Contribution to Access & Widening Participation: Award Description
Awarded to a student or group who has made an exceptional contribution to improving access and widening participation in Cambridge, either at a College, Faculty, or University level. They will have dedicated time to tackling the barriers faced by students who are underrepresented in Higher Education and presenting a true image of Cambridge life.
The winner of this award may be a student or group who has organised an event, volunteered time to mentor prospective students, or otherwise made efforts to demystify the Cambridge experience.
your 2024 award winner
Winner: Éireann Attridge
Her passion is clear from the dedication she pours into various initiatives to support this cause from academia, industry to social media. She has researched social mobility at Cambridge and Oxford, now at Wolfson for her PhD, as well as contributing professionally to the higher education sector, including being instrumental to the creation of the Class Act Campaign.
your 2023 award winner
Winner: Abdul Malik Al Nasir & Rhiannon Jones
Abdul Malik Al Nasir & Rhiannon Jones were part of a group that created a policy document on widening participation.
They worked on amending legislation in large UK governance institutions. The result was that a new bill was produced that amends the Higher Education Research Act of 2017, to make it more equitable for Black students and other marginalised groups who are underrepresented in Higher Education.