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)
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Faculty of Computing, Engineering
and the Built Environment (CEBE)
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Layali Abdullah
Bea Grzesiczek π
Hamza Hussain
James Rowley
Jay Starkey
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Nishant Bhardwaj
Simranbanu Habibbeg Mirza π
Joe Paddock
Salim Jamil Sarham
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Faculty of Business, Law and
Social Sciences (BLSS)
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Faculty of Health, Education and
Life Sciences (HELS)
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Gia Dhami π
Vimbai Irene Gwimbi
Kashaf Hashmi
Stacey-Jane Manton
Lily Northall
Marnie Travis
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Ruth Allmark π
Thor-Michel Diamond
Owen Mulligan
Xin Wang
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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)
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Faculty of Computing, Engineering
and the Built Environment (CEBE)
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Andrey Fjeldstad
Moesha Hares
Amelia Hewitt π
Bisma Zahid
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Isabel Hampton π
James Lewis
Charnpreet Singh
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Faculty of Business, Law
and Social Sciences (BLSS)
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Faculty of Health, Education
and Life Sciences (HELS)
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Craig David
Fegor Edidhala π
James Lewis
Ben Murphy O'Connor
Shivali Srivastav
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Abigail Asare
Isobel Bradshaw π
Jinal Shah
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PGR Rep of the Year
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Associate Dean Award
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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.
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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.
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Shameela Ali
Saif Alramahi
Suleiman Alramahi π
Jessica Whetton
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Amelia Hewitt – ADM π
Oghenefegor Edidhala – BLSS π
Isabel Hampton – CEBE π
Deborah Cunningham-Wood – HELS π
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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
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Liberation
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BCU Gaming π
Scratch Radio
Tabletop Gaming
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LGBTQ+
Neurodiverse Society π
People of Colour
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Academic
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Active & Performance
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Creative Exchange
Law and Mooting Society
RBC Society π
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BCU Tigers Cheerleading π
Dance Society
Pole Fitness
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Faith & Culture
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Afro-Caribbean Society (ACS)
Filipino Society
Islamic Society π
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Best New Society
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Most Improved Society
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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.
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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!
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BCU Gaming
BCU Racing
RBC Societyπ
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BCU Tigers Cheerleading π
Creative Exchange
Neurodiverse Society
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Society Member of the Year
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Society Event of the Year
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This award is for a non-committee member who has excelled as part of a society this year.
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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.
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Kayla Barnett - Pole Fitness
Rheaben Patel - Scratch Radio
James (Welshie) Rowley - Tabletop Gaming π
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Movember Ball - BCU Tigers Cheerleading π
Pringles X Super Mario X NSE - BCU Gaming
Pub Quiz - Tabletop Gaming
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Committee Member of the Year
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This award is for a committee member who has excelled as part of a society this year.
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Aimee Norrie - BCU Tigers Cheerleading π
Oliver Phillips - Tabletop Gaming
Kingsley Osuala - Nigerian Society
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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
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Vice President Opportunities & Community
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Chosen by Shoukat Mehsud:
Hamila Rahman - Law Society, President π
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Chosen by Harshal Srivastava:
Kavya Sharma - Indian Society, President π
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Vice President Equity & Inclusion
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Vice President Student Voice
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Chosen by Oluwadamilola Iyanda:
Oluchi Divine Chukwuma - People of Colour Society, President π
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Chosen by Ashween Kaur:
Lorenz Dalimot - Course Rep (BLSS) π
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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 π