The SU Awards Season, sponsored by Canvas, recognises student engagement with the Students’ Union over the past year. The awards season celebrates both student and staff achievements across all of our colleges, campus locations, sports and society groups. Winners of selected awards will be invited to a dinner in April to wrap up the awards season with one final celebration, which we're really excited for!

As a student, winning an award or being shortlisted is a fantastic way to get recognised for all your hard work, stand out from the crowd and showcase your achievements to potential employers. For staff, it's an opportunity to reflect on the impact you have on students' experiences, and feel proud of the work you do. The ceremonies are some of our favourite events of the year, packed with positivity, support for each other and lots of food, drinks and live performances!

Here's all the info you need to get involved with the awards season this year...
 

What awards ceremonies are taking place?

The ceremonies we are hosting are...

• Staff Awards – Coventry University and CU Coventry
  Monday 24 March - nominations open from 21 February to 5 March
   
• Student Voice Awards – Coventry University and CU Coventry
  Tuesday 25 March - nominations open from 21 February to 5 March
   
• Sport Awards – Coventry University and CU Coventry
  Wednesday 26 March - nominations open from 21 February to 5 March
   
• Activities Awards – Coventry University and CU Coventry
  Thursday 27 March - nominations open from 21 February to 5 March
   
• CU London Greenwich Awards
  Monday 24 March - nominations open from 21 February to 5 March
   
• Coventry University London Awards
  Tuesday 25 March - nominations open from 21 February to 5 March
   
• CU Scarborough Awards
  Tuesday 25 March - nominations open from 21 February to 5 March
   
• CU London Dagenham Awards 
  Thursday 27 March - nominations open from 21 February to 5 March
   

What awards are available?

There are so many awards available so we won't list them all here, but you can find the details on our individual awards pages. For the Student Voice Awards they range from rep awards like Rep of the Year, to Rep Volunteer of the Year. For activities we'll be awarding the best societies in each area, community impact, Volunteer of the Year and more. Sport Coventry will be recognising the most improved clubs, as well as rewarding online engagement, online presence and the achievements of both teams and individual athletes. In London and Scarborough we'll be celebrating academic and professional services staff members, as well as student reps. In short, there really is something for everyone, so if you know someone who has gone above and beyond in their area, chances are there will be an award you can put them forward for!
 

How do the nominations work?

Any student or staff member can nominate themself, or others, for an award via our simple online nomination forms. 
When submitting a nomination we ask for as much detail as possible. Remember to give all the requested details of who you're nominating and most importantly why you feel they deserve to be recognised. 

Nominations are shared with our carefully selected panels who will shortlist a handful of successful students for each award. Students and staff who are successfully shortlisted will receive an email invite to attend the relevant ceremony for the award they have been shortlisted for. 
 

What happens at the ceremonies?

The ceremonies will differ slightly depending on which one you go to, but they will all be special in their own way and will feature food, drinks, maybe some performances and definitely lots of proud acceptance speeches. If you've been shortlisted for an award, we suggest you prepare a short speech so you're prepared if you win! There will be people taking photos so have your best smiles ready too!

You can find out more about all the awards and submit your nominations at yoursu.org/awards.

We can't wait to celebrate with you over the next couple of months!