Warwick PPE graduate Vikram Khosla received an upReach Ten award at the 2020/21 Student Social Mobility Awards.

The upReach Ten are the ten students across the whole of the UK who, in the opinion of the judges, were most likely to achieve outstanding personal or career success.

Commenting on his award, Vikram said:

“It was a complete surprise to me! I’d been shortlisted for two of the other awards which I didn’t win on the day. Then at the end they announced the upReach Ten awards and I was delighted to receive this one as it encapsulates both my volunteering and mentoring work and my commitment to doing well in my own career.”

Congratulations to Vikram!

We are delighted to announce that the PPE Staff Student Liaison Committee won ‘SSLC of the year’ at the Student Voice and Impact Awards last week.

The awards aim to recognise and celebrate students who advocate and create change for the student experience. Warwick SU praised the PPE SSLC for the work they consistently do to represent the voices of students, especially those of joint honours students, despite the additional challenges they have faced this year due to the pandemic. The Students Union recognised how incredibly hard the SSLC have worked to maintain a strong online presence, which is down to the dedicated and passionate committee.

We are incredibly proud of the SSLC and all their hard work. Congratulations to everyone involved!

See the winners and watch the livestream recordings here!

Congratulations to Mads Hoefer on his Outstanding Student Contribution Award (OSCA) win.

Mads has been part of the student-led society Enactus. In his final year at Warwick, Mads took charge of Enactus as Vice President, making it the most entrepreneurial society of the year 2019 across all societies within the United Kingdom, awarded by Bright Network UK.

He started his own venture to solve a problem close to his heart, animal extinction. Animals Move sells sustainable t-shirts of which every single one helps to save a species from extinction, namely the black rhino, sea turtle and sloth. To progress this endeavour, Mads built international partnerships with local organisations in South America, Australia and Africa, selling shirts in over 10 countries.

Find out more about the other OSCA 2020 winners.

Congratulations to all our Final Year PPE students who graduated from the University on Thursday 18 July 2019. Before their Graduation ceremony graduates, along with their family and friends, were invited to join academic and administrative staff from PPE to celebrate their graduation success and achievements for a celebratory lunch, drinks and prize-giving in Panorama, Rootes Building.

Congratulations to Neville Lai, one of our Final Year PPE students, who has won an Outstanding Student Contribution Award (OSCA)!

Among other projects during his time at Warwick, Neville has been finance lead on an Enactus project in Ghana and Pakistan attempting to deal with period poverty and the concomitant economic/social disadvantage. This project is partnered with a division of the UN, and they are launching a pilot this summer helping 2000 girls. Neville also worked with Warwick in Africa, where he set up a math club for his assigned school in his own time. He has also been a dedicated Student Ambassador, assisting the department with Open Days and other outreach activities.

Neville will receive his award at the PPE Graduation ceremony in July. Congratulations once again, Neville!