Vice Chancellor's Social Impact Awards 2022/23

With the support of the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Anthony Freeling, Cambridge Hub will be celebrating our fifth Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Awards this year to recognise and celebrate exceptional achievement in social impact amongst University of Cambridge students.

The awards will be presented by Dr Anthony Freeling, in a ceremony on the 4th of May. Here our winners will meet the Vice-Chancellor and receive their award, and further support post-event to help expand their impact.

This year's award categories include: - Social Impact Award - Innovation Award - Sustainability Award - Volunteering Award - Local Impact Award - Global Impact Award

Our nominees' nominations are assessed by a panel of judges who are champions in the sector, ranging from student leaders to senior leaders at the University. They assess all nominations based on a set of criteria measuring the depth of impact, their development journey, and their uniqueness of their ideas.

You can nominate any current University of Cambridge student here

You can also read about our 2021/22 Winners on our Cambridge Blog here

“We can all agree that Cambridge students are bright; that Cambridge students are good leaders; that Cambridge students are enterprising. What we don’t always recognise is that so many Cambridge students are also generous, and socially aware. When this awareness, and this generosity, mix with their brightness, their enterprising streak, their talent for leadership, the result is very powerful.

While academic or sporting excellence are often recognised, very often the incredible work that many students do in contributing to their local community can go overlooked. That is why my Office has supported these awards since the idea was first proposed. It seems essential to me that we are not only rewarding academic or sporting excellence – of which there is an abundance – but also excellence and accomplishment in contributing to society.”

- Professor Stephen Toope, Former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge