After much deliberation judges have come up with the shortlist for this year's National Student Media Awards:

Best Student Newspaper
Palatinate - University of Durham
Leeds Student – University of Leeds
Cherwell - University of Oxford
YorkVision - York University

Best Student Magazine
Smiths – Goldsmiths College
Streaker – University of Luton
Impact - University of Nottingham
Westworld – University of the West of England

Best Small Budget Student Publication
Smiths – Goldsmiths College
Huddersfield Students – University of Huddersfield
Brig – University of Stirling
Velvet - Surrey Institute of Art and Design

Best Student Media Website
www.udsu-online.co.uk - University of Derby
www.Durham21.co.uk - Durham University
Platform – Nottingham Trent University
www.wessexscene.co.uk - University of Southampton.

Best Student Reporter
Katie Hind, Concrete – University of East Anglia
Jon Colman, SCAN – Lancaster University
Dan Box, Leeds Student – Leeds University
Rob Harris, York Vision – York University

Best Student Campaign
Payup Tony, Student Debt – Manchester Metropolitan University
Steel Press, Fair-Trade Coffee – Sheffield University
Barefacts, Accommodation - University of Surrey
York Vision, Health Centre – York University

Best Student Photographer
Conor Cleary, Streaker – University of Luton
Lee Jonathan Garland, Impact – University of Nottingham
Oliver Scarff, Warwick Boar – University of Warwick

Best Student Feature Writer
Heather Brown, Leeds Student – Leeds University
Sian Knight, Impact – University of Nottingham
James Kettle, Cherwell - Oxford University
Matt Withers, Steel Press – Sheffield University

Best Student Sports Journalist
Stuart Pollitt, Exepose – Exeter University
Carl Laferton, Cherwell - Oxford University
Nicholas Randall, Cherwell -Oxford University

Best Student Arts Journalist
Murray Laird Garrand, Epigram – University of Bristol
Charlotte Ronalds, Concrete – University of East Anglia
Mark Powell – Leeds Student, Leeds University
Henry Day – Cherwell, Oxford University
Helen Zaltzman – Cherwell, Oxford University

Best Student Publication Design
Massive – City University
Impact – University of Nottingham
Smoke – University of Westminster

Best Student Travel Writer (sponsored by STA Travel)
Elisabeth Jones, Redbrick – Birmingham University
Josephine Hartley, Cambridge Student – Cambridge University
James Brown, Huddersfield Student – University of Huddersfield
Malin Rising, Velvet - Surrey Institute of Art and Design

Diversity Award (sponsored by the Commission for Racial Equality)
Cambridge Students – Cambridge University
Leeds Student – Leeds University

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