Housing professionals from across the East Midlands have picked
up awards for their achievements at a special annual event
organised by De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester to celebrate
its partnerships with the sector and showcase research and
teaching.
Seven people received top prizes of up to £250 at the
university's Centre for Comparative Housing Research (CCHR) 2010
Student Awards, which form part the centre's Annual Open Evening
and DMU's Leicester Business School Prize Giving
Reception.
The awards were sponsored by CCHR, Greenwoods Solicitors LLP,
Home Connections and the Chartered Institute of Housing East
Midlands Region.
Peter Oliver, Effective Partnership Manager in the Policy and
Partnerships team for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland at
Leicestershire County Council, won the Greenwood's prize for Best
Overall Student on an Undergraduate Housing Course. He has just
graduated with a first class BSc (Hons) in Housing.
Rebecca Kirby, a Neighbourhood Services Officer with Midland
Heart Ltd, was awarded the Greenwoods' Prize for 'Best student in
Housing Law' as well as the Chartered Institute of Housing East
Midlands Region prize for High Achievement on the Foundation Degree
in Housing, Communities and Regeneration.
Sarah Cropley, a Housing Strategy Officer at Bedford Borough
Council, won the prize for Best Student Project on Allocations and
Lettings, sponsored by Home Connections, for her dissertation as
part of the MSc Housing Studies course.
Susan Abram from Spire Homes, Amy Hicks from Trent and Dove
Housing, Jit Chauhan of Leicester City Council and Maria Brambles
from Newark and Sherwood Homes all achieved CCHR prizes for 'High
Achievement on the Housing Courses' delivered by Leicester Business
School.
Dr Tim Brown, Director of the Centre for Comparative Housing
Research at DMU, said: "We are delighted to award these prizes in
recognition of the outstanding achievements of this year's winners.
They are to be commended on successfully balancing academic study
with work and personal commitments."