WEA awards: our annual celebration of success

The WEA awards are a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate our learners' fantastic accomplishments and the high-quality teaching and support provided by our tutors.

This year, we are also asking for nominations for our brilliant volunteers, who dedicate their time and energy to support our cause but can sometimes go unnoticed. So please do have a think about a volunteer who is deserving of an award.

Nominations are now open! Whether it's a learner who has inspired you with their determination to learn, a tutor who has a unique way of teaching and motivates the class, or a volunteer who is a credit to the community and the learners within it, please go ahead and nominate them (and even yourself!)

Learner Awards: WEA Learner – WEA Rising Star - This learner has shown a great commitment to learning through sheer determination and continues to impress their tutor each day

WEA Learner – Lifelong Learner - This learner has shown extraordinary commitment to learning over the years. Their dedication to education has inspired both their tutors and peers

WEA Learner Group of the Year - This group of learners have made outstanding progress or impact within their community, working as a team
Tutor Awards: WEA Tutor – Inspirational Teaching - This tutor has truly inspired their learners with their passion for their subject

WEA Tutor – Teaching Innovation - This tutor has been innovative in their teaching approach, engaging their learners and supporting their success
Volunteer Awards: WEA Volunteer – Rising Star - This volunteer has quickly become part of the team, demonstrating great promise and dedication. Their enthusiasm, reliability, and eagerness to learn and grow have made a significant impact

WEA Volunteer – Outstanding Volunteer - This award is in recognition of an outstanding volunteer who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to furthering the goals of the WEA, whether supporting learners, taking an active role in our governance or championing learning locally
Legacy Awards: WEA Legacy Award - Community Contribution - This person or group has used their skill and dedication to make a significant contribution to their community – this may be their local community, their learner community or wider

WEA Legacy Award - The Olive Cordell Learner Support Award - This person or group has gone above and beyond to support WEA learners. Their efforts have kept learners motivated and helped them to achieve their educational goals

How to nominate: If you would like to nominate a learner, tutor, volunteer - or to put yourself forward, please complete and submit the short form at the bottom of this page by 5pm Friday 11th April.

Please note that nominations should be for learners who have studied with us, or tutors and volunteers who have worked for us since January 2024.
Selection process and winners: We will contact all nominees to let them know that they are being considered for an award.

The judges' final decision will be shared with all those nominated in May. Award winners will be invited to attend a celebration event at the Royal College of Physicians in London in June (more details will follow).

Before making your nominations, please check that those you wish to nominate are happy to be put forward and to participate in publicity around the awards.

Please complete this form in full. If you have any questions, please contact community@wea.ac.uk

Q1. Please provide the full name of the person you would like to nominate, or all the names of the people in the group for a group nomination

Q2. What is/are their contact email address/es? (if known, or alternatively what course did they study or teach)

Q3. What is/are their contact telephone number/s? (if known)