On Thursday 7th March 2024, the Unitemps Warwick Internal Team hosted their first Unitemps of the Year Awards since 2019.
Taking place in the University of Warwick’s Students’ Union, the event saw candidates, hiring managers and departments across the University celebrate their successes from the past year.
The Awards kicked off with an introduction from Internal Team Leader, Fiona Moore, who thanked everyone for coming. People attended from across the University, including the Warwick Arts Centre, the Sports and Wellness Hub, the Residential Community Team and the Warwick Innovation Group – and Fiona highlighted how fantastic it was to see such a range of people there.
Chris Hunt, Commercial Director at the University of Warwick, followed on from Fiona’s welcome. Chris began by talking about how he started at the University as a student in 1997, the same year that Unitemps was founded at Warwick, and commented on how he “wished he knew about Unitemps” during his studies.
Chris went on to discuss Unitemps’ unique position within recruitment, with the fact it is university-owned being a really important factor in how Unitemps is operated, saying: “Everything [Unitemps does] is for a philanthropic cause. The money we make [through Unitemps] is immediately put back into the University for the good of the staff and the students.”
Since August 2023, Unitemps Warwick has placed 3,860 students in jobs and has had the opportunity to work with nearly every department on the University of Warwick’s campus, collaborating with 4,651 line managers during this time. On the day of the Unitemps of the Year Awards alone, there were 4,353 open assignments – providing students and local jobseekers the chance to find a job that works for them.
It was then onto the awards ceremony, with 10 awards in total due to be given out. The full list of the awards, the winners and the runners up are:
Student Ambassador of the Year
Runners up: Max Beverley, Maxime Zigrand, Khushi Sampat, Charlotte Dodd, Will Fletcher, Olivia Moore, Nathan Collins and Sarah Fiuelder
Winner: Isabelle Tomova
Office Support of the Year
Runners up: Sally Wallace, Eilis Newman, Gabriella Crawford Koltai, Gilly Napier, Meghana Surampudi, Jacob Williams and George Hill
Winner: Seyda Er
Research Assistant of the Year
Runners up: Greta Timaite, Matthew Randall and Carys Hill
Winner: Alex Kelly
Customer Service/Retail Person of the Year
Runners up: Oscar Carroll and Magdalena Durisova
Winner: Hannah Scott
Warwick Sportsperson of the Year
Runners up: Nicholas Connolly, Daniela Craciunescu, Channon Hundal, Elizabeth Connolly, Jade Woodward and Natalie Orme
Winner: Jacques Niyonkuru
Department/Team of the Year
Runners up: Warwick Medical School – Inclusive Education Student Workforce, WorldCUR*BCUR 2023 Student Director Team, Warwick Sport – Learn to Swim team and Student Immigration and Compliance
Winners: Residential Community Team – Residential Community Assistants
Unitemp of the Year
Runners up: Greta Timaite, Jo Sinton-Hewitt, Seyda Er, Izzy Bailey, Olivia Moore, Navraj Bains, Shen-Jie Yaw, Edward Buckley, Jonathan Kowalski, Jacob Williams and George Hill
Winner: Eilis Newman
Most Inspirational Manager
Runners up: Vicki Knowles – Library and Tammy Thiele – Widening and Participation
Winner: Alice Barker – Careers Plus
Most Creative Manager
Runners up: Helen Thomas – Student Opportunity and Claire Collins – Warwick Employment Group
Winner: Tammy Thiele – Widening and Participation
Manager of the Year
Runners up: Tammy Thiele – Widening and Participation, Claire Collins – Warwick Employment Group and Helen Thomas – Student Opportunity
Winner: Jonathon Crowley – Information and Digital Group
After the awards were brought to a close, attendees took the time to chat to one another and congratulate the winners on their well-deserved awards. Guests also had a chance to have a tour around the brand new Unitemps Warwick office, which opened earlier in the week on the ground floor of the SU.
Thank you to everyone who attended the Unitemps Warwick Unitemps of the Year Awards 2024, it was fantastic to celebrate the achievements of our candidates and hiring managers. Congratulations to all the runners up and winners!
Stay up to date with the latest events from Unitemps by following us on Instagram and TikTok.
Last updated on 4 April 2024
Share this article