Union Awards 2026 Winners
Category
Union updates
Date
29 may 2026
Author
Imperial College Union
Read Time
3 min
Congratulations to our 2026 Union Awards winners!
It was amazing to see the Imperial community come together and recognise all our outstanding volunteers, students and staff. We want to give a huge thank you to everyone who came along and celebrated with us!
Congratulations again to all our winners and nominees! Your hard work and dedication, and impact is what makes our Imperial community so special and we loved celebrating this with you all.
You can find out your 2026 Union Awards winners below.
Staff Awards
Outstanding Contribution to Student Community and Wellbeing
Winner:
- Nivethitha Ganapathiram
Shortlisted:
- Chandler Bray
- Vijesh Bhute
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
Winner:
- Ayham Al-Saffar
Shortlisted:
- Matt Scott
- Binghuan Li
Outstanding Personal Tutoring
Winner:
- Julia Schroeder
Shortlisted:
- Audrey Gaulard
- David Mann
Outstanding Professional Support Staff
Winner:
- Rebecca Middleton
Shortlisted:
- Luke Degun
- Joanna Fownes
- Paschal Egan
Outstanding Research Supervision
Winner:
- Vaclav Pavlicek
Shortlisted:
- Pierre Pinson
- Elena Dieckmann
Outstanding Teaching
Winner:
- Fangce Guo
Shortlisted:
- Pietro Ferraro
- Julie Hoang
Student and Joint Awards
Campaign of the Year
Winner:
- Disability History Month - Amy Lloyd-Evans
Shortlisted:
- Housing Initiative in Life Sciences - Sally Suchanek
- Black History Month - Comfort Oluwakoya
Club or Society of the Year
Winner:
- Taekwondo
Shortlisted:
- ICSM Water Polo
- Teddy Bear Hospital
- ICSM Boat
Event of the Year
Winner:
- ICSM RAG Fashion Show
Shortlisted:
- RSM Mascot Centenary
- RCSU Alumni Career Panels
Inclusivity Award
Winner:
- Imperial Medical Women's Federation Society
Shortlisted:
- Nadeen Daka
- Charlotte Bailey
Most Improved Club or Society of the Year
Winner:
- Prosthetics
Shortlisted:
- Padel
- TEDx
- MedTech
New Club or Society of the Year
Winner:
- Imperial Medical Women's Federation Society
PG Representative of the Year
Winner:
- Shedrack Nwaokocha
Shortlisted:
- Philippe de Saint-Seine
- Dawood Khan
Student and Staff Partnership Award
Winner:
- Emily Wagner (Faculty of Medicine) & Martina Fisk (Student Support Coordinator)
Shortlisted:
- Julia Mitra (Department of Chemical Engineering) & Jess Money (Sustainability Engagement staff)
- Shedrack Nwaokocha (School of Public Health) & MOVE Imperial
Sustainability Award
Winner:
- Julia Mitra
Shortlisted:
- Marketa Simkova
UG Academic Representative of the Year
Winner:
- Yeline Idir
Shortlisted:
- Elaine Ng
- Shimona Clington Fernando
- Safaa Qazi
- Rama Aowidah
UG Wellbeing Representative of the Year
Winner:
- Iolanthe Georghiou
Shortlisted:
- Kevin Jang
- Ishita Anand
Individual Awards
Union Colours
Aden Ho
Aidan Madge
Amelia Farrow-Foster
Amy Curry
Angie Qiao
Anisa Price
Apollo Yang
Aryan Swarnakar
Isaac Cowley
Jack Swires
Jacob Eyre
Janushana Sutharsan
Julia Mitra
Katia Zykova
Kevin Jang
Lair Hanzen Argentin
Nina Khadra
Poppy Valerie-Walker
Rama Aowidah
Rhian Li
Thurston Blount
Tom Edwards
Yongmin Ju
Union Fellowship
Anthea MacIntosh-LaRocque
Iolanthe Georghiou
Nathalie Tedfors-Lindell
Pip Moss