Placement Awards

A celebration of student achievement.

The Placement Awards ceremony is held annually in October/November and is unique to Oxford Brookes Business School.

It is a recognition and celebration of student achievement during the placement year and is supported by the Work and Voluntary Experience Services (WAVES), the Dean of the Business School, the Associate Dean for Student Experience the Undergraduate Director of Studies and all of the Placement module leaders, tutors and students.

Employers, students and Placement tutors can submit nominations for a number of categories and awards/prizes are given out during the event.

2024 award winners

Award
Runner(s)-up
Winner(s)
The Above and Beyond
Yana Illievia and Henry March
Tilly Brown and Mehdi Habri
The Commitment to Customer Client or Service
Naji Neyyankandy
Allesia Juarez
The Best Team Member
Novdeep Singh
Katie Mulligan
Sustainability
Will Brookes
James Kohler
Best Placement Line Manager 
Diego Vieira (Ask Italian) and Matteo Mazzeto (UBS)
Bethany Rowe (Zooplus)
Best Placement Organisation
Glencore and Pepsico
Four Seasons Hotels and Roxcel Trading
Outstanding Placement Tutor
Christina Wilson
Helen Liddar
Outstanding Placement Student
Mahdi Habri, Ali Ahmed and Nadia Trkulja
Ben Lambourne, Olivia Lukasik, 

Wiam Rochdi and Oliver Fisher


2023 award winners

Award
Runner(s)-up
Winner(s)
The Above and Beyond
Ruby Hatch and Saskia Oates 

Luana Dibenedetto, Ernest Ter-Sarkisov and Harriet Cottrell 

The Commitment to Customer Client or Service
Samuel Hougham and Matilda Gardener
Boytcho Ganev and Kira Mchawaya
The Best Team Member
Molly Brenwald and Marilena Dimitriou
Daniela Kasova and Emily Davis
Best Placement Line Manager
N/AJames Read from Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd (now working at Pfizer) and Piero Ciccino PWC Milan
Best Placement Organisation
N/AThe Dorchester and NOBU Hotel London Portman Square
Outstanding Placement Tutor
Joy Butcher
Gregory Kapuscinski
Outstanding Placement Student
Harry Tennant, Megan Ross and Rufus Stone
Benedetta Cattaneo and Neeraja Dabhole

2022 award winners

Award
Runner(s)-up
Winner(s)
The Above and Beyond
Henrietta Clare and Samuel Crabbe
Hannah Waterfield and Christie McIntyre 
The Commitment to Customer Client or Service
Alice Horton
Charlotte Bullifent
The Best Team Member
Molly Brenwald and Marilena Dimitriou
Daniela Kasova and Emily Davis
Best Placement Line Manager/Organisation
Sophie Sutherland (Unilever), Anna Hill (SAP), and Nigel Edwards (Lains Barns)
Gemma Redgrave (AKQA) and Scott Griffiths (VMWare)
Outstanding Placement Tutor
Brianna Wyatt and Asuka Watasuki
Joy Butcher
Outstanding Placement Student
Alice Horton
Henrietta Clare and Samuel Crabbe

2021 award winners

Award
Runner(s)-up
Winner(s)
The Above and Beyond
Jasmine Warren and Isobel Welch
Joseph Sissons and Bianca Cappelletti
The Commitment to Customer Client or Service
Tash Males
Oliver Reith
Best Placement Line Manager/Organisation
Louise Hitch at Individual Restaurant and Kate Catterall at Toyota
James Males at VMWare and Michael Curtis-Rose at Stellite Applications Catapult
Outstanding Placement Tutor
Lynn McBain
Clive Wildish
Outstanding Placement Student
Sam Whitty
George Williams-Sales and Meline Gueguen

2020 award winners

Award
Runner(s)-up
Winner(s)
The Above and Beyond
Eleanor Cooper and Johannes De Waal

Commitment to Customer Client or Service
Nick Jones
Amelia Kane
Creativity and Innovation Award
Thea Hurley-Bennett
Angus Kantolinna
Best Performance in Challenging Conditions
Amy Bilous
Charlotte Nelson-Robbins and George Shackleton
Best Placement Organisation
Mogford Limited
Big Group (nominated by placement student, Tom Knott)
Best Placement Line Manager
Josie Trainor
Jessica Houston and Deborah Cridford
Outstanding Placement Tutor
Kamil Wyczynski
Joy Butcher
Outstanding Placement Student
Jonty Shreeve and Phoebe Moore
Aurelia Marcus and Aurora Falaschi