Yesterday, our Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark E. Smith announced the shortlist for the 2024 VC Awards in an all-staff email.
We received a record 606 nominations this year, which is testament to the collegial nature of our community, and reflects the pride and respect we have for one another. It is thanks to each of you who took the time to submit a nomination that we are able to celebrate the achievements and hard work of these colleagues, so thank you for shining a spotlight on those who deserve to be recognised.
Congratulations to all those nominated, and a special well done to everyone who made it through the shortlisting process to become one of our 2024 finalists. You can read the shortlist below.
Congratulate your colleagues
Has one of your colleagues been shortlisted this year? Are you a finalist yourself? When you share your pride on social media, use this year’s hashtag #VCAwards2024.
The Awards
- The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday 3 October 2024 at St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton.
- We’ll share the results with you on SUSSED the following day, with a round-up of the evening in the next edition of Staff Matters.
The finalists
You can view the shortlist in the table below:
| Award category | Nominee name | Faculty / Service |
| Community and Wellbeing | Bev Dodds | Professional Services, Estates & Facilities |
| Community and Wellbeing | Heidi Lipscomb | Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Faculty Central |
| Community and Wellbeing | Maria Stokes | Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences, School of Health Sciences |
| Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion | Jo Fisher | Professional Services, Engagement and Advancement |
| Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion | Maisha Islam | Professional Services, Student Administration & Academic Affairs |
| Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion | The Southampton Diversifying/Decolonising the Medical Curriculum Committee (DDtMC) Team | Faculty of Medicine, Faculty Central and Primary Care, Population Sciences & Medical Education |
| Inspiring Leadership | Felice Foscheri | Professional Services, Estates & Facilities |
| Inspiring Leadership | Florentina-Mirabela Badea | Professional Services, Estates & Facilities |
| Inspiring Leadership | Rachel Fitzearle | Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences, School of Biological Sciences |
| Inspiring Leadership | Sarvapali Ramchurn | Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences, School of Electronics & Computer Science |
| Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise | Nicola Symonds | Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Enterprise |
| Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise | Wonyong Park | Faculty of Social Sciences, Southampton Education School |
| Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise | The International Blast Injury Research Network (IBRN) Team | Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences and Faculty of Medicine |
| Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise | NeuroKids Team | Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences and Faculty of Medicine |
| Making It Happen | Jessica Ballentine | Professional Services, iSolutions |
| Making It Happen | High Performance Computing Project Team | Professional Services, iSolutions |
| Making It Happen | Responsible AI Team | Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences and Professional Services |
| Public Good and Social Mobility | Mary Grasmeder | Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Enterprise |
| Public Good and Social Mobility | All_Ears@UoS Team | Faculty of Medicine |
| Public Good and Social Mobility | School Governor Network Team | Professional Services, Engagement and Advancement and Widening Participation & Social Mobility |
| Research Impact | Helen Carr | Faculty of Social Sciences, Southampton Law School |
| Research Impact | Redressing Gendered Health Inequalities of Displaced Women and Girls (ReGHID) Team | Faculty of Social Sciences, Economic, Social & Political Sciences |
| Research Impact | The Antibody and Vaccine Group | Faculty of Medicine, Cancer Sciences |
| Rising Star | Chido Chipato | Professional Services, Widening Participation & Social Mobility |
| Rising Star | Lexi Webster | Faculty of Arts & Humanities, School of Humanities |
| Rising Star | Trang Gardner Vu | Faculty of Social Sciences, Southampton Business School |
| Student Experience | Careers, Employability and Student Enterprise Team | Professional Services, Careers, Employability & Student Enterprise |
| Student Experience | Chemistry Employability Team | Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences and Professional Services |
| Student Experience | Tech Hub | Professional Services, iSolutions |
| Supporting Sustainability | Peter Morgan | Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences, Geography & Environmental Science |
| Supporting Sustainability | Simon Kemp | Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences, Geography & Environmental Science |
| Supporting Sustainability | Sophia Malig | Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Winchester School of Art |
| Teaching | Nouha Saber | Faculty of Social Sciences, Southampton Business School |
| Teaching | Panagiotis Giannarakis | Faculty of Social Sciences, Economic, Social & Political Sciences |
| Teaching | Shoaib Jameel | Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences, School of Electronics & Computer Science |
| Triple Helix | Giulia Felappi | Faculty of Arts & Humanities, School of Humanities |
| Triple Helix | Autism Community Research Network @ Southampton (ACoRNS) Team | Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences and Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Triple Helix | Cornerstone Team | Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences |
Read more about the Awards on the VC Awards SharePoint site.