On Thursday 25th May, students from Falmouth University and the University of Exeter’s Cornwall Campuses celebrated a fantastic year of achievement at their annual awards ceremony.

Held at the newly refurbished Fox Café at Falmouth Campus, the ceremony recognises the efforts of students across the full range of FXU activities, from fundraising and volunteering to sporting triumphs, sustainable projects and academic representation.

The evening was sponsored by Penryn Campus Sports Centre and hosted by elected Students’ Union Presidents, Tom Murray-Richards (FXU President Exeter), Chris Slesser (FXU President Falmouth), Alexa Webster (FXU President Community and Welfare) and Amanda Chetwynd-Cowieson (FXU President Student Experience).  The night also showcased student talents through performance-based interludes from choirs Viva Voce and The Chorus.

Students were dressed to impress and were given the opportunity to mingle with VIP guests and presenters, including Deputy Penryn Mayor, Councillor Chaz Wenmoth, Falmouth Mayor, Councillor Grenville Chappel, university representatives, Rob Lambert from the National Union of Students (NUS) and athlete David Follett.

For the first time, the ceremony included a celebration of students who have achieved the most volunteering hours. The V Team is FXU’s volunteering scheme that helps students build and record their volunteer journey, enabling them to find their ideal activity, log their hours, record employability skills gained, access training and work towards a Bronze, Silver or Gold award in volunteering. The scheme takes into account volunteering in the community, club and society committee roles and student representation positions. Students who achieved Gold were presented with their Award during the ceremony, recognising their outstanding 200+ volunteering hours.

Winners were presented with unique, hand-crafted trophies designed by Kelly Doidge, Interior Design student from Falmouth University. This year’s winner of the Daniel Palmer Award for the most outstanding contribution to the student experience was Kieran Cutting for his role as Community Officer. Kieran has dedicated his time at university to deepening community engagement. He was part of the creation of ‘Penrynopoly’, a community project aiming to engage local long-term residents and students. As the FXU Community Officer on the Leadership Team he has also encouraged students to get involved and have a positive impact on community decisions.

Amanda Chetwynd-Cowieson, FXU President Student Experience, thinks the awards are the perfect way to celebrate student achievement: "The FXU awards are one of the absolute highlights in our year and are a fantastic opportunity for FXU and both Universities to show our appreciation for everything that students do across our campuses. It never fails to amaze us just how many voluntary hours students put into all that we offer; from running sports clubs to being an academic rep, raising thousands of pounds for local charities and running unique events for everyone to enjoy - the sheer volume of activity going on is astonishing. This year has been utterly fantastic for students and FXU, so everyone shortlisted and particularly all of our awards winners should be truly proud of what they have achieved.”

Find out more about each of the shortlisted nominees via our online programme. The winners for each Award are listed below.

 

FXU Awards - Review of the Year Video 2016-17

Join your FXU Presidents, Amanda, Alexa, Chris and Tom for the following video which highlights some of the great achievements and moments of the past year.

FXU Awards – Review of the Year 2016-17 from FXU on Vimeo.

 

This Year’s Winners
 

RAD Awards

Fundraising event of the year: Charity Week (Islamic Society)

Most Significant Contribution to Fundraising: Hannah Smith

Greatest Contribution to Fundraising by a Sports Club or Society: CSM Rugby

 

Volunteering Awards

Student-led Volunteer Project of the Year: Flicka Volunteering Project

Most Outstanding SLVP Committee Member: Ellen Whitby & Katya Zaki

Community Volunteer of the Year: Samuel Constable

 

Sports Awards

Sports Person of the Year: Jordan Clay

Most Outstanding Sports Club Committee Member: Hanna Wigart

Competitive Sports Club of the Year: CSM Netball

Non-Competitive Sports Club of the Year: FXU Fusion Cheerleading Squad

Most Improved Sports Club of the Year: FX Run

 

Society Awards

FXU Society of the Year: FXU Don’t DisAbility Society

Most Improved Society of the Year: FXU Pokémon Society

Most Outstanding Society Committee Member: Jake Dowling

Most Outstanding Society Event or Project of the Year: Wild Film Fest

 

Sustainability Award

Sustainable Project or Event of the Year: Earth Hour Gylly Beach Bicycle Cinema Experience

 

Andy Hocking Award

Outstanding Contribution to Community Engagement: Kieran Cutting

 

Student Voice Awards

Falmouth Academic Rep of the Year: Dwayne Roberts

Exeter Academic Rep of the Year: Naomi Appleby

Executive Officer of the Year: Kieran Cutting

Student Voice Committee Member of the Year: Emily Fergusson

Outstanding Contribution to Student Voice: Dean Pomeroy

 

Student Experience Award

Outstanding contribution to the Student Experience: Russell Barnett

 

FXU Award

Best Overall Contribution to FXU: Mackinlay Ingham

 

Open Award

Someone not covered by one of the above awards: Behind the Scenes Documentaries

 

The Daniel Palmer Award

The overall award: Kieran Cutting

 

Congratulations to all our winners and nominees from the FXU Awards 2017!

 

Huge Thank You To Our Sponsors

This year's FXU Awards were sponsored by Penryn Campus Sports Centre, Williams Travel, Booths Print and the Cornish Diving Centre.