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Golden Robes 2020: Meet our unsung heroes
Chloe Dickinson, Leeds Beckett Students' Union
Chloe is described as a hardworking, kind and supportive colleague who truly deserves this award. She inspires students to be the best that they can be and gives up a lot of time to help them work on their projects and ideas. She’s the definition of an ‘Unsung Hero’.
Despite having only joined the Students’ Union in July, Chloe has worked hard to improve the experience for students, developing welfare rooms for election candidates and inspiring representatives to work harder and be the best version of themselves.
Julie Noble, Business Engagement Team
Julies’ nominations highlight a colleague who is committed to student wellbeing, going above and beyond to follow up with students to “talk me through my mindset and anxiety’s, completely put me at ease and crack a joke”. Students describe Julie to be one of the kindest and most selfless people they’ve met.
Having someone like Julie to contact regarding any matter makes any problem seen so much smaller and it’s clear that students are so appreciative of her support.
Carine De Marcos Lousa, School of Health
Described as “outstanding” and “remarkable”, Carine has gone out of her way to support students at very difficult times in their studies, and has gone above and beyond to bring herself up to speed in order to ensure students are supported to progress through their course and overcome any issues they may face, even when she has not previously been involved with their projects.
Richard Whitehead, School of Health
Richard’s many nominations describe a colleague who is always on hand to provide help and support, going the extra mile to put students first, listening to student problems and solving teething issues on the course.
Students highlight how any issues or problems that arise are dealt with efficiently and Richard always has time for any questions, providing prompt and relevant information when needed or following up queries to the best of his ability. He’s always there to give you a helping hand and students feel that without him, the course simply wouldn’t run the same.
Thomas Muskett, Leeds School of Social Sciences
Thomas is described as always having encouraged his students to reach out for support, taking time to speak to each student in his seminar groups individually and always delivering the most engaging sessions.
His friendly, approachable and caring approach has encouraged students to seek out his support when they’ve struggled with their own wellbeing and he has continued to check in with students to identify where more support could be provided.
His kindness and support is recognised as making a huge difference to students, helping them to continue on the course, and keep up with their studies.
Jesse Lewendon, Leeds Beckett Students' Union
Jesse has only recently joined the Students’ Union team but has been nominated for this award as he never fails to be there for support and when students’ need him. Jesse is always prompt in responding to students and ensuring they are up to date with important information. He answers all the queries to the best of his ability leaving Societies with the best knowledge and the dos and don'ts. Students highlight how “he is always cheering us on even if it’s a quick good luck email and he's always interested to know how events have gone for us.” Jesse truly makes running a society as stress free as he can.
Cliffe Schreuders, School of Built Environment, Engineering & Computing
Cliffe has been nominated as an Unsung Hero for working extremely hard constantly improving the Hacktivity online learning workspace, ensuring its stability and always with the student experience in mind. He never seeks praise for his hard work, and as a result often goes underappreciated.
Students consider Cliffe’s work to have gone above and beyond, making a huge difference to the local and distance learning courses that have adopted it and enhancing their learning experience.
To find a full list of nominees, along with further details on this year's awards, visit the Golden Robes webpage.