Student Radio Awards - 2005 - News

Official photos published

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:57:17 +0000

The official photos from the 2005 Student Radio Awards ceremony are now online. Revive your memories of the evening by looking back through at all the excited winners and celebs in attendance. Here are some of our faves:

Please feel free to use the photographs for publicity purposes.

More photographs, including ones taken by people attending the event, can be found in the SRA Events Flickr photostream.

Congratulations to all the winners

Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:09:54 +0000

The Student Radio Association would like to congratulate the winners of this year's Student Radio Awards. It was great to see so many excited faces at the awads, and we hope you all had a fantastic evening!

The official photographs from the evening will appear on the website sometime later this week. Stay tuned too as all of the nominated entries will soon appear online for you to listen to.

Drinks are on the house!

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 18:31:05 +0000

The SRA Exec are pleased to announce that there will be a number of FREE drinks available for all those people coming to the Awards.

RECEPTION (hosted by Fiction, supported by Smirnoff)

A selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic punches will be available for everyone upon their arrival at the venue. These have been kindly provided by the generosity of the lovely lot at Fiction Records and the Smirnoff team...Thanks guys!

DINNER (Presented by Radio 1, with the support of PURE Digital Radios)

Over dinner each guest will have half a bottle of wine with their meal, there will be a selection of white and red wines for all to imbibe. There will also a selection of non-alcoholic beverages for all those tea-totallers/drivers among you.

Each guest will also have a special 'invitation' from our new best friends, PURE Digital. Look out on your places for these rather beautiful and useful 'invites'!

AFTER PARTY

There will be a cash bar available for all to use for the after party.

Ticket cost reductions?

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:20:03 +0000

I have been speaking to a lot of people recently about the cost of the tickets for the ball. While many recognise that the price difference is marginal on last year, they have been rather sensible around seeking assistance in paying for their tickets.

One group of students went to their Union representative (sabbatical officer) and requested a subsidy be paid by the Union. Given the career development opportunities that are available as a direct result of attendance at the awards, they were able to convince their sab. to stump up half the cost of their tickets.

I will not go into who and where this happened, as it is not that helpful to identify them. However, it is useful to recognise that these opportunities are available to all of us and should be siezed whenever possible.

Join the party! These people are...

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:36:28 +0000

We've got some great guests this year to help us celebrate the Tenth Anniversary of the Student Radio Awards 2005.

You could be bumping into Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt, Five Live's Matthew Bannister or sports presenter Mark Pougatch, chatting with Chappers and Dave (and you'll definitely be dancing to their DJ set at the after show party!), or mingling with 1Xtra's Nesha, Kerrang Radio's Ugly Phil, XFM's Lucio, past award host Emma B, Scott Mills and of course the Chair of the Awards, BBC 6Music/Radio 1's Steve Lamacq!

Plus many more...

Let's celebrate ten years in style....

Nominations to be downloadable

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:46:11 +0000

Following from requests in previous years, the Student Radio Association plans to make all of the audio and written entries for all of the nominations available for download from our website after the winners have been announced. This will allow a wider audience to enjoy listening to the entries, and may help student radio presenters to plan their entries for next year.

All nominees are asked to make sure that they've sent an electronic copy of their written entry to chair@studentradio.org.uk, if they haven't already done so.

Audio entries will be available in MP3 download format, and written entries as PDFs. There will also be RSS podcast-style feeds. Individual nominees can opt-out by getting in touch, or by having so specified on their nomination forms.

Travel/Accommodation Info Pack

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 19:54:26 +0000

There's now a venue/travel/accommodation info pack for the awards ceremony available here as a PDF file for all attendees who would like more information on where to stay and how to get around on the night of the awards.

Please note that this Information Pack does not include the previous Travel Tips information about prices to/from London posted this morning, so make sure you take a look at that, too.

Travel tips for the Awards

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 11:54:12 +0000

I have compiled an information pack and I am adding the finishing touches to it - including a route to the venue (which I am walking out today, wish me luck!) - I will send it to our wonderful webmaster who will post it for you all this afternoon.

Some travel tips that I have discovered on the world wide web:

I have been looking at ways to help you guys travel to London for the event. I used these sites all the time when I travelled between home - the midlands - to Uni - Wales and to London. I thought they might be helpful.

These prices were found today and may change as more people book them.

Megabus
www.megabus.co.uk

Glasgow - London £15 rtn
B'ham - London £6 rtn
Brighton - London £2 rtn
Bristol - London £4 rtn
Cardiff - London £3 rtn
Portsmouth - London £2 rtn

National Express
www.nationalexpress.co.uk

Glasgow - London £13 rtn - using the funfare seats - Great deal!
Newcastle - London £6 rtn - using the funfare seats
Leeds to London £5 rtn - using the funfare seats
London Stansted to London Victoria - £15 rtn

Flights on Ryanair
www.ryanair.co.uk

Glasgow Prestwick - London Stansted £28.75 rtn

Keep an eye out for my Information pack - coming soon...

Ceremony Info Available

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:36:43 +0000

A more detailed look at the SRA Awards evening is now available on the ceremony page. Starting at half past 6 and ending at 2am, the evening will include a 3-course meal among other delights, as well as of course the after-show party!

More details on the awards will be uploaded later this afternoon, so keep your eyes peeled!

Jo W. and Colin M. to present awards

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:08:23 +0000

Nominations are out and the final preparations for the 10th Annual Student Radio Awards - Supported by Radio 1 are taking place.

It's a huge milestone for Student Radio in the UK and I am so excited to announce the presenters for this years main event - we wanted knowledge, we wanted experience and we wanted some damn fine humour - Radio 1's Jo Whiley and Colin Murray.

Have you imagined yourself collecting that award?

Look out for more announcements soon...

Tickets On Sale

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:18:04 +0000

Hey all,

I am pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for the tenth anniversary of the Student Radio Awards 2005. The awards are taking place at the New Connaught Rooms in Covent Garden on the 24th November and I hope you're all excited as me! Download the booking form to find out all the details about booking. Well done to everyone who's been nominated and for everyone who took part, we had a record number of entries which was superb.

So I'll see you at the awards!

Jen

Nominations Announced

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:34:07 +0000

The nominations for the Student Radio awards 2005 were announced tonight at nomination parties across the UK. A total of almost 400 entries were submitted this year, with six entries nominated in each category.

The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on November 24th.

Congratulations to all those who were nominated!