SPA members led the charge today among hopefuls nominated for the Guardian’s prestigious ‘Student Media Awards’. 

Several winners of SPANC15 – this year’s national conference – accolades were picked by broadsheet bosses, with winners due to be announced on December 1.

The full shortlist is as follows:

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Roar’s Dulcie Lee accepting one of many SPANC15 awards

Student publication of the year

Exeposé, University of Exeter
I, Science, Imperial College London
Roar, Kings College London
The Courier, Newcastle University
Nouse, University of York

Student website of the year
birminghameastside.com, Birmingham City University
the-gist.org, University of Glasgow
roarnews.co.uk, Kings College London
isismagazine.org.uk, Oxford University

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Harrison Jones collecting his award for ‘Best Interview’ at SPANC15

Student reporter of the year
Ben Parr, University of Bristol
Ashley Kirk, City University London
Tom Parfitt, City University London
Harrison Jones, University of Exeter
Dulcie Lee, King’s College London

Student feature writer of the year
Harrison Jones, University of Exeter
Fred Fyles, Imperial College London
Stephanie Hunter, University of Portsmouth
Sophie Grubb, University of Sheffield
Timothy Revell, University of Strathclyde

Student opinion writer of the year
Wail Qasim, Birkbeck University
Imran Rahman-Jones, University of Nottingham
Bridie Pearson-Jones, University of Southampton
James Tennent, University of Westminster
Edward Greenwood, University of York

Student critic of the year
Millie Morris, University of Bristol
George Seabrook, University of Southampton
James Slaymaker, University of Southampton
Chris Owen, University of York
Alfie Packham, University of York

Student photographer of the year
Jacob Harrell, Falmouth University
Pierre Mohamed, Falmouth University
Louis Supple, Falmouth University
Jonathan Smith, University of Kent
Ketevan Kantaria, Westminster University

Student multimedia journalist of the year
Francesca Ebel, University of Cambridge
David Blood, Goldsmiths University
Kara Fox, Goldsmiths University
Art Sejdiu, University of Leeds
Timothy Revell, University of Strathclyde

Student media startup of the year
Jack Deslandes, University of Bristol
Pietro Passarelli, University of London
Leigh Campbell, University of Nottingham
Ed Ive, School of Oriental and African Studies

The SPA runs its own awards ceremony at national conference. To find out more about hosting SPANC16 – the biggest event in any student journalist’s calendar – click here.