Congratulations to all of our Student Engagement Award-winners and thanks to everyone who joined us on Thursday 5th October 2023 for the Awards ceremony, which took place at our 20th birthday celebration event! #sparqs20years
The Awards ceremony was superbly hosted by Sir Andrew Cubie, chair of the sparqs Trustee Board. Congratulations to everyone who won a prize and huge thanks to everyone who took the time to submit entries. Thanks also to sector colleagues from our Joint Advisory Group, for being part of our two judging panels and making the difficult decisions across all the categories.
More information on the awards in general can be found on our 2023 Awards webpage.
Click on the heading links below to access details and photos of the winning entries in each category! We are developing more detailed case studies about the winning entries, which will be published in due course, so watch this space!.
And the winners are....
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Award 1: A New Initiative in Partnership
Winner:
IMPS sports day
~ Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences Outreach Team, The University of Edinburgh
Runner-up:
Protecting Students’ Academic Integrity
~ City of Glasgow College, CitySA
Shortlisted:
Student Quality Panel Member Scheme
~ Edinburgh Napier University
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Award 2: An Established Initiative in Partnership
Winner:
UWS Student Partnership Forum
~ University of the West of Scotland / UWS Student Union
Runner-up:
UHI / HISA Student Partnership Agreement
~ Highlands and Islands Students’ Association
Shortlisted:
City of Glasgow College Class Rep System
~ City of Glasgow College, CitySA
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Award 3: Outstanding Academic Representative
Winner:
Megan McClellan ~ City of Glasgow College Students’ Association
Runner-up:
Kellyann McGraith ~ New College Lanarkshire Students’ Association
Shortlisted:
Alexandra Knoblauch ~ The School of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh
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Award 4: Outstanding Staff Member
Winner:
Robin Chandler ~ West College Scotland
Runner-up:
Scott Carle ~ Aberdeen University Students’ Association
Shortlisted:
Andrew Kinnell ~ Forth Valley College Students’ Association
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Award 5: Sustainability in the Learning Experience
Winner:
A Better Tomorrow Competition
~ City of Glasgow College Students’ Association
Runner-up:
Foundation Apprentices Business Skills Food Waste Workshop
~ UHI Inverness
Shortlisted:
Innovative approach to sustainability
~ Glasgow Kelvin College & Glasgow Kelvin College Students’ Association
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Award 6: Diverse Voices
Winner:
Virtual Internships for Underrepresented Students - exploring opportunities for student co-creation and partnership
~ The Open University in Scotland
Runner-up:
Inclusive Survey Supports Student Voice
~ Fife College
Shortlisted:
Engaging FCSA Prison-Based Members
~ Fife College Students Association, and Fife College Learning and Skills Team
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Award 7: Digital Partnership
Winner:
Co-creation of a narrative digital artefact to support development of anti-racist curricula
~ Edinburgh Napier University
Runner-up:
Teams Reps
~ New College Lanarkshire Students’ Association
Shortlisted:
Promoting Student-Staff Partnership through the Student Digital Scholar Role
~ Glasgow Caledonian University
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Congratulations to everyone!
