Too often a lack of resources keeps young people from reaching their full potential in education. In the second year of my PhD as a...
2023 VCSIA PhD Student Award Winner-Madeleine Hahne
In 2018, I stood on a balcony in Erbil Iraq, watching a flickering light beyond the concrete towers. Evening drew in and more lights appeared....
2023 VCSIA Undergraduate Student Award Winner-Sanah Kashyap
Sanah has a diverse advisory portfolio, having served in a range of roles spanning from diversity, equity, and inclusion-related matters for organisational development to strategic...
2023 VCSIA Undergraduate Student Award Winner-Imogen Arden-Jones
My name is Imogen (or @imydoesmed on Instagram) and I am a 5th year medical student at St John’s College, a trustee of YoungMinds, and...
2023 VCSIA Innovation Award Winner-Qinglan Du
Qinglan is a first-year law student at Christ’s College. She is an international student originally from Beijing, but grew up moving frequently between countries because...
2023 VCSIA Undergraduate Student Award Winner-Joseph Duffy
I began my social impact journey sort of out of nowhere when I applied to volunteer for CGHR’s The Whistle in their project they were...
2023 VCSIA Sustainability Award Winner-Chloe Balhatchet
Achieving this award is not a reflection of my own success, but the failure of those with which the future of our planet lies —...
2023 VCSIA PhD Student Award Winner-Nomisha Kurian
‘Look! A robin!’ The four year old holding my hand darts across the forest clearing. She is enthralled by the robin’s bright red plumage and...
2023 VCSIA Impact in the Local Community Award Winner-Sarah Gough
I was immensely honoured to receive the Vice Chancellor’s Social Impact Award for ‘Local Community’ in recognition of my efforts to create a positive impact...
2023 VCSIA Undergraduate Student Award Winner-Joseph Beadle
It is an immense honour to receive the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Social Impact. I am so humbled to have been nominated and to know...
VCSIA Winner — Clarissa Salmon
VCSIA Winner — Clarissa Salmon When I joined the University of Cambridge in 2020, I was really keen to get involved in the environmental movement in Cambridge. During...
VCSIA Winner — Oluwatomi Akingbade
VCSIA Winner — Oluwatomi Akingbade My journey starts similar to that of most scientists; in that I chose science because I was the kid who always asked...
VCSIA Winner — Nishita Karad
VCSIA Winner — Nishita Karad “I was involved in the ideation and creation of Faces of Climate Change — an ambitious photography project aiming to bring to life the people...
VCSIA winner — May Zhao
VCSIA winner — May Zhao May Zhao is a first-year undergraduate student in Land Economy, who has been awarded with a 2022 Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Award Previous Involvement in...
VCSIA Winner — Kanupriya Sharma
VCSIA Winner — Kanupriya Sharma In late 2017, I was seeking out potential supervisors in criminology to undertake my doctorate research in the discipline. The project was...
VCSIA Winner — Nandini Shiralkar
VCSIA Winner — Nandini Shiralkar Hi, my name is Nandini, and I am a second-year engineering undergraduate at Trinity College. Despite the continued disruption brought on by...
