New for 2012, this Award recognises the Medium-sized Employer (more than 250 employees/less than 14 students on a placement/internship scheme) that has received the highest scoring reviews written by students on RateMyPlacement.co.uk. The Award will be given to the employer who impresses the judges with their attitude to work experience and the value they place on students across the business.

The deadline for reviews has now closed. The winner will be announced at the Awards Ceremony in London on the 18th January 2012.

This Award recognises the Small to Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) that has consistently received high scoring reviews written by students on RateMyPlacement.co.uk. The Award will be given to the company who impresses the judges with their attitude to work experience and the opportunities they offer to students.

Finalists include:

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  Champions Life Academy

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  ProspectSoft

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  Avco Systems

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  Ash Gaming

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  Golfbreaks Limited

RateMyPlacement.co.uk feels that every business, irrespective of size, would benefit from offering work experience to students. This is an Award to promote the introduction of work experience opportunities, or a formalised placement and internship scheme for students within a company.

Finalists include:

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  Dennis Publishing Ltd

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  Barclays Corporate

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  Foxtons

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  Cooper Industries

This is an Award to promote inclusion and diversity in work experience for all students within a company. The company may have a diverse attitude to staff whilst on their placement, they may run recruitment initiatives aimed at increasing the diversity of their intern and placement students or they may just be a highly diverse place to get work experience.

Finalists include:

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  Financial Services Authority

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  Pearson

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  Barclays Capital

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  Civil Service Fast Stream

This Award recognises the company that has received consistently high scores on reviews written by students who attended a Short-term Insight Scheme during the 2010/2011 academic year. This can be either from the Christmas (2010), Easter (2011) or Summer (2011) Insight period, or a mixture of all three.

Finalists include:

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  Simmons & Simmons LLP

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  Linklaters

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  PwC

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  Nabarro LLP

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  Financial Services Authority

This is an Award to recognise and reward those employers who have gone that little bit further than the standard attendance at Careers Fairs and online advert! We are looking for entries from employers who reach out to students in unique ways and like to do things a bit differently when it comes to on-campus student marketing. Whether it was an event, a campaign at particular universities or something targeted to increase the diversity and inclusivity of your scheme/s, we want to hear about it! Joint entries are welcome and encouraged from employers and recruitment advertising agencies.

Finalists include:

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  PwC
  Agency - Thirty Three

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  Ernst & Young
  Agency - SAS

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  RBS
  Agency - Thirty Three

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  KPMG
  Agency - Hodes

This Award celebrates the tireless and invaluable contributions made by the University Placement or Careers Service in helping students apply and maximise their work experience opportunities.

For students, the placement or careers service may have gone beyond the call of duty or simply provided incredible support, advice and information in the search for a placement opportunity to students. If the Placement or Careers Service was fundamental in helping students find a placement or internship, then nominating them below will provide them with the recognition they deserve!

Finalists include:

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  School of Computing & Engineering

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  University of Dundee

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  Lancaster University Management School

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  Brunel University

Previously known as The University with a Forward Thinking Attitude to Work Based Learning, this Award celebrates the improved efforts and services provided by a University / Placement or Careers Service / Department in helping students apply and maximise their work experience opportunities.

Many experts (including the RateMyPlacement Team!) claim that work based learning is the long-term key to success - not only for a student’s development, but for the UK economy. Students gaining a relevant work based learning experience before they graduate is becoming of increasing importance and this Award is designed to recognise the University / Placement or Careers Service / Department that have shown commitment to improving their services to students over the last few years.

Finalists include:

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  Careers & Employability Centre

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  University of Exeter

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  The University of Reading, Student Employment Experience and Careers Centre

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  University of Southampton, Career Destinations

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  Newcastle University Careers Service

This Award celebrates the tireless and invaluable contributions made by a particular individual in the University Placement or Careers Office in helping students apply and maximise their work experience opportunities.

It may be that the individual has gone beyond the call of duty or simply provided incredible support, advice and information in the search for a work experience opportunity. If so, then reward them with the recognition they deserve!

Finalists include:

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  Kath Foot, Cardiff University

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  Emily Timson, University of York

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  Graham Kaye-Taylor, Brunel University

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  Jim Wood, Newcastle University

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  Kirstin Burke, Manchester Met

This Award celebrates the amazing contribution that students make to businesses across the UK and abroad.

We are looking for students who have exceeded expectations and genuinely made a significant impact to their team, department or the business as a whole. Perhaps the student has directly impacted the company’s bottom line, or developed a new cost-saving system? Maybe they have found new clients or improved existing processes and practices?

Finalists include:

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  Lillian Hiscox, Microsoft, Lougborough University

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  Alexandra Tabor, HJ Heinz, University of Nottingham

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  Andreas Constantinides, IBM

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  James Connolly, GlaxoSmithKline, Loughborough University

We are looking for intern students who have exceeded expectations and genuinely made a significant impact to their team, department or the business as a whole. Perhaps the student has directly impacted the company’s bottom line, or developed a new cost-saving system? Maybe they have found new clients or improved existing processes and practices?

Finalists include:

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  Thomas Houseago, RBS, Durham University

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  Neil Uttridge, PwC

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  Sophie Petrie, HSBC

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  Ryan Radley, Student Engagement Intern, Middlesex University

This Award recognises the student who has exceeded expectations and genuinely made a significant impact to the small business as a whole. Perhaps the student has directly impacted the company’s bottom line, or developed a new cost-saving system? Maybe they have found new clients or improved existing processes and practices?

Finalists include:

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  Michael McAllister- Buzzlines Travel Ltd

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  Charlotte Hoskins-MMUKi

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  Charlotte Leech- Champions Life- Uni of Reading

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  Robert Laird- Cognito Ltd

This Award celebrates the university society who has promoted and encouraged their members to undertake some form of work experience. Please give details of any specific events you have done, any innovations or initiatives that promotes work experience to your members.

Finalists include:

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  Ben Northfield - Newcastle University Maths Society

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  Ruhi Koshal - UCL Economics and Finance Society

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  Jeff LeBlanc - Manchester University Law Society

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  Katya Higham - Stoianova- University of Warwick History Society

Previously known as Best RateMyPlacement Brand Manager, we are looking for students who have exceeded expectations and genuinely made a significant impact to the On-Campus Promotions team and our clients.

The Best On-Campus Promotions Brand Manager Awards is designed to reward one of our hundreds of Brand Managers who have promoted our clients on their respective campuses nationwide under the www.On-CampusPromotions.co.uk brand.

Finalists include:

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  Rupert Olszowski - University of Nottingham

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  James Watson-Lee- Warwick University

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  Amelia Marchant - University of Surrey

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  Greg Garfield