Categories and Criteria

The person who encourages you to achieve your best results possible, a true pastoral guide to your academic achievement. Staff you might nominate: Personal Tutor, PhD Mentor, Peer Support; this includes support from PGT and PGR students for undergraduates in taught programmes. It is expected that each academic college will produce an Award for “College Star” including the Doctoral College.

The teacher who encourages you to go beyond your limits and engages you in a subject at a level which you didn’t expect. Staff you might nominate: Lecturer, Seminar Leader (includes PhD students who are teaching assistants and lab techs) – anyone who teaches, including specialist delivery like the Researcher Development programme for PhD students. It is expected that each academic college will produce an Award for “Inspirational Teaching” including the Doctoral College where there are sufficient quality nominations to form a short-list.

The Supervisor who engages your interest in research methods or research topics beyond the level you expected to achieve. Staff you might nominate: Supervisors of research projects at every level, including Dissertations at undergraduate and masters level, and Thesis work at PhD. It is expected that each academic college will produce an Award for “College Star” including the Doctoral College.

The staff member in your discipline or academic college or Hub service who remembers your name, has a smile for you and keeps you going when the going gets tough! Staff you might nominate: Any staff, in any function including teaching and administrative. This award is for any University staff member who gives localised service which enables students to really get the most out of their education experience. It is expected that each academic college will produce an Award for “College Star” including the Doctoral College. .

Any member of staff across the entire organisation who has gone the “extra mile” to make a major difference to your individual student experience. Staff you might nominate: The person who ‘saved’ your degree! Any staff, in any function including teaching and administrative, and the two Students’ Unions, without whom you would have considered binning the whole thing off. It is expected that each campus will produce an Award for “Extra Mile,” including St Luke’s, Penryn and Streatham.