Celebrates 2025

UNDEB ABER CELEBRATES WEEK 2025

Undeb Aber Celebrates is a week each year where we celebrate the successes and achievements of our students and staff here at Aberystwyth University. 


There are two celebration events during the week:

Sports & Societies Awards

On the 7th of May we held our annual Undeb Aber Sports and Societies Awards. 

These awards recognise the contribution and commitment of individual students and student groups in enhancing the Aber university experience.

All those shortlisted and the winners are nominated, decided and awarded by Aberystwyth students – student led from nomination to presentation.

This year’s winners were:

 

SPORTS AWARDS

Welsh Culture Award

Showdance

Sustainability (Cultural/Social, Environmental and Economic) Award

Sailing

Sports Personality of The Year

Maria Parcesepe

Sports Person of the Year

Libby Isaac

Non - BUCS Team of The Year

Swimming

Most Improved Club of the Year

Futsal

Committee Excellence Award

Womens Hockey

BUCS Team of The Year

Men’s Hockey

Biggest Contribution RAG

Showdance

Club of the Year

Caving

Varsity Team of the Year

Women’s Football

 

COLOURS

The 15 winners for University Sports Colours are as follows:

Gwyn Defriez

Hannah Judd

Harry Foat

Helen Turnock

James Pickup

Joanne Barr

Jonny Mead

Lenka Michalkova

Lowri Morgan

Lucy Seabourne

Mali Iolo Davies

Taylor Wilson

Thomas Darlington

Tom Williams

Henry Howe

 

SOCIETIES AWARDS

Academic/Course based Society of the Year

Law

Best New Society

Aberystwyth Sound System

Biggest Contribution Award

SSAGO

Committee Excellence Award

Geography

Most Improved Society of the Year

Elizabethan Madrigal Singers

Sustainability (Cultural/Social, Environmental and Economic) Award

ACV

Welsh Culture Award

Geography

Society of the Year

Phyte Club

Societies Person of the Year

Anna Pennington (Elizabethan Madrigal Singers)

Societies Personality of the Year

Ollie Hall (Aberystwyth Sound System)

 

COLOURS

The 15 winners for University Society Colours are as follows:

Lin-ay Varnes

Rory Young

Henry Howe

Deimis Gorbunov

Birte Mattes 

Melissa Eyre 

Bradley Powell 

Ben Evans

Rebecca Edwards

Castor Davies

James Ashford

Kathryn Murrell

Abbie Summers 

Heather Walker

Anna Pennington (Mads)

 

Key links:

  • Awards and Criteria
  • 2024 Winners
  • 2025 Shortlist

 

Teaching, Learning, and Student Experience Awards

On the 8th of May we held our annual Undeb Aber Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Awards.

These awards aim to promote best practices by acknowledging teaching excellence and recognising the efforts of both staff and students towards enhancing the student experience.

This year’s winners were:

 

Student Staff Member of the Year   

Karen McGuirk

Lecturer of the Year  

Alexander Hubbard

Academic Representative of the Year

Abi Shipman

Support / Service Staff Member of the Year           

Kirsten Foerster

Student Volunteer of the Year         

Francesco Lanzi

Student Mentor of the Year

Mary Rendell

Supervisor of the Year          

Eryn White

Department of the Year       

English & Creative Writing

Pencampwr Diwylliant Cymreig (Welsh Culture Champion)         

Nel Jones

Posgraduate Teacher of the Year    

Harry Marsh

Personal Tutor of the Year   

Martine Robson

Liberation Champion

Tristan Wood & Marty Fennell

International Student Champion     

Alex Molotska

Sustainability Champion of the Year           

Daniel Teelan

Commitment to Student Employability Award

Alexander Hubbard

Neurodiversity Champion

Emma Sheppard

 

Key links:

  • Awards and Criteria
  • 2024 Winners
  • 2025 Shortlist

 


Remember all of our awards are nominated, decided and presented by students!

As well as this, we will be celebrating our successes as an Aber family from across the year on website, social media and across campuses.