Committee meetings. Congratulations to Sarah and thank you for your contribution. We wish you all the best for your future studies and hope that you will retain your role as a Programme Rep next year."
Dr. Petra Glover, Programme Leader for International Tourism Management

Maxine Beckford, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
"Whilst Maxine is still only in her first year, she has already made a huge impact not only on the programme but also on the wider University. She has been tireless from the beginning about organising students and seeking to improve their experience. She has not been shy of controversy sometimes in pointing out that students do sometimes have to pull their weight to improve everyone's experience of University! She has the very sincere thanks of the students and staff in the Psychosocial Studies field"
Dr. David Jones, Field Leader for Psychosocial Studies

Hilja Roivainen, School of Architecture and Visual Arts
"This year Hilja has been, without doubt, the most active Postgraduate Programme Rep. She can always be relied on to turn up and represent her fellow students well. In addition, Hilja has really made the most of the training opportunities available to her this year, which is always the sign of a great Programme Rep."
Yousuf Joondan, Democratic Services Co-ordinator, UELSU

Societies Awards

 
Best Society Organiser

Law and Criminology – Gold
Femi Senu – “He has surely done a great job and has made a significant difference in Duncan House following the success of the Law and Criminology students Society. He not only managed to choose and set up an amazing executive team (despite of difficulties) but continually carried on giving birth to new better and better ideas as to the society. His enthusiastic is great and it’s priceless!” – Ivana Petkova

International Development – Silver
Caroline Dalton – “Caroline is very supportive and does her best to enable students to undertake additional work/attend events relevant to their studies. The effort and time Caroline has given in addition to her own workload is honourable.”- Alex Townsend-Drake.

Islamic – Bronze
Kamil Ullah – “Kamil has organised plenty of events for students from all backgrounds. also because the community, not just students were allowed to attend some events which were educational and also rewarding- like the charity week” – Nebeela Sanaullah

Best New Society

Hellenic – Gold
They have done many and great things this year. One of the best being is the UEL Hellenic radio, and much more such as the Greek language courses which are going to start from September 2011 etc).

Law and Criminology – Silver
They have organised many helpful, interactive events also the revision groups they have started are doing great and has been very helpful for.

LGBT – Bronze
“The LGBT Society here at UEL recently won the National Union of Students Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Society Development Award for the most improved society in the country! They received the award at the NUS LGBT Conference in Sheffield which took place from the 6th to the 8th of May.” – Cameron Akitt

Best Event
Psychology – Gold
“The organising committee have worked tirelessly to make a difference to the student experience of students across UEL and have been formally recognised in Academic Review. An outstanding society!” – Chris Pawson

The Finance and Investment Society – Silver
The society organised an event with the local MP Stephen Timms. This event tuck 6 months in the organising, MP Timms, came to the university to talk to a small group of FIS members about their concerns about what is important to them. The event enabled students to talk about issues such as student’s fees, the local community, the Olympics and other topics.

Islamic Society – Bronze
“Charity week- raised way more than our target which was amazing (over £12500 for orphans worldwide- charity was Human Relief Foundation), also because all week not only students but the community all contributed generously and there was a talk and dinner at the end for those who wanted to learn about the importance of giving charity in Islam.
2) The annual dinner on 1st April, lots of people attended and the ISOC managed to coordinate well, there were plenty of volunteers and speaking to some of the visitors that night, and many enjoyed the evening. –“ Nabeela Sanaullah

Best Overall Society

Law & Criminology –Gold
Started with over 30 members in September last year. Now with over 190 members, making it the largest academic society. The society is run by a president, six vice presidents and members who are always there to volunteer themselves during our events. The society has held three outstanding events with over 100s in attendance during the academic year, as well as creating relationships with other societies and students of other disciplines.

International Development – Silver
A pro-active and engaging society whose efforts have attracted guest speakers from organisations and publications. They have organised and funded trips for students to attend conferences in Brussels and Florence, whilst supporting others with individual goals. Even at the close of the semester they have organised an event at the House of Lords with a high profile speaker. The society enables students to maximise their potential whilst providing a close group of peers who can all help each other. They deserve to be recognised.

Finance and Investment –Bronze
The FIS has worked hard to give their members the best opportunities over the last two. Last semester they did a work shop with CIMA, which lead to a sponsorship of £300, guaranteed events, one of which is a networking event that will involve CIMA inviting people from the business world to interact with the society’s members. They were also instrumental in the organisation of the London Stock Exchange trip. Their committee has worked hard to foster links with the Business School and staff in the Employability office so their members, as well as outside contacts, all in an effort to give the most to their members.

 
Community Volunteering Award Winners
All of these students have taken the time out to help the community in some way or another from 2010; some have also worked on specific projects such as – “My Saturday” a group of students gave up their Saturday as part of the Project, to help paint part of the 1 a etc community centre. The Saturday project also saw students giving a helping hand in the local community at the Thornton Road Allotments. A patch needed to be cleared so that the residents could start using the allotments.

Volunteer Awards
Catherine Adeola - Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Khadijah Bibi Alam – Participation in “My Story” Project 2010/11
Benjamin Aleyakpo – Volunteering in the Community
Nasir Ali – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Adizah Bah – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Nilam Bhad – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Hannah Binley - Volunteering in the Community2010/11
Divine Bonsu – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Nida Bushra – Mind in Newham 2010/11
Tania Cyrena Cyrus – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Hakim Dada – My Saturday Project 2010/11
Sonal Devsi – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Rebecca Ekundayo – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Dena Hamza - My Saturday Project 2010/11
Nonso Ibeachu - Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Andrew Uche Iriele – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Petra Jonson – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Mahawa Kamara – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Bindu Kanakmedala – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Natasha Khan – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Ayesha Khanom - Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Soleha Khawar – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Natasha Kevat - Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Sushil Kumar – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Maria Kyriacou - Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Carrielyn Leong – JUMP! The World Record for the longest Photo 2010/11
Rushna Mehboob - Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Victor Momoh – JUMP! The World Record for the longest Photo 2010/11
Maina Sharma – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Albert Seow – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Glenda Simone – Participation in “My Story” Project 2010/11
Stefano Sirrani – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Kemi Tijami – Participation in “My Story” Project 2010/11
Egbe Priestly – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Alan Watson – Volunteering in the Community 2010/11
Saffron Whitehead – JUMP! Word Record for the longest Photo 2010/11