17 April 2023
Staff and students honoured at annual awards
Outstanding students and staff from across the School of Politics and Economics (SPE) were honoured at an awards ceremony.
Outstanding students and staff from across the School of Politics and Economics (SPE) were honoured at an awards ceremony.
The annual SPE Celebration Evening took place on 28 March and once again offered members of the community the chance to reflect on the past 12 months and commend their peers and colleagues for their incredible contributions to life of the school.
Some 15 awards were handed out on the night across a range of categories, from Outstanding Student Achievement and Professional Services awards through to the Graduate Teaching Assistant and Research Achievement awards.
The ceremony was hosted by Professor Peter John, head of the School of Politics and Economics, with Professor Rob Francis, vice dean (education and students), presenting the awards.
Prof John said: “It’s always such a pleasure to host the Celebration Evening and hear the stories of our brilliant award-winners and nominees, and it’s a great opportunity for everyone to come together and look back at the academic year.
“The school is home to a huge number of incredibly talented people who go above-and-beyond the call of duty every day, whether in their professional or personal lives. I am grateful to everyone in our community for the work they do to make this such a brilliant and inspiring place to be.”
You can find a full list of our winners and nominees below:
Student Award
DPE
Winner: Ywione Darrell
Nominees: Eshaa Patel, Sophie Millward-Sadler, Monica Richards, Charlie Saville, Manraj Jaswal
EIS
Winner: Taymour Elmasry
Nominees: Sofia Leili, Marcelo Romano, Hanna Tarazi-Baron, Kathi Egle
PGR Student Award
DPE
Winner: Lina Kramer
Nominees: Michael Bankole, Marypaz Ventura-Arrieta
EIS
Winner: Dr Georgios Samaras
KRI
Winner: Annamaria Kiss
Academic Staff Award
EIS
Winner: Marianna Griffini
Nominees: Russell Foster, Lee Savage, John Narayan
DPE
Winner: Barbara Piotrowska
Nominees: Damien Bol, Ferdinand Eibl, Malte Laub, Keith Smith, Christel Koop, Mehmet Ismail, Steven Klein, Elisa Cavatorta
KRI
Winner: Adnan Vatansever
Professional Services Award
Winner: Anthony Senior
Nominees: Zuzanna Kurska, Stephanie Harrison, Chloe Humphreys, Dr Joe Allen, Lily Patrick, Isabel Bygrave, Rachel Terry, Tarin Cupido
GTA Award
EIS
Winner: Enrico Pulieri
Nominees: Claire Burchett
DPE
Winner: Dmitry Ismagilov
Nominees: Cosmin Vraciu, Enrico Pulieri, Lina Kramer, Aniruddha Talukdar, Daniel Alves
Outstanding Student Achievement
Winner: Ioannis Alekos
Nominees: Monica Richards, Jonathon Dawes
Student Community
Winner: Eshaa Patel
Nominees: Taymour Elmasry, Tushar Kumar, Odhran McAllister, Yi Liu, Sofia Pieri, Monserrat Martinez Medellin, Alberto Dal Bianco, Siu Hin Chung, Jekaterina Soldatenko, Marcello Romano, Annija Dimanta, Vittoria Campos Melro, Clara Goilav, Martha Knox, Lily Hardcastle, Yingtao Li, Myra Chauhan, Michael-Anne Lockhart, Ziyi Zhou
Research Achievement
EIS
Winner: John Narayan
Nominees: Lucia Pradella
DPE
Winner: Dr Portia Roelofs
Nominees: Monica Richards