We're delighted to announce that the City Lit Awards are back and nominations are now open.
The City Lit Awards celebrate the outstanding work and achievements of various students, tutors and staff from across the college, as well as the transformation adult learning can bring.
City Lit prides itself on creating opportunities for people to come together to enrich their lives through learning. During the pandemic, we have all truly lived City Lit’s values of being ambitious, imaginative and openhearted. The City Lit Awards 2022 will celebrate those students, tutors and members of staff who have gone above and beyond during the last two years to support our City Lit community through an extraordinary period of disruption.
It might be a tutor who delivered outstanding teaching despite the virtual or classroom barriers, a student who has used their course to dramatically change their career or a member of staff who made a real difference to the emotional wellbeing of the students during lockdown.
The awards will celebrate some of the exceptional work carried out at City Lit during 2020/2021, and we know there is a lot to celebrate. Nominations will close on Wednesday 5 January, 2022 at 23:59.
The winners will be announced during a celebration event for winners in February 2022. More details will be confirmed nearer the time.
Awards categories
- Outstanding Learner Award
- Lockdown Innovator Award
- Inspiring Tutor Award
- Staff Recognition Award
- Wellbeing Award
- Project Award
- Partner Award
Outstanding Learner Award
Do you know a student who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to their learning at City Lit during the pandemic? Our students achieve great things – we are seeking nominations for exceptional candidates worthy of an Outstanding Learner Award.
Examples could include inspiring others during classes, realising a personal goal, demonstrating a longstanding commitment to their learning, showing initiative to set up a business or community scheme, or someone who has used their course to dramatically change their career or circumstances during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lockdown Innovator Award
This new award recognises a student, tutor or member of staff for their extraordinary efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic to support our students or the wider London community. Someone who has gone above and beyond to support others during the pandemic.
Inspiring Tutor Award
This award recognises a City Lit tutor who has provided a high quality online or classroom based learning experience, demonstrated exceptional knowledge of their subject matter, provided a memorable experience, and helped students to reach their full potential during their classes.
Staff Recognition Award
This award recognises a non-teaching member of staff for their contribution to the City Lit community during the Covid-19 pandemic, embodying the spirit of City Lit, and going the extra mile to help colleagues or students through these challenging times.
Wellbeing Award
We recognise how learning can be hugely significant in contributing to positive wellbeing especially during the last year. We’re looking for nominations for tutors or non-teaching members of staff who have incorporated innovative wellbeing outcomes within their course programmes, or designed courses specifically to contribute to positive wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Project Award
This award recognises a group project at City Lit that has reached out to communities, enabled opportunities for online and in-person learning and personal development, or a project that has made a positive contribution to either our students or the wider London community during the Covid-19 pandemic. This category also includes group work by students created during the challenging conditions of the Pandemic.
Partner Award
This award recognises the outstanding work by a partner for their support or commitment to our students or the wider City Lit community. This can be a charity, organisation or an individual.
