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NextGen Awards: Influencer Award

6 Dec 2023
Application deadline was 1st October 2023, 11:59 p.m.

NextGen Awards 2023: Influencer Award

Sponsor to be announced

The influencer Award is open for any and all keen marketers or influencers on campus and beyond. Whether you've built a fantastic personal brand, worked on an amazing marketing project or you've achieved fantastic marketing results for a company, charity or other organisation, we want to hear about it!

Societies who are eligible to apply: 

  • For society entries, the Influencer Award is only available for Bright Network Society Partners - to reward their work working with us to share the Bright Network word and build communities on their campuses. The application form is for student entries only. 

Students who are eligible to apply: 

  • For university students who have influenced others through creative and powerful ways
  • Students will be able to demonstrate any impressive results at university or otherwise - whether in a marketing project or through marketing for a company, charity or other organisation/initiative
  • This award is also open to any student that has built their own personal brand and made their mark at university

Applications close on Sunday 1st October at 11:59pm! 

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Frequently asked questions

Who can apply for NextGen Awards 2023? 

To be in the running for a NextGen Award, you can apply either as an individual student or as a university society. For each category, there will be a student winner and a society winner. 

To enter as a student, you must be a student at a UK university. 

To enter as a society, you must be a committee member of a UK university society. Please select one person to apply on behalf of the society (we will only review one application per society entry for a category). 

How can I enter NextGen Awards 2023? 

As a student or society, you can get recognised by our employer sponsors, connect with them at our exclusive Meet the Sponsors event (open for all applicants), and win up to £1900 - all by entering NextGen Awards 2023. Plus, it’s super easy to apply! Here’s all you’ll need to do across term 1:

1. Submit your application by clicking 'apply now' and following the instructions in the form - telling us why you deserve to win the award

2. Create a video (up to 2 mins) if you’re shortlisted, to showcase some of your achievements and why you deserve to win the title

3. Share your entry with your networks to get votes!

4. Attend the award ceremony in central London on Wednesday 6th December if you win!

Watch this handy video to get our top tips on how to make your application stand out. 

What are the key dates? 

More questions about NextGen Awards 2023? 

Get all your questions about the awards answered on our Support Hub - including how to apply, the ceremony and more.