Alumni Awards
At the University of Worcester, we are immensely proud of our alumni. So many of you have gone on to do such great things since your time as a student here, making a positive impact on the world and on those you’re working with. Our Alumni Awards give us the opportunity to celebrate some of these achievements.
The awards consist of 10 different categories, outlined below. Please see below for eligbility and nomination details.
Deadline for submissions is Tuesday 7th July.
The Worcester Spirit Award
This category celebrates individuals whose story has captured public attention and inspired others. Ideal for those whose personal or professional journey has included raising awareness, changing perceptions or motivating communities.
Rising Star / Young Alumni
Designed to recognise outstanding early-career achievements, this award is perfect for recent alumni who are already making a significant impact. Best suited to ambitious individuals who have graduated in the last 5 years from the University of Worcester and who are showing exceptional promise, leadership or innovation in their field.
Lifetime Achievement
This award honours a sustained record of excellence and contribution over many years. It is suited to individuals who have graduated over 20 years ago and whose long-term dedication, influence and achievements since graduating have left a lasting legacy in their profession or community.
Social Impact – Education
This category recognises those transforming lives through education, access to learning or skills development. Ideal for individuals working in education settings, leading initiatives, reforms or programmes that improve educational outcomes or opportunities for others.
Social Impact – Healthcare
This award celebrates contributions that improve health, wellbeing or access to care. Best suited to individuals making a measurable difference in healthcare delivery, innovation, advocacy or public health – locally or beyond.
Outstanding Sportsperson
Celebrating excellence in sport, this award recognises high achievement and dedication in the sporting world. Ideal for individuals who, through their accomplishments as an athlete, coach, or leader, have inspired others, either as part of a team or individually.
Local Community Impact
Focused on grassroots change, this category is for individuals who have significantly improved their local community. Suited to those leading volunteer work, community organisations or local initiatives with clear social benefit such as supporting groups to access services they need or creating new business to make a positive impact in their local community.
International Impact
This award recognises individuals whose work has made a positive difference on a global scale. Ideal for those working internationally across sectors such as development, research, business or humanitarian causes.
Innovation in Career
This category rewards originality and forward-thinking approaches within a profession. Best suited to individuals who have introduced new ideas or driven meaningful change through innovation.
Sustainability
This category highlights individuals driving positive environmental or societal change. Best suited to those leading sustainable practices, climate action or systemic change that benefits future generations.
Eligibility
All nominees must have graduated from the University of Worcester (or, as previously named, Worcester College of Higher Education).
Nominee details will be cross-checked by our Student Records team to confirm that the nominee did graduate from the University of Worcester or Worcester College of Higher Education.
Please note, awards will not be given:
- Posthumously
- To politicians who currently hold an elective office
- To any member of the selection panel
Nomination procedure
Nominations are open to all University of Worcester alumni who have graduated from their course - including those who studied at Worcester College of Higher Education.
Self-nominations and nominations on behalf of someone else are both permitted. Wherever possible, we encourage nominators to seek the consent of their nominee(s) before submitting a nomination.
Nominees can enter one category per nomination. All nominations must be made through the online submission form. The form must be submitted in English and no supporting documents are permitted (eg no CVs).
All nominators are advised to read the awards criteria carefully before submitting a nomination. It is the responsibility of the nominator to ensure that their nomination contains, to the best of their knowledge, true and accurate information about the nominee. Nominations found to be purposely false or inaccurate will be discounted as invalid nominations.
The detailed content of a nomination will be treated as confidential, but will be shared with the Alumni Awards Committee to enable them to consider the nominee for an Alumni Award. Data will be kept in accordance with GDPR regulations.
In the event that a nominee is selected as an award finalist, information within their nomination may be used as part of the Alumni Awards publicity. All nominees will be contacted to give consent for this before material is publicised.
Complete the nominations form by Tuesday 7th July.
Nominations may be amended or withdrawn by emailing Sian Gould, Head of Development, at alumni@worc.ac.uk.
Selection procedure
The Alumni Awards Committee will meet in the summer to review the applications and will select a winner for each category.
The Alumni Awards Committee decision is final. The Committee reserves the right to discount nominations that do not uphold the values of the University without notice or reason.
Winners of the categories will then be added to an Alumni Choice Award, which will open to voting from the Alumni Association to select an Alumni Choice Winner.
Winners will be informed in August. If the winners of a category do not confirm receipt of communication by the end of August, the Committee reserves the right to award the category to another nominee. If the Committee deems that there is not a suitable winner in a category, they can decide not to award.
Award winners will be invited to a celebratory event to be presented with their awards and will receive a certificate.
If any awards are sponsored, the sponsors are not involved in selecting a winner for that category.
The award nominees and winners will be celebrated through the University of Worcester’s web pages, social media, alumni newsletters and press. All nominees will be contacted in advance to give their consent for this. Nominators will also be notified as to whether their nominee has been selected to receive an award.
The University is entitled to terminate with immediate effect the alumni award to certain recipients at any given time if in its reasonable opinion the behaviour or activities of the individual/s are likely to cause reputational damage by association. In the event of termination of a particular Alumni Award, the individuals shall make reasonable efforts to remove all reference to the other party on any websites and publications.
For all queries about the Alumni Awards, please email Sian Gould, Head of Development, at alumni@worc.ac.uk.