Nurses and midwives shortlisted for national awards
ARU receives ten nominations for the prestigious Student Nursing Times Awards
Poppy Gill, left, Tonicha Patterson, centre, and Louise Jones, right, at ARU Peterborough. Photo by Willow Florence Photography
Several Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) students, as well as ARU’s own initiatives and partnerships, have been shortlisted for categories at the Student Nursing Times Awards next month.
ARU has a total of 10 nominations across the 25 categories, which are open to higher education institutions across the UK.
ARU itself has been shortlisted for the Best Student Experience category, and in the Partnership of the Year category for its work with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust on personalised cancer care placements for nursing students.
Two ARU students have been shortlisted for two awards each. Louise Jones is a finalist in Most Inspirational Student Nurse of the Year and Student Nurse of the Year: Children.
Ellie Falconer, an apprentice who combines her work for Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in Harlow with her studies at ARU, is shortlisted for Student Nursing Associate of the Year and also for the Student Innovation in Practice award.
Natasha-Marie Pritchard has been shortlisted in the Outstanding Contribution to Student Affairs category and Oreoluwa Akinwunmi is a finalist in the Student Nurse or Midwife of the Year: Clinical Research, while both Poppy Gill and Tonicha Patterson are also shortlisted in the Student Nurse of the Year: Children category.
“We are thrilled that so many of our fantastic students across nursing and midwifery have been recognised for their hard work, achievements, and for going above and beyond in so many ways.
“We’re also really pleased that our partnership work and the effort that has been put in by staff to enhance our students’ experience has also been recognised. We are looking forward to coming together at the ceremony to celebrate these achievements.”
Laura Adley, Head of the School of Nursing at ARUThe ceremony will take place at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 24 April 2026.