Thursday 10-04-2025 - 14:12

All shortlisted Candidates have now been announced for this year’s STAR Awards!

The STAR Awards is an annual celebration event held by the Students’ Association to recognise and celebrate the hard work our volunteers and student groups carry out.  The event will take place on 17th April from 6:30pm in the Re:Union Bar, hosted by VP SCEBE Laiba Tareen, with help from Student President Wilfred Obi, VP SHLS Friday Oshiotse and VP GSBS Oliwatomisin (Tom Tom) Osinubi.

This year there are 14 awards up for grabs and a full list of all the award categories and shortlisted candidates can be found below: 

Student of the Year & Lindsay Leadership                                            

GCU Student of the Year Shortlisted Candidates:

•  Blessing Ihieoma Agboifo
•  Eileen Martin
•  Kanwal Chaudhry (Kacy)
•  Katie Cook
•  Lucky Wilson Ehigiamusoe
•  Rana Muhammad Temoor Imran
•  Rawan Abdelaziz
•  Yinghui Lian

Lindsay Leadership Award Shortlisted Candidates:

•  Elli Gillespie
•  Allana Riddell
•  Carmen Young
•  Eileen Martin
•  Lucky Wilson Ehigiamusoe

 
Representation Awards:

Academic Rep of the Year Shortlisted Candidates:

• Idowu Aiyedun
• Cameron Corbett
• Iqra Abbasi
• Seth Thomas

 
Representation Network of the Year Shortlisted Candidates:

• Womens' Network
• Student Carers Network 
• Ethnic Diversity Network

Mental Health & Wellbeing Champion Award Shortlisted Candidates:

• Student Mental Health Network 
• Glasgow Students' Nightline
• Redeemed Christian Fellowship Society 

We also give out the Nightline Volunteer Of The Year Award, however the nightline volunteers must remain anonymous. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate them nonetheless.

 
Societies Awards:

Society of the Year Shortlisted Candidates:

• CISA
• E-Sports Society
• GCU Business Society
• GISA

 
Best New Society Shortlisted Candidates:

• GCU Sikh Society
• DESI
• GCU Warhammer 
• Redeemed Christian Fellowship 

 
Society Event Of The Year Shortlisted Candidates:

• Charity Week - CISA
• Mario Kart Tournament - Radio Caley, E-Sports & Gaming 
• GCU Sign Language Charity Ball

Best Overall Contribution from a Committee Member Shortlisted Candidates:

• Alisdair Smith - E-Sports Society
• Anuja Kanade - GISA
• Chigozie Uzomba - Nigerian Students Society 
• Qurrat Ul Ain - DESI 

 

Student Media Awards:

Radio Caley – Best Behind the Mic Shortlisted Candidates:

• Morag & El (Femininomenon)
• Ross & Stuart (RNS)
• Jordyn & Rebecca (TimeWarp)

 
Radio Caley – Best Overall Contribution Shortlisted Candidates:

• Ross Carmichael
• Callum Smith
• James Ewins
• Morag White

 The EDIT – Best Article Shortlisted Candidates:

• From Punk to Pop (Morgan Hermiston)
• James McAvoy - Glasgow Film Festival (Paul Brady) 
• ‘Mad and Disappointed’ University Students protest for housing rights at Holyrood (Eilidh Rowe)

 
The EDIT – Best Overall Contribution Shortlisted Candidates:

• Ethan Paterson
• Paul Brady
• Eidane Montgomery
• Matthew Allan