University celebrates success at Summer Party

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University celebrates success at Summer Party

21 Jul 2010 09:52:24

Staff Summer Party 2010

Staff and invited student guests recently gathered for the annual Summer Party and Awards afternoon at the Putteridge Bury campus.

The Party marked the end of the academic year and celebrated individual and team achievements over the past 12 months. 

Awards were presented by Vice Chancellor, Professor Les Ebdon CBE. Overall, 17 awards were handed out including 11 staff ASPIRE Awards and six National Association of Student Employment Services (NASES) student awards.

The 2010 Staff ASPIRE Awards saw three categories of awards presented; a Governors' Recognition Award, four Commitment Award winners and six Outstanding Customer Service Award winners (four individual and two team winners).

ASPIRE Commitment Award winners were:

  • Courtney Jones - Governors' Recognition Award
  • Simon Reilly - Commitment Award for Access
  • Susan Sapsed - Commitment Award for Access
  • Richard Pitcairn - Commitment Award for Partnership
  • Stephanie Davydaitis - Commitment Award for Partnership

Outstanding Customer Service Award winners were Paul Cavendish, Helen Callaghan, Joanna Holmes and Kime West.

Team winners in this category were The Language Centre Team and Web & Design Team (Marketing, Admissions, Recruitment and Communications).

Additionally, five student awards and one student employer award were presented by Professor Ebdon on behalf of NASES.

NASES Award winners were:

  • Nicola Norton -  Student Employee of the Year
  • Radu Razvan Cotosman - International Student Employee of the Year
  • Laura L’Anson – On Campus Student Employee of the Year
  • Ashley Ellis – Nominee, National Student Employee of the Year
  • Vanya Popova – Nominee, International Student Employee of the Year
  • Whitbread – Employer of the Year Award (received by Nicola Norton on Whitbread’s behalf)

You can view pictures from the day on the University’s flickr website

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