Union Awards 2026 Shortlists | Imperial College Union

We're excited to announce our shortlisted nominees for the 2026 Union Awards.

We want to again congratulate and acknowledge all the amazing student volunteers, representatives, committee members and staff members who have been nominated for a 2026 Union Award and thank them for everything they do to make Imperial a better place.

We’d love to celebrate with you all at this year’s Union Awards on Friday 29 May. Tickets are free and make sure to RSVP here. All members of the Imperial community and guests of Imperial are welcome to attend.

You can view all nominees here.

Here are your shortlisted nominees for the 2026 Union Awards:

Student and Joint Awards

Campaign of the Year

Housing Initiative in Life Sciences - Sally Suchanek
Disability History Month - Amy Lloyd-Evans
Black History Month - Comfort Oluwakoya

Club or Society of the Year

Taekwondo
ICSM Water Polo
Teddy Bear Hospital
ICSM Boat

Event of the Year

RSM Mascot Centenary
ICSM RAG Fashion Show
RCSU Alumni Career Panels

Inclusivity Award

Nadeen Daka
Imperial Medical Women's Federation Society
Charlotte Bailey

Most Improved Club or Society of the Year

Padel
TEDx
MedTech
Prosthetics

New Club or Society of the Year

MedTech
Bioeng Society
Padel
Medical Women's Federation
Sign Language

PG Representative of the Year

Shedrack Nwaokocha
Philippe de Saint-Seine
Dawood Khan

Student and Staff Partnership Award

Emily Wagner (Faculty of Medicine) & Martina Fisk (Student Support Coordinator)
Julia Mitra (Department of Chemical Engineering) & Jess Money (Sustainability Engagement staff)
Shedrack Nwaokocha (School of Public Health) & MOVE Imperial

Sustainability Award

Marketa Simkova
Julia Mitra

UG Academic Representative of the Year

Elaine Ng
Shimona Clington Fernando
Yeline Idir
Safaa Qazi
Rama Aowidah

UG Wellbeing Representative of the Year

Iolanthe Georghiou
Kevin Jang
Aatmaananda Nagar Nayak

Staff Awards

Outstanding Contribution to Student Community and Wellbeing

Vijesh Bhute
Chandler Bray
Nivethitha Ganapathiram

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

Ayham Al-Saffar
Matt Scott
Binghuan Li

Outstanding Personal Tutoring

Audrey Gaulard
David Mann
Julia Schroeder

Outstanding Professional Support Staff

Luke Degun
Rebecca Middleton
Joanna Fownes
Paschal Egan

Outstanding Research Supervision

Vaclav Pavlicek
Pierre Pinson
Elena Dieckmann

Outstanding Teaching

Fangce Guo
Pietro Ferraro
Julie Hoang

Congratulations to all those shortlisted and we can’t wait to find out our awardees on the night!

Union Colours and Union Fellowship awardees will be announced on the night of the event.