Alumni Awards winners

The Alumni Awards recognise an individual or a group of alumni who have shown excellence and distinction in their personal and/or professional lives and who have made a positive contribution to the University, their community and profession.

Alumni Awards 2025

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Excellence Award

The award honours the outstanding and significant contributions alumni are making to further their industries.

Impact Award & Rising Award

The Impact Award recognises an alumnus who is making a difference in their community while the Rising Award pays tribute to the achievements of a recent graduate who has achieved success in the immediate years following the completion of their studies.

Ian Hounsome

Impact Award

Ian Hounsome

Impact Award

André Agius

Rising Star Award

André Agius

Rising Star Award

Alumni Awards 2024

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Alumni Awards 2023

Impact Award: Isabel Dosser, MSc Nursing 2006

Rising Star Award: Daniel Crehan, BA (Hons) in International Festival & Event Management with Marketing 2021

Alumni Awards 2022

Alumnus of the Year: Nathalie Agnew, BA Communication Arts 2005

Young Alumnus of the Year: Bjørn Hanson, MA Kino Eyes International Film 2020, MFA Advanced Film Practice 2021

Alumni Awards 2021

Alumnus of the Year: Janet Downie, BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences 1994

Young Alumnus of the Year: Hazina Alladin, BA Business and Enterprise 2020

Highly Commended: Róisín Ní Chatháin, BSc (Hons) in Architectural Technology 2010

Alumni Awards 2020

Edinburgh Napier University is proud to announce that this year’s Alumni of the Year award has been bestowed upon the nurses and midwives from the graduating class of 2020. The cohorts were recognised for their efforts in the fight against Covid-19. Click here to learn more.

Alumni Awards 2018

Alumnus of the Year: Chico Pereira, BA (Hons) Photography & Film 2009; MFA Advanced Film Practice 2011

Alumnus of the Year: Sheila Lauchlan, BSc Industrial Design (Technology) 1993

Alumni Awards 2016

Alumnus of the Year: Robyn Love, BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science 2013

Alumnus of the Year: Mark Robertson, BSc Sport & Exercise Science 2007

Alumni Awards 2015

Young Alumnus of the Year: Kelly Barbour, BA (Hons) Communication 2013

Alumni of the Year: Joyce Mcaree, PG Diploma Career Guidance & Development 2014

Alumni Awards 2014

Alumnus of the Year: Gary Coupland MBE, Diploma Music 1984

Alumnus of the Year: Lynsey Sharp, LLB (Hons) Law 2012

Alumni Awards 2013

Young Alumnus of the Year: Liseli Sitali, BA (Hons) English & Communication 2012

International Alumnus of the Year: K O Chia, PG Diploma in Management Studies 1980

Alumnus of the Year: Patricia White, BA Accounting 1985

Alumni Awards 2012

Young Alumnus of the Year: Peter McLean, BA (Hons) Hospitality Management 2007

Alumnus of the Year: Alison Walker, MBA 2000

Alumni Awards 2011

Young Alumnus of the Year: Dr Jamie Graves, PhD, Forensic verification of operating system activity, 2009

International Alumnus of the Year: WK CHAN, MSc Applied Biological Sciences 1998

Alumnus of the Year: Professor Aileen Lothian, MBA 2003

Alumni Awards 2010

Young Alumnus of the Year: Adam Purvis, BDes (Hons) Consumer Product Design 2008

International Alumnus of the Year: Gianna Wong, MSc Marketing 2010

Alumnus of the Year: Dr Steven Cordiner, BA (Hons) Combined Studies (Communication & Management) 1997, MPhil Engineering 1999, Honorary Doctor of Technology 2012

Alumni Awards 2009

Alumnus of the Year: Ken Brown, HND Civil Engineering, 1985

International Alumnus of the Year: Susanna Lau, MSc Marketing 2007

Alumni Awards | The winners