Across 13 categories the NUS Awards celebrate excellence in the student movement and the outstanding contribution students and students’ unions make to the lives of students and their communities.
The 391 entries to the Awards were judged by an expert panel which included Shami Chakrabarti CBE, the BBC’s Sean Coughlan and Endsleigh Managing Director Ian Passmore.
You can follow the ceremony tonight and be first to find out who the winners are on NUS’ Twitter account and by using #NUSAwards as the tag.
The shortlisted candidates are:
Endsleigh Student of the Year
Ross Grant - Aberdeen University Students' Association
Tayaba Nicholson - University of Manchester Students' Union
Emily Nix - Sheffield Students’ Union
Endsleigh Technology Innovation Award
Liverpool Guild of Students and Liverpool Students’ Union (joint nomination)
University of Derby Students' Union
University of York Students' Union
Further Education Students’ Union of the Year
Canterbury College Students' Union
Cornwall College Students' Union
Dudley College Students' Union
Higher Education Students' Union of the Year
Leeds University Union
Loughborough Students' Union
Northumbria Students' Union
Queen's University Belfast Students' Union
University of Bath Students' Union
University of Exeter Students’ Guild
Best Student Media
The National and London Student Journalism Support Networks
Forge Media - Sheffield Students’ Union
Nouse - University of York Students' Union
Campaign of the Year
Bradford College Students' Union- Save the FreeCityBus
Edinburgh University Students' Association - Write to Mike
Goldsmiths Students' Union- Save the nursery
Club or Society of the Year
Exchange 360 - Edinburgh University Students’ Association
Mental Wealth - Cardiff University Students' Union
SIFE Sussex - University of Sussex Students' Union
Community Relations Award
Chester Students' Union
Sheffield Students’ Union
Students' Union Bournemouth University
Course Representative of the Year
Beth Fazackerley - Northumbria Students' Union
Jonathan Isaacs –University of Salford Students' Union
Francesca Rust & Emily Short - Anglia Ruskin Students' Union
Equality and Diversity Award
Cardiff University Students' Union
Northumbria Students’ Union
Queen's University Belfast Students' Union
Simpson King Students’ Union Staff Member of the Year
Graham Atkinson – Northumbria Students' Union
Kathryne Fraser – Sheffield Students’ Union
Chris Spencer – Loughborough Students' Union
Student Journalist of the Year
Matthew Burgess - Sheffield Students’ Union
Simon Murphy - Newcastle University Union Society
Nick Stylianou- Students' Union Royal Holloway, University of London
Student Unionist of the Year
Ben Dowen - Sheffield Hallam University Students' Union
Kim Hughes - Dudley College Students' Union
Tas Siddeeque - Loughborough Students' Union