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Law student wins OSCA
We are delighted to announce that one of our future graduates has been awarded The University’s Outstanding Student Contribution Award (OSCA) for 2026.
The OSCAs recognise and celebrate the outstanding contributions of Warwick students. They not only excel academically, but also find the time to campaign for good causes, fundraise, start small business, and work with local charities. This award seeks to celebrate individuals whose efforts have made a difference and contributed significantly to the community.
Tani Ilemobola, who studies on our Law & Sociology degree and will graduate this month, has been named as one of this year’s winners. So why was she nominated?
Tani is an outstanding finalist whose academic excellence is matched by her exceptional commitment to widening participation and community-building. As founder of Capital Sisters, she has created a thriving network supporting Black women at Warwick, while her extensive mentoring, outreach, and leadership have supported hundreds of students. Through her vision, resilience, and dedication to inclusion, Tani has made a lasting and transformative impact on the Warwick community.
When asked about winning the award, Tani shared:
“Winning an OSCA means so much to me. I've truly poured my heart into Warwick these past few years and have had the best experience, so to be celebrated for what I've achieved here feels incredibly special. It's an honour to have work I care so deeply about recognised in this way.
This award reflects so much that I've given myself to during my time here: Pathways to Law, the Warwick Welcome Service, Warwick Scholars, the Residential Community Team, serving as ACS Vice President, working alongside the Dean of Students. As part of the fundraising team within Warwick Development & Alumni Engagement, I helped raise £182,000, and across four years on the School Tasking team I was proud to be a co-winner of the LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Award, all while holding a first-class average.
The achievement that is most significant, however, is Capital Sisters, a programme I founded to help Black girls and women build their social and cultural capital, providing real opportunities for them to grow. We have engaged with 100 women at Warwick in our founding year, partnering with Belgrade theatre to offer free showings and Warwick International Riding school alongside other sessions, winning the Lord Rootes Fund.
As I graduate, I'm taking a year out to build Capital Sisters even further, particularly our primary and secondary school programmes, with the support of University of Warwick through my participation in the IATL den and to travel, before heading to law school and continuing on my journey to becoming a solicitor.
Thank you to Warwick and the Law School for some of the best four years of my life. I'll carry everything I've learned and built here with me into whatever comes next.”
Tani will be presented with her award at her graduation ceremony later this month. Congratulations Tani on this incredible achievement, it is very well deserved.