As many of you know that the Star Awards and its subsequent After Party were postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Kayla-Megan Burns, VP community and President elect at Strath Union, expressed her sincere apology on her facebook account after the Star Awards postponement announcement on March 13;“So sorry all that this has had to happen, but we have had to prioritise your health and wellbeing above this event. Hopefully we'll be able to get this on the go again soon but for now stay safe”

However, Kayla-Megan Burns and the Strath Union team have worked together very hard to organise an extraordinary virtual ceremony for our annual Star Awards. 

The annual Star Awards event took place online this year on May 1 at 7pm on our main Strathclyde Students’ Union Facebook page. Along with the announcements, live interviews were broadcasted with the winners. There was also a £500 Active & Engaged prize draw and a Zoom quiz with Kwaku Adjei (former President at Strath Union) once the Awards ceremony was over. In fact, the award ceremony was an opportunity for Strathclyde Students’ Union to recognise and celebrate the amazing achievements of their student volunteers throughout the year. 

Strath Union spoke to Kayla-Megan Burns following the virtual Star Awards ceremony; “I was genuinely really proud to present the STAR Awards this year, not just because of the honour of getting to recognise all of our amazing volunteers, but also because of the way we did it. I think right now people need every bit of positivity possible and I was really pleased to be able to bring that to students in their own home,”

“It’s really easy to become engulfed by all that’s going on at the moment but I’m really glad that we were still able to acknowledge our volunteers for all that they’ve done over the past year and hopefully we were able to provide a bit of relief through it all as well. Lockdown or no - you’re all pretty amazing,” added Kayla.      

List of the Winners