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Student Ambassador Awards evening winners

Maria Kakogianni

The Student Ambassador team works with many teams across the university, such as Student Recruitment, Widening Participation, Admissions, Inspiring Choices, and more. They are key to many events taking place, such as Open Days, campus tours, and even welcome week itself! The role of an ambassador is to serve as a representative of the university to any visitors we have on site or to schools, colleges, or other institutions if travelling elsewhere. A key part of this position is to regularly converse with members of the public and share the experience of what it’s like to be a student here at York St John and help guide others to their next steps, be it higher education or otherwise. Equally, it can be to help reassure parents and carers that university is right for their child, or to help aid in interview days and provide comfort to those who may be nervous. The role is never lacking for thrills and yields many rewards, not least of all the lasting impact of knowing and proving that you can make a difference.

To celebrate this hard work from throughout the year, the Student Recruitment and Widening Participation team held an awards evening and festive social for the hard-working ambassadors. There was food, drinks, karaoke, and a festive quiz to partake in, as well as the awards ceremony itself. For the twelve available awards a number of ambassadors were nominated by each other, with many coming together at this time to share in the celebrations and festive cheer.

The awards covered a variety of different aspects, as shown below with their respective winners:

  • The Tour de Force Award: Lewis Cooper
  • The Stepping Up to Save the Day Award: Alex Beswick
  • The Smooth Operator Award: Koen T-G
  • The YSJ Superstar Award: Ben Johnson
  • The Always There Award: Ann Mafura
  • The Showstopper Award: Emily Howarth
  • The Campus Connector Award: Kiera Coxon
  • The Team Player Award: Polly Bilton
  • The Cheerleader Award: Rebecca Pearce
  • The People’s Choice Award: Kiera Coxon
  • The Road Warrior Award: Lauren Green
  • The YSJ Legend Award: Suzan Bezant

With the new year now begun and the campus returning to its busy lifestyle, so too are the Student Ambassadors back at work carrying out their usual support with visit days, interviews, and more!

If being an ambassador sounds like something you might like to become, please feel free to check our website and read up on more of what we do. Please do note that we are not currently hiring, although this process will begin around August-September, so do keep an eye on our website come this time for information regarding recruitment!

To find out more information about employability and budgeting, read Amy’s blog on Top 5 money making tips for students!