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.