Over 200 staff members, students and governors from the College of West Anglia (CWA) came together virtually with families and friends to celebrate outstanding academic and personal achievements at the annual CWA Virtual Student Awards ceremonies.
The various faculty awards ceremonies were livestreamed via YouTube, which saw 10 out of 30 shortlisted students from all three of CWA’s campuses crowned as winners in a range of categories, from personal achievement to foundation studies and overall student of the year award.
CWA principal David Pomfret opened with a review of the academic year, speaking about cross-campus triumphs, success stories and achievements. He said:
“2020/21 has been a very challenging year globally and the Covid-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges for our students. Despite that, it has been another extremely successful year for the college.
Given that profile of student success our award winners, selected from our body of approximately 8,000 students, should be very proud of their achievements. I’m extremely proud of and congratulate our students on their commitment, standard of work and achievements. I was delighted to see so many staff, governors, family, friends and employers came to celebrate with our award winners, too.”
CWA level 3 Sports Science student, Anya Falkus, was announced as overall Student of the Year 2021, as well as winning the Sport, Public and Caring Services category.
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The various faculty awards ceremonies were livestreamed via YouTube, which saw 10 out of 30 shortlisted students from all three of CWA’s campuses crowned as winners in a range of categories, from personal achievement to foundation studies and overall student of the year award. CWA principal David Pomfret opened with a review of the academic year, speaking about cross-campus triumphs, success stories and achievements. He said: “2020/21 has been a very challenging year globally and the Covid-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges for our students. Despite that, it has been another extremely successful year for the college. Given that profile of student success our award winners, selected from our body of approximately 8,000 students, should be very proud of their achievements. I’m extremely proud of and congratulate our students on their commitment, standard of work and achievements. I was delighted to see so many staff, governors, family, friends and employers came to celebrate with our award winners, too.” CWA level 3 Sports Science student, Anya Falkus, was announced as overall Student of the Year 2021, as well as winning the Sport, Public and Caring Services category. David Pomfret with CWA Overall Student of the Year 2021, Anya Falkus Anya’s nominators, Sean McQuaid and Krissie Broughton, said: “Anya really is a remarkable student. She is severely visually impaired, and this affects her life daily. However, her attitude and application to learning and life is amazing. Anya also is a talented swimmer, having been a part of the GB Paralympic swim team. She will be going to UEA in September, she plans to train to be a specialist teacher for visually impaired students, inspiring a future generation. Anya really is an exceptional young woman, an inspiration to many and I truly believe she will succeed both in higher education and in life.” Please find a full list of award winners and runners-up below: Apprenticeships Student of the Year 2021 Runner-up - Bradley Lawes Runner-up – Harry Jackson Winner - Vanessa Wallis Technology Student of the Year 2021 Runner-up – Lee Tomlinson Runner-up - Ben Mackenzie Winner - Ryan Marriott Land-based Studies Student of the Year 2021 Runner-up – Tommy Fysh Runner-up – Sophie Brown Winner - Rebecca Tilling Outstanding Progress in English or Maths Student of the Year 2021 Runner-up – Luke Fisher Runner-up – Charlie Raines Winner – Gracie Brooks Partnerships Student of the Year 2021 Runner-up – Deborah Root Runner-up – Cameron Flack Winner – Joanna Turalska Business, Humanities, Science & Computing Student of the Year 2021 Runner-up – Margaret Humphrey Runner-up – Matthew Rose Winner – Beth Ross Personal Achievement Student of the Year 2021 Runner-up – Danielle Procter Runner-up – Jena Dougal Winner – Eboni Bunn Creative Arts Student of the Year 2021 Runner-up – Gabriele Brusovaite Runner-up – Charlotte Bywater Winner – Lauren Ingram Foundation Studies Student of the Year 2021 Runner-up – Paige Emery Runner-up - Tom Hughes Winner – Dylan Barrett Sport, Public & Caring Services Student of the Year 2021 Runner-up – Amber Buckley Runner-up – George Williams Winner – Anya Falkus Overall Student of the Year 2021 Winner – Anya Falkus - Overall Student of the Year 2021 |