Congratulations
The winners of 2016-17 prizes received their certificates and cheques at the recent LASER Access to HE Conference and the British Library in London. Three of our four winners were able to join us on the day to be presented with their prize by Julie Mizon, Access Manager at QAA.
Outstanding Commitment to Study
Winner: Joanne Southwell, Humanities and Social Sciences, Totton College
“Jo has always adopted a positive attitude towards her studies, even when her personal situation has been highly stressful.” Andrew Lucas, Access Coordinator
Runner Up: James Rackett, Nursing and Healthcare Professions, The College of Richard Collyer
“James continued working full time and was promoted to Senior Care assistant. After a 12 hour shift, he would come to class often so exhausted he could barely stay awake, but he never missed a lesson or a deadline” Sally Kent, Access Manager
Outstanding Academic Achievement
Winner: Sally Martin, Nursing and Healthcare Professions, The College of Richard Collyer
“Sally progressed to Access, having secured a voluntary placement and completed extensive research into life as a Midwife. From the very start it was clear that she would do very well on Access. All the hard work paid off as she completed the Diploma with all 45 graded credits at Distinction.” Sally Kent, Access Manager
Runner Up: Thomas Thain, Health and Health Sciences, Crawley College
“From day one of the course Tom was an asset to the group as he brought enthusiasm and a questioning mind to his studies. As well as demonstrating a significant aptitude in all academic areas of the course he was completely focussed on his goal for university and his personable nature quickly made him popular with fellow students and lecturers. In his study of the sciences Tom showed a similar focus and he excelled in Biology and Chemistry, achieving distinctions in every assignment.” Clare Steere, Access Manager
The LASER Access to HE Learner prize nominations for 2017-18 are open!
Nominations are invited for students who will have completed their studies during this academic year (2017- 2018).
Providers are invited to nominate up to 2 students per category.
Outstanding Academic Achievement
Students proposed in this category should have excelled in their academic study by producing assessed work of a consistently outstanding academic quality whilst on their Access courses. Along with completed nomination forms, you will need to submit up to 3 examples of the nominated student’s work (of which one piece must be the Extended/Independent Academic Study unit.
Outstanding Commitment to Study
Students in this category should have shown outstanding commitment to their Access studies, perhaps in the face of difficult and challenging circumstances. Nominations in this category should be supported by a detailed statement from the nominator and a student statement. Examples of work are not required for nominations in this category and will not be presented for judging.
Click to download documents below:
Access to HE Prizes Rules 17-18
Nomination Form, Academic Acheivement
Nomination Form, Commitment to Study
For further information contact Georgia, g.smith@laser-awards.org.uk
Closing date for nominations is Friday 21 September 2018.