Friday night was the highly anticipated Sheffield Hallam Students’ Union Awards night. A celebration of the hard work the Student Staff, Officer Team and other student activity groups have done throughout the year.  As well as awards, there was plenty of entertainment throughout the night with great performances from the stand-up comedian Christopher Ferguson and singer song-writer Zuza Paveley.

The nominees ranged from dynamic social enterprisers who give back to the communit through literature and, arts and crafts workshops, to the resilient Student Reps, who work hard to bridge the gap between the academic staff and students.

We spoke to winner of the Steel City Achievement Award Roxana Whiteman, a final year Adult Nursing student who works with several nursing homes to bring arts and crafts workshops to its residents this is what she had to say about her work:

“I wanted to help people, people that I share and live with in the community, the community of Goldthorpe.”

One highlight of the night was the heartfelt speech that the current Students' Union President, Emily Connor, gave on the work and achievements of her fellow Officers. Throughout this year the student Officers have worked tirelessly to improve all areas of life for the students of Sheffield Hallam. Here is a full list of awards and winners on the night:

Outstanding Dedication to Student Welfare Award

Kathy Vogt

Outstanding Contribution to Volunteering Award

Jigsaw

Campaign of the Year Award

BME Committee

Outstanding Student Staff Member of the Year Award

Elisha Kunda

Best Event/ Performance of the Year Award

Stage Services (Varsity Live Coverage)

Outstanding Contribution to Student Media Award

Liam Kent

Outstanding Contribution to Social Enterprise Award

Liam Rodgers

Outstanding Society of the Year Award

SHU Salsa

Outstanding Contribution to Internationalisation Award

Amy Ng

Outstanding Student Rep of the Year Award

Sophie Wheeler

Varsity Performance of the Year Award

Alan Piper

The Steel City Achievement Award

Roxanna Whiteman

Students Union Student of the Year Award

Gemma Brooks

Well done to all the nominees and winners! We look forward to presenting many more of you with awards at SHSU Awards 2016!