2023 VCSIA Undergraduate Student Award Winner-Joseph Duffy
I began my social impact journey sort of out of nowhere when I applied to volunteer for CGHR’s The Whistle in their project they were...
2023 VCSIA Sustainability Award Winner-Chloe Balhatchet
Achieving this award is not a reflection of my own success, but the failure of those with which the future of our planet lies —...
2023 VCSIA PhD Student Award Winner-Nomisha Kurian
‘Look! A robin!’ The four year old holding my hand darts across the forest clearing. She is enthralled by the robin’s bright red plumage and...
2023 VCSIA Impact in the Local Community Award Winner-Sarah Gough
I was immensely honoured to receive the Vice Chancellor’s Social Impact Award for ‘Local Community’ in recognition of my efforts to create a positive impact...
2023 VCSIA Undergraduate Student Award Winner-Joseph Beadle
It is an immense honour to receive the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Social Impact. I am so humbled to have been nominated and to know...
VCSIA Winner — Oluwatomi Akingbade
VCSIA Winner — Oluwatomi Akingbade My journey starts similar to that of most scientists; in that I chose science because I was the kid who always asked...
VCSIA Winner — Clarissa Salmon
VCSIA Winner — Clarissa Salmon When I joined the University of Cambridge in 2020, I was really keen to get involved in the environmental movement in Cambridge. During...
VCSIA Winner — Kanupriya Sharma
VCSIA Winner — Kanupriya Sharma In late 2017, I was seeking out potential supervisors in criminology to undertake my doctorate research in the discipline. The project was...
VCSIA Winner — Nishita Karad
VCSIA Winner — Nishita Karad “I was involved in the ideation and creation of Faces of Climate Change — an ambitious photography project aiming to bring to life the people...
VCSIA winner — May Zhao
VCSIA winner — May Zhao May Zhao is a first-year undergraduate student in Land Economy, who has been awarded with a 2022 Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Award Previous Involvement in...
VCSIA winner — Annika Høi
VCSIA winner — Annika Høi In this video Annika speaks about social action journey drive.google.com Whilst there are many approaches to tackling climate change, I am most interested...
VCSIA Winner — Nandini Shiralkar
VCSIA Winner — Nandini Shiralkar Hi, my name is Nandini, and I am a second-year engineering undergraduate at Trinity College. Despite the continued disruption brought on by...
VCSIA Winner — Sophie Ellis
VCSIA Winner — Sophie Ellis Prisons are part of our society, yet we rarely treat them like other institutions. We do not welcome ‘efficiency savings’ for schools or...
VCSIA Winner — Jessica O’Flaherty
VCSIA Winner — Jessica O’Flaherty I am passionate about sustainable energy, where I hope to use the experiences and knowledge gained from my degree to enact scientific...
VCSIA Winner — James Carey
VCSIA Winner — James Carey Being asked to write about oneself for public consumption is always a daunting task. I think it has the potential to read as...
VCSIA Winner — Moby Wells
VCSIA Winner — Moby Wells Hi! I’m Moby, a third-year undergraduate studying history, and I didn’t expect to be writing this. The first, and most obvious, reason for...
