Our Guild Awards celebrate you—our amazing Exeter student community! From societies and volunteers to campaigners and reps, this is all about recognising your achievements over the past year.
With 584 nominations, the competition was tough, but we’re so excited to honour those who’ve made a real impact this year.
Check out the winners below!
This award recognises the achievements of an individual, academic rep, department officer team, or society that has made an outstanding change to enhance the academic experience for students.
2025 Winner: Psychology Society
The Psychology Society has championed academic excellence, created meaningful change, and fostered an inclusive and supportive learning environment through various initiatives like their Spotlight Talks, Essay Help Drop-In's and Biological Psychology Peer Mentoring Scheme.
By implementing innovative engagement strategies, they've set a new standard for student-led academic initiatives.
This award celebrates a student or students who have effectively worked across different groups or teams to achieve a common goal. This award celebrates a student or students who have effectively worked across different groups or teams to achieve a common goal.
2025 WINNER: Uni Boob Team
Throughout the year, the Uni Boob Team have run a huge number of society collaborations to increase awareness of breast cancer and raise money for CoppaFeel. During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, they organised 18 events in total, 15 being in collaboration with other societies and AU clubs, facilitating greater outreach, and raising awareness through welcoming and inclusive events.
This Award recognises the achievements or contribution of an individual committee member or committee who have made a real difference to their members and increased the impact of their group.
2025 Winner: Neuroscience Society
The Neuroscience Society committee's hard work, dedication, and determination have transformed the society from inactivity to over 100 members.
By running several fun socials and workshops over the year, they have cultivated a vibrant community rooted in love, support, and connection. They provide first-year students with a welcoming and inclusive space to ease their transition into university life.
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This award recognises individuals, societies, projects or rep teams that have had a positive, radically inclusive and meaningful impact on a wider community, either at Exeter, locally, nationally or internationally.
2025 WINNER: Student Action for Refugees Society (STAR)
By running regular volunteering initiatives, such as ESOL classes and Homework Club, the STAR Society has had a positive and meaningful impact on the refugee community within both the student and wider Exeter communities.
Through their considerable number of collaborations with other societies and fundraising efforts, STAR has gone above and beyond to expand their community networks and spread awareness of the issues faced by refugees.
This award highlights those who inspire and enable others to achieve their full potential. It focuses on fostering resilience, building confidence, developing new skills, and supporting students to thrive.
2025 Winner: 180 Degrees Consulting Exeter
As a student-run consulting group, 180 Degrees Consulting Exeter provides free strategy consulting to charities and non-profits.
They’ve empowered students to develop their confidence and resilience through real consulting work, from client communication to problem-solving approaches to thrive in the world of work.
This award celebrates a brilliant event organised by an individual, society or rep team that had a big impact on attendees.
2025 Winner: LGBTQ+ Society
The LGBTQ+ History Month lecture series united the university community through eight academic talks across various disciplines. It enriched the LGBTQ+ experience by connecting queer staff and students, exploring history and current research, and fostering an environment of productive discussion and a chance to share their experiences.
This award celebrates students who are encouraging wider participation. It celebrates dismantling barriers between different groups to promote equity, equality, inclusion, diversity and liberation.
2025 Winner: Aksa Anzy
Aksa is credited with originating the idea for the Cultural Festival, now an annual event, and ensuring diverse cultural representation. With multiple nominations for this award, students have expressed immense gratitude for Aksa’s support in helping them feel at home and encouraging engagement in community initiatives.
Aksa has inspired students to try new activities, such as dancing and cooking, and founded the South Asian Society, giving underrepresented groups, a voice.
This award recognises those who have sought to improve the postgraduate experience by creating community, lobbying for change or enhancing a particular aspect of postgraduate student life.
2025 Winner: Stella Kozmér
Stella has been a dedicated advocate for PGR students, enhancing their academic experience and community. She led a faculty-wide consultation, secured PGR inclusion in key awards, and strengthened representation. Beyond policy, she fostered support networks through WhatsApp, PGR Lunch Breaks, and writing sessions. Her efforts over 2.5 years have created a more inclusive and supportive environment for future postgraduate researchers.
This award celebrates students who have championed sustainability and climate justice and undertaken work to create a long-term, liveable planet for students and the wider community.
2025 Winner: Open Water Swimming Society
The Open Water Swimming Society is a highly sustainable society known for its campaigns advocating for clean oceans and beaches. They’ve organised several successful beach cleans, traveling by public transport to reduce litter on Devon's beaches.
The society has raised significant funds for environmental causes, particularly for Surfers Against Sewage. Most recently, they also collaborated with the Hispanic Society to fundraise for victims of the recent flooding in Valencia.
This award celebrates students who put wellbeing at the heart of what they do and strive to have a positive impact on their student community.
2025 Winner: Chronic Health Peer Support Group
The Chronic Health Peer Support Group has enhanced wellbeing by fostering community and openness. With weekly peer support sessions and popular craft events, it combats isolation linked to chronic health conditions and disabilities. The group provides a safe space, raises awareness of misunderstood illnesses, and creates an inclusive, ever-growing community for support and connection amongst students.
These awards celebrate students who have gone above and beyond!
2025 Winner, Individual: Lorenzo Satta Chiris
Lorenzo has been a driving force for positive change at the University, both through ExCode—shortlisted for multiple awards—and as an individual changemaker.
From working with staff to embed student-led initiatives in teaching to improving feedback tools that amplify student voices, Lorenzo’s impact is clear. Their creativity, collaboration, and innovation have shone through, proving that one person can spark real change in our community.
“So I've been involved as a Changemaker Ambassador for the University, I'm the President of the Entrepreneurship Society and I've also directed Excode with the team here, which is the biggest student-led coding bootcamp in the UK.”
2025 Winner, Group: Women and Law Society
The Women in Law Society has made a real impact, having been shortlisted for multiple awards—and tonight, we’re giving them special recognition.
Through initiatives like Inspire Her, they provide holistic support, from wellbeing events to inclusive sober socials. Their dedication to breaking down barriers in the legal profession ensures all students, regardless of gender, feel welcomed and supported.
“We've worked so hard to break down gender and financial barriers in the legal sector - providing a very supportive environment to all our members and helping them develop their skills and helping to provide a community where they can grow. Every single time that you interact with us, whether it's sponsoring us, or even just attending our events, you take a step towards making the entire legal profession so much more accessible and so much more inclusive.”
