Our first-ever Student Impact awards occurred just before Summer Ball on June 6th, and what a night it was!
Our first-ever Student Impact awards occurred just before Summer Ball on June 6th, and what a night it was!
We’ve had an absolutely incredible year, supporting our 1,029 elected Student Leaders build and develop their communities, introducing our Priority 8, facilitating and running over 2,000 inclusive events for our membership, and launching our brand-new strategy: Building Community and Leading Change.


Student leaders are what make Royal Holloway a community. They work tirelessly to represent, advocate and bring together their communities to ensure every student finds their home and their why. We have 184 student-led communities and collectively they have run 2,602 events for their 4,271 members and wider audiences. The Student Impact Awards was centred around celebrating these incredible students at Royal Holloway.
We’ve listed our winners and shortlist below and we are so proud of what they have achieved. Click the button below to learn more about what each Student Impact Winner has achieved this year.
Find out more about the winners
COMMUNITY LEADER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Farha Faisal, International Students Community Officer
Shortlist: Grace Hagon, Darcy Masters


Caption: Farha Faizal (Community Leader Winner)
ACADEMIC COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR
Winner: Classics Society
Shortlist: Elise Eriksson, Womxn of Colour in LSS

Caption: Classics Society (Academic Community Winner)
STUDENT CAMPAIGNER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Molly Hanning
Shortlist: Jakob Bird, Poppy Coates

Caption: Molly Hanning (Student Campaigner Winner) and Sharanya Sivarajah (SU President 24/25)
STUDENT INCLUSIVITY CHAMPION OF THE YEAR
Winner: Jakob Bird
Shortlist: Grace Hagon, Jamie Bamba

Caption: Jakob Bird (Student Inclusivity Champion Winner)
STUDENT ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR
Winner: Claude Kumar
Shortlist: Dominika Biel, Eleanor Wooller

Caption: Jamie Bamba (Student Inclusivity Champion Shortlist) with Claude Kumar (Student Advocate Winner)
STUDENT STAFF MEMBER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Jessica Clayton-Rowley
Shortlist: Alana Penney, Eiman Elsir



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COLLABORATION AND CODESIGN AWARD
Winner: Katie Green
Shortlist: Rachel Graham and Vanessa Law & Iona Sweeney


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OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO UNIVERSITY LIFE
Winner: Poppy Coates
Shortlist: Islamic Society (Honorary Mention), Eleanor Wooler


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THANK YOU!
We are so proud of all our student leaders and are in awe of all they have achieved this year. We have witnessed them work tirelessly to deliver the best for their peers and to build a community on campus. Not to mention, they have also done these amazing things alongside their studies!
We’d like to thank staff at all levels across the University and the Students’ Union for a year of incredible collaboration. The Student Impact Awards was proof that when we work in partnership, we can deliver so many incredible things alongside our student leaders.
It was a wonderful inaugural Student Impact Awards, and I can't wait to see from afar what you all get up to next year! Congratulations once again and we’ll see you for next year’s Student Impact Awards!