Academic Awards 2023

Our annual Academic Awards are a way to say thank you and well done to anyone who has gone above and beyond to improve or support your academic experience this year.

The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday 11 May at The Cube, SUSU Building 42.

If you've been nominated for an award and you'd like to read your nomination in full, please contact our Representation team via repres@soton.ac.uk

This year's award categories are:

Best Contribution to Your Faculty
Best Consultation
Best Academic Impact
Best Pastoral Support
Best Academic Support
Most Engaging Lecturer

Best Impact

Winners

Jason Zhou
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Jingnan Bian
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Iona Bateman
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Samuel Fry
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Yaviin Jayasoma
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Christopher Hopper
Faculty of Medicine

Amina Omokanye
Faculty of Social Sciences

Arjun Awasthi
Faculty of Social Sciences

Ishani Dasgupta
Faculty of Social Sciences

The Nominees

Alice Robertson
Faculty of Social Sciences

Ava Edwards
Faculty of Social Sciences

Ben Collyer
Faculty of Social Sciences

Jack Pink
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Lottie James
Faculty of Social Sciences

Nora Belkhiter
Faculty of Social Sciences

Sam Miles
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Yi Liu
Faculty of Social Sciences

Best Consultation

Winners

Abdullah Alabdulrazzaq
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Alex Brown
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Phi Loan Le Chu
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Mackenzie Calver (Oli)
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Silvia Kho
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Rabia Butt
Faculty of Medicine

Yi Liu
Faculty of Social Sciences

The Nominees

Ava Edwards
Faculty of Social Sciences

Dylan Dodhia
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Jason Zhou
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Phi Loan Le Chu
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Samuel Fry
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Yaviin Jayasoma
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Best Contribution to the Faculty

Winners

Jiayin Xiang
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Milly Jones
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Will Simmons
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Emily Blackburn
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Rebecca Would
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Charlotte Bevan
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Dylan Dodhia
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Ava Edwards
Faculty of Social Sciences

Sophia Pascoe
Faculty of Social Sciences

The Nominees

Jason Zhou
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Laura Smith
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Nora Belkhiter
Faculty of Social Sciences

Oliver Pick
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Sam Miles
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Samuel Fry
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Shun Wai KWOK (Jessica)
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Tanaka Mbvumira
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Yaviin Jayasoma
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Yi Liu
Faculty of Social Sciences

Best Academic Support

Winners

Emma Laurie
Faculty of Social Sciences

Emma Mackenzie
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Emma Tompkins
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Giulia Felappi
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Reza Rezazadeh
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Highly Commended

Ian Dawson
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Lindsay O'Connor
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

The Nominees

Ashot Minasyan
Faculty of Social Sciences

Ben Mason
Faculty of Social Sciences

Dina Lupin
Faculty of Social Sciences

Dorrie Chao
Faculty of Social Sciences

Emma Laurie
Faculty of Social Sciences

Emma Mansfield
Faculty of Social Sciences

Fatimah Zainudin
Faculty of Social Sciences

Frederick Nash
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Gary Morris
Faculty of Social Sciences

Hannah Stones
Faculty of Social Sciences

Heather Armstrong
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Hesham Bassyouny
Faculty of Social Sciences

Jackie Campbell
Faculty of Social Sciences

Jiayin Xiang
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Lakshi Doorgakunt
Faculty of Social Sciences

Leo Onaran
Faculty of Social Sciences

Mark Chapman
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Nawfal Fadhel
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Rocchina Covucci
Faculty of Social Sciences

Roy Edwards
Faculty of Social Sciences

Sarah Morris
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Sarah Stevenage
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

SBS Placement Team
Faculty of Social Sciences

Tanay Gandhi
Faculty of Social Sciences

Most Engaging Lecturer

Winners

Amgad Sbayeh
Faculty of Medicine

Julian Pearce
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Mohamed Torbati
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Rocchina Covucci
Faculty of Social Sciences

Will McNeill
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Highly Commended

Alex Dickinson
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Guido Maiello
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Jim Anderson
Faculty of Social Sciences

Shan Wang
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

The Nominees

Alan Sanderson
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Anne Mcbride
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Athina Thoma
Faculty of Social Sciences

Ben Mason
Faculty of Social Sciences

Brian Hracs
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Chaitanya Paruchuri
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Chris Armstrong
Faculty of Social Sciences

Claire Hart
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Cora Sargeant
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Corina Cirstea
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

David Gammack
Faculty of Social Sciences

Dorrie Chao
Faculty of Social Sciences

Emma Mackenzie
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Erich Graf
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Filippo Fazi
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Glyn Hicks
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Graham Baxendale
Faculty of Social Sciences

Hesham Bassyouny
Faculty of Social Sciences

Jayne Morriss
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Joan Mahoney
Faculty of Social Sciences

Josh Pollard
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Kurt Sylvan
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Lakshi Doorgakunt
Faculty of Social Sciences

Lee Walters
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Leonora Onaran
Faculty of Social Sciences

Luke Myers
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Maria Kaparou
Faculty of Social Sciences

Mark Telford
Faculty of Social Sciences

Michael Williams
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Nouha Saber
Faculty of Social Sciences

Oscar Campos-Dias
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Rebecca Limb
Faculty of Social Sciences

Roy Edwards
Faculty of Social Sciences

Sarah Parsons
Faculty of Social Sciences

Simon Kemp
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Best Pastoral Support

Winners

Athina Thoma
Faculty of Social Sciences

Hettie Malcomson
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Jana Kreppner
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

John Holloway
Faculty of Medicine

Sarah Morris
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Highly Commended

Christian Lewis
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Eluned Pickup
Faculty of Social Sciences

Giacomo Squicciarini
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Helen Carr
Faculty of Social Sciences

Jo Kileff
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

The Nominees

Chris Freeman
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Christoph Witzel
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Emma Laurie
Faculty of Social Sciences

Hayward Godwin
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Hesham Bassyouny
Faculty of Social Sciences

Holly Conroy
Faculty of Social Sciences

Jan Steele
Faculty of Social Sciences

Kate Parks
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Rocchina Covucci
Faculty of Social Sciences

Russell Bentley
Faculty of Social Sciences

Sarah Stevenage
Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences

Traute Meyer
Faculty of Social Sciences