Congratulations to the winners and nominees of the 2024 BEAMS Professional Services Awards

The event was hosted by the three BEAMS Directors of Operations, and Professor Ivan Parkin (Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences) presented the awards alongside Donna Williamson, Director of Operations, Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences.

The judging process was rigorous, with numerous exceptional nominations making it a challenging task for our panel. In addition to the winners and runners-up, the judges wanted to recognise the remarkable efforts of several nominees whose contributions were outstanding and deserving of a special mention. 

And so, it is with great pleasure we share the names of the winners and runners-up with the rest of the UCL staff community.

Giving our students the best support, facilities and opportunities:

Winner: Daniel Rodriguez Garcia, The Bartlett School of Architecture

Runner-up: Abbi McClory, Natural Sciences

Special mention to James Vallerine, Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

Valuing our staff and improving on the overall staff experience:

Winner: Nidhi Rathod, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction

Runner-up: Selina Lovell, Physics & Astronomy

Special mention to Sidrah Malik, Mathematics and Tracey Cresswell, The Bartlett Faculty Office and Martin Nolan, Computer Science

Delivering on equality, diversity, and inclusion initiatives:

Winner: Desart Ismaili, The Bartlett Faculty Office

Runner-up: Rosie Curtis, Engineering Faculty Office

Special mention to Adey Shallow, Bartlett School of Planning and Kiran Ahmed, Computer Science

Financing our ambitions:

Winner: Rhiannon Lloyd, Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Runner-up: Dragana Krsic, The Bartlett School of Architecture

Special mention to Vincent Kearney, Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Delivering excellent systems and processes in support of UCL’s vision:

Winner: Barry Reid, Chemical Engineering

Runner-up: Julia Sladen, The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction

Special mention to Miles Mufuka, Physics & Astronomy and Rafid Mahdi, Chemistry

Communicating and engaging effectively with the world:

Winner: Emily O’Farrell, Engineering Faculty Office

Runner-up: Naomi Britton, Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

Special mention to Louise McSeveny, Chemistry

Maintaining a sustainable estate to meet our aspirations:

Winner: Sue Needler, STEaPP (Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy)

Runner-up: Stephanie Dickinson, Statistical Science

Special mention to Simon Barnes, Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Outstanding team contribution to achieving UCL’s mission:

Winner: Digital Innovation Unit (Christopher Neil, Jon Wheatley, Garance Mourgaud, Rosie Curtis, Emily O’Farrell, Kamila Sergeant, James Allen and Jacob Hatcher), Engineering Faculty Office

Joint Runners-up: Mark Bernardes & Melania Torok, Chemical Engineering and Physics and Astronomy Education Support Team (Selina Lovell, Helen Copeland, Sarah McGrath, Sadia Begum, Sital Patel, Lisa Medici, Nadia Waller, Josie Bristow & Tina Crorie), Physics and Astronomy

These awards were set-up to recognise the exceptional commitment and performance of BEAMS Professional Services colleagues over the past year and celebrate their contribution to the UCL Strategic Plan and 2034 Enablers. Staff went to great efforts to gather high quality information to support their nominations and overall, we received 158 nominations, which clearly shows how much talent there is across the three faculties, and perhaps more importantly an appreciation of our colleagues and the work they do. 

Thank you to everyone who came along the ceremony to congratulate the winners and celebrate their success.