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The Roaries 2025: winners and finalists

See the Reps and Societies that won awards at The Roaries

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The Roaries 2025, winners announced...

On Friday 4th April, we hosted our annual awards ceremony for Reps and Societies. We'd like to thank all the students who attended, we hope you had a fantastic evening.

In case you missed it, here are your finalists and winners this year:

Course Rep of the Year

This award celebrates a Course Rep from each Faculty who has shown dedication to ensuring the voices of their classmates are raised. They'll have excelled at things like good communication with University and BCUSU staff, and coordinating effectively with their Lead Rep.

Faculty of Arts, Design and

Media (ADM)

Faculty of Computing, Engineering

and the Built Environment (CEBE)

Layali Abdullah

Bea Grzesiczek πŸ…

Hamza Hussain

James Rowley

Jay Starkey

Nishant Bhardwaj

Simranbanu Habibbeg Mirza πŸ…

Joe Paddock

Salim Jamil Sarham

 

Faculty of Business, Law and

Social Sciences (BLSS)

Faculty of Health, Education and

Life Sciences (HELS)

Gia Dhami πŸ…

Vimbai Irene Gwimbi

Kashaf Hashmi

Stacey-Jane Manton

Lily Northall

Marnie Travis

Ruth Allmark πŸ…

Thor-Michel Diamond

Owen Mulligan

Xin Wang

 

 

Lead Rep of the Year

This award celebrates a Lead Rep from each Faculty who has demonstrated a strong commitment to resolving the issues facing students in their College, and delivering quality feedback to improve academic experience at the University.

Faculty of Arts, Design

and Media (ADM)

Faculty of Computing, Engineering

and the Built Environment (CEBE)

Andrey Fjeldstad

Moesha Hares

Amelia Hewitt πŸ…

Bisma Zahid

Isabel Hampton πŸ…

James Lewis

Charnpreet Singh

 

Faculty of Business, Law

and Social Sciences (BLSS)

Faculty of Health, Education

and Life Sciences (HELS)

Craig David

Fegor Edidhala πŸ…

James Lewis

Ben Murphy O'Connor

Shivali Srivastav

Abigail Asare

Isobel Bradshaw πŸ…

Jinal Shah

 

 

PGR Rep of the Year

Associate Dean Award

This award is given to a PGR Rep who has stood out and made a positive impact to students academic experience. This could be by supporting the representation system,and efficiently delivering feedback to their faculty.

This award is chosen by the Associate Dean (Teaching, Education and Student Experience) of each faculty. It will be given to a Course or Lead Rep who has worked with their faculty and shown leaership and dedication to delivering a positive impact on academic experience.

Shameela Ali

Saif Alramahi

Suleiman Alramahi πŸ…

Jessica Whetton

Amelia Hewitt – ADM πŸ…

Oghenefegor Edidhala – BLSS πŸ…

Isabel Hampton – CEBE πŸ…

Deborah Cunningham-Wood – HELS πŸ…

 

Society of the Year

The winning society for each category will have continuously engaged their members with activities and events and actively created a community to inspire the continuation and building of the society year-on-year. 

General Interest & Media

Liberation

BCU Gaming πŸ…

Scratch Radio

Tabletop Gaming

LGBTQ+

Neurodiverse Society πŸ…

People of Colour

 

Academic

Active & Performance

Creative Exchange

Law and Mooting Society

RBC Society πŸ…

BCU Tigers Cheerleading πŸ…

Dance Society

Pole Fitness

 

Faith & Culture

Afro-Caribbean Society (ACS)

Filipino Society

Islamic Society πŸ…

 

Best New Society

Most Improved Society

This award recognises a new society formed, or resurrected, this academic year. The committee will have increased membership numbers, held regular events and built solid foundations for future years.

The winning society will have shown a huge improvement during ths academic year by organising more events, encouraging more members to join, or just making their society a welcoming place to be!

BCU Gaming

BCU Racing

RBC SocietyπŸ…

BCU Tigers Cheerleading πŸ…

Creative Exchange

Neurodiverse Society

 

Society Member of the Year

Society Event of the Year

This award is for a non-committee member who has excelled as part of a society this year.

This award celebrates the best event held by a society - it could be something on campus, off campus or as part of a collab with another group.

Kayla Barnett - Pole Fitness

Rheaben Patel - Scratch Radio

James (Welshie) Rowley - Tabletop Gaming πŸ…

Movember Ball - BCU Tigers Cheerleading πŸ…

Pringles X Super Mario X NSE - BCU Gaming

Pub Quiz - Tabletop Gaming

 

Committee Member of the Year

This award is for a committee member who has excelled as part of a society this year.

Aimee Norrie - BCU Tigers Cheerleading πŸ…

Oliver Phillips - Tabletop Gaming

Kingsley Osuala - Nigerian Society

 

Officer Team Awards

This award is chosen by the BCUSU Officer Team to a Rep, or society member who has excelled this year.

Vice President Academic Experience

Vice President Opportunities & Community

Chosen by Shoukat Mehsud:

Hamila Rahman - Law Society, President πŸ…

Chosen by Harshal Srivastava:

Kavya Sharma - Indian Society, President πŸ…

 

Vice President Equity & Inclusion

Vice President Student Voice

Chosen by Oluwadamilola Iyanda:

Oluchi Divine Chukwuma - People of Colour Society, President πŸ…

Chosen by Ashween Kaur:

Lorenz Dalimot - Course Rep (BLSS) πŸ…

 

Outstanding Contribution

This award is chosen by BCUSU's Activities & Representation Team, celebrating an outstanding achievement by an individual or society during this academic year.

Hassan Faysal - BCU Gaming Society, President πŸ…

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