British Council alumni awards
The British Council Alumni Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of alumni from UK universities.
The awards also showcase the impact and value of a UK higher education.
Winners and finalists in the awards are leaders in their fields who have used their experience of studying in the UK to make a positive contribution to their communities, professions and countries.
In 2016 and 2017 Essex had five finalists in the British Council Alumni Awards, chosen from more than 1,700 applications from 125 countries. Our finalists include a leading academic, a roboticist, a biotechnologist, an innovator in the central Asian finance sector, and a founder of an English school who has become a YouTube sensation!
In 2017 Roichatul Aswidah was a finalist in the Social Impact category of the awards. As a former Human Rights student at the University of Essex, Roichatul is now a commissioner of the Indonesian National Commission of Human Rights in the Indonesian Parliament.
Also in 2017, Ricky Gunawan won the Social Impact category of the awards, having earned his Master’s degree in Theory and Practice in Human Rights from the University of Essex. Ricky’s work focuses on ending the death penalty, reforming drug laws, and protecting the rights of Indonesia’s most vulnerable people.