UGS Postgraduate Community Champion Award

 The UGS Postgraduate Community Champion Award recognises the contribution of a current UoB postgraduate to their postgraduate community. Nominations can be made by another postgraduate student (PGT or PGR) or a staff member (professional services or academic) for an outstanding contribution to postgraduate events, experience, or representation. Nominees might be a Student Rep, UGS Scholar, Student Content Shaper, a regular organiser of postgraduate events, or responsible for postgraduate projects and development. 

To be eligible, you must be a current UoB postgraduate (PGT or PGR) in June 2024, and nominated by a current UoB postgraduate student or member of staff for actions undertaken in the 2023-24 academic year. The winner will receive a £100 cash prize. 

The UGS PG Community Ambassador Award is now open for nominations. Please submit your nomination by 11:59pm on the 15 April 2024.  It is advisable to read the nomination guidance notes prior to submitting a nomination. 

 

What are the criteria for the award?


The PG must be a registered current postgraduate at the time of nomination and award (February-June 2024).

For the 2024 award, the PG must be nominated for work undertaken in the 2023-2024 academic year.

Nominations can be made for any current postgraduate taught student (PGT) or postgraduate researcher (PGR), for work benefiting the PGT community, PGR community, or PG community as a whole.

The nomination should be guided by:

1. The nominee’s demonstrable enthusiasm for postgraduate community engagement and for supporting their peers.

2. A record of measurable impact and success in their representation and/or support of their postgraduate community.

Examples of possible nominees might be an outstanding Student Rep or Postgraduate Research Rep, UGS Scholar, Student Content Shaper, or a postgraduate who had contributed significantly to postgraduate events and/or projects while at the University

 If you have any questions about the process, please email graduateschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk. 

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