Rep Awards

The Guild and University of Birmingham are proud to once again present Rep Awards – a chance to celebrate all the hard work and outstanding achievements of students and staff involved within the Student Representation System.

Rep Awards are judged using a set of judging criteria to help inform your nomination. The results of Rep Awards will be announced during our in-person Rep Awards ceremony in May, so keep an eye out on your emails and on our Guild social media channels for more details!!

Do you know anyone that you feel deserves to be recognised for a Rep Award? Have a look through the list of awards and submit a nomination! If you’re a student, you can log into the Guild website and click ‘Nominate Now’ to submit your nomination for the relevant Award(s). If you’re a member of staff, please download and complete the ‘External Nomination Form’ and email it to studentreps@guild.bham.ac.uk before nominations close.

There are 15 awards over 7 categories, and nominations have been EXTENDED and are now open until 4PM, Friday 31st March. Please read our FAQs below for more information, or email studentreps@guild.bham.ac.uk.

What are the categories?

The awards are:

Outstanding Student Rep (UG and PGT combined) – 1 for each of the colleges (5x awards)
Outstanding PGR Rep - 1 for each of the colleges (5x awards)
Outstanding college rep – 1x award
Outstanding school rep – 1x award

The above awards are all scored using the ‘Outstanding Rep Award’ criteria

Outstanding Staff Support – 1x award (can be a team of staff I think)
Best Rep Impact – 1 award (can be given to a group of reps)
Rep of the Year – 1 award (Not open to nomination –previous Rep of the Month Winners are automatic nominees)

What happens next?

Once nominations have closed, all fully completed nominations will be anonymised by our team and sent to scoring panels who will impartially score nominations against our criteria.

Our winner’s panels will select the final winners for each award, using the scores given. We will then get in contact with nominees for further information regarding next steps.

Can I nominate myself?

Yes, and we really encourage you to do so! We want to hear from you about the amazing work you’ve been up to as a Rep this year.

Can I see the judging criteria?

Yes, you can download the judging criteria document here.

Can I download the external nomination form?

You can download the external nomination form here.

Once completed, please email to studentreps@guild.bham.ac.uk

The Rep Award Categories Are:

Outstanding Student Rep
x5 (one for each college)

NB: This award is open to course-level Student Reps who are on Undergraduate or Postgraduate Taught programmes

This award recognises a Student Representative that has had a positive impact on the students they represent.

Nominees should focus on how the student representative gathered feedback and how they acted on it to create positive change for their fellow students.

Nominate Now External Nomination Form

Outstanding PGR Rep
x5 (one for each college)

NB: This award is open to programme-level PGR Reps who are on Postgraduate Research programmes

This award recognises a Postgraduate Researcher Representative that has had a positive impact on the PGRs they represent.

Nominees should focus on how the PGR rep gathered feedback and worked to bring about positive changes for the wider PGR community.

Nominate Now External Nomination Form

Outstanding College Rep

NB: This award is open to College-level Representatives, who are usually elected and attend College or University-wide committees

This award recognises a College Representative that has had a positive impact within the College they represent.

Nominees should focus on how the College Representative gathered feedback from School and Student Representatives and how they acted on this feedback to bring about change.

Nominate Now External Nomination Form

Outstanding School Rep

NB: This award is open to School-level Representatives, who are usually elected and attend School committees

This award recognises a School Representative that has had a positive impact within the School they represent.

Nominees should focus on how the School Representative gathered feedback from Student Representatives and how they acted on it to bring about or lobby for change.

Nominate Now External Nomination Form