Our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mark E. Smith, has today announced the shortlist for the 2022 VC Awards in an all-staff email. Congratulations to all of our remarkable finalists who were chosen from over 400 nominations.
Congratulate your colleagues!
Has one of your colleagues made it through to the shortlist? Congratulate them on social media and be sure to include this year’s hashtag: #VCAwards2022. The Internal Communications team will feature a selection of your messages in upcoming editions of Staff Matters.
The awards and results:
- An in-person awards ceremony will be held this year at St Mary’s Football Stadium, Southampton on Thursday 6 October from 18:15 – 22:30.
- We’ll keep you up to date with the winners on SUSSED News, and with special coverage of the evening in the November edition of Staff Matters.
- We congratulate all of our finalists for their tremendous contributions to our University community.
You can view the shortlist in the table below.
| Award category | Name | Faculty / Service |
| Bringing the Triple Helix to Life | Nicole Campbell | Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences |
| Bringing the Triple Helix to Life | Samantha Kanza | Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences |
| Bringing the Triple Helix to Life | Sandra Wilks | Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences |
| Enabling the University Strategy | Alpaca Programme team | Professional Services |
| Enabling the University Strategy | Ben Willmott | Professional Services |
| Enabling the University Strategy | E-Mentoring Southampton team | Professional Services |
| Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion | Bhupinder Siran | Professional Services |
| Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion | India Week Organizing team | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion | Margarita Ononaiye | Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences |
| Inspiring Leadership | Claire Jackson | Faculty of Medicine |
| Inspiring Leadership | Katherine Newman-Taylor | Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences |
| Inspiring Leadership | Nicholas Dacre | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Inspiring Leadership | Ven Tauringana | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise | Julie Reeves | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise | Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities | Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise | Steven Vidovic | Professional Services |
| One Southampton | Faculty of Social Sciences Graduate School Office team | Professional Services |
| One Southampton | Harvey Brough | Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| One Southampton | Josh Harris | Professional Services |
| Public Good | Graduate Ambassador Scheme team | Professional Services |
| Public Good | Jane Falkingham | Professional Services |
| Public Good | Pamela Ugwudike | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Public Good | University City of Culture team | Faculty of Arts and Humanities; Professional Services |
| Research Impact | Ali Tavassoli | Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences |
| Research Impact | ESRC Impact Acceleration Account team | Professional Services |
| Research Impact | Tristan Clark | Faculty of Medicine |
| Rising Star | Alice Humphries | Professional Services |
| Rising Star | Hao Dong | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Rising Star | Henry Paget | Professional Services |
| Rising Star | Michael Head | Faculty of Medicine |
| Student Experience | Doctoral College Administrative & Training team | Faculty of Social Sciences; Professional Services |
| Student Experience | Student Hub and Modernising the Student Experience Project team | Professional Services |
| Student Experience | Technical staff in Archaeology team | Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| Sustainability | Matthew Potter | Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences |
| Sustainability | Sarah Puckett | Professional Services |
| Sustainability | Stephanie Jones | Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| Teaching | Christopher Hamerton | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Teaching | Julie Gammon | Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| Teaching | Lakshi Doorgakunt | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Posthumous Vice-Chancellor’s Award | Charles Elder | Professional Services |
Details of the shortlist can also be viewed via the VC Awards website.
