The Awards are launched in May each year, with a closing date at the beginning of July. Typically students are required to send their best three articles from the past academic year to be critiqued by a panel of senior national journalists. In October, a shortlist of five entrants per category is released. The winners and runners-up in each category are announced at a London ceremony in November.
2006 Awards
The 2006 winners were: Best Newspaper: Winner: Sheffield Steel Press, Sheffield University Runner up: Gair Rhydd, Cardiff University Best Magazine: Winner: The Orbital, Royal Holloway, University of London Runner up: Impact, University of Nottingham Best Website: Winner: Durham 21, Durham University Runner up: Gair Rhydd, Cardiff University Best Small Budget Publication Winner: York Vision, University of York Runner up: Medical Student, University of London Union Best Further Education Publication: Winner: Student Eye, Liverpool Community College Runner up: Scribbles, City of Wolverhampton College Best Student Reporter: Winner: Matt Sandy, The Warwick Boar Runner up: Matthew Kennard, Leeds Student Best Student Feature Writer: Winner: Alistair Plumb, The Warwick Boar Runner up: Kevin Widdop, Leeds Student Best Student Sports Journalist: Winner: David O’Kelly, The Warwick Boar Runner up: Jamie Dear, Cherwell, Oxford University Best Student Critic: Winner: Laura Swinton, Durham 21 Runner up: Laura Battle, The Student Best Publication Design: Winner: Smith’s Magazine, Goldsmith’s College, London Runner up: Gair Rhydd Diversity Award: Winner: Chris White, Gair Rhydd Runner up: Perri Lewis, Gair Rhydd Best Student Travel Journalist: Winner: Lucy Beaumont, Pi Magazine Runner up: Laura Powell, The Core/ Warwick Boar Best Student Photographer: Winner: Ching Sum Yuen, Warwick Boar Runner up: James Robertson, The Student
Redesign
2006 was the last year of the awards in their original format. There were no awards in 2007, while in 2008 two categories of Student Publication of the Year and Student Journalist of the Year were included in the new NUS Awards, which recognise a wider variety of student achievement.
