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51³Ô¹ÏÍø honoured its first cohort of Sustainable 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Ambassadors at a special awards ceremony.

The Sustainable 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Ambassadors scheme which launched in October 2025, enables students to be recognised for the extra-curricular sustainability-related events they participate in. 

Your involvement drives positive change not only at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø but beyond, as you carry your knowledge and experience into future roles and communities around the world. Professor Anna Korre Associate Provost (Sustainability)

Over the year, the first cohort of Sustainable 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Ambassadors have taken up enrichment opportunities such as attending sustainability webinars, workshops, trainings and networking sessions to boost their sustainability knowledge and meet like-minded people.  

The Ambassadors have also put their learnings into practice to make a positive difference at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and beyond by taking up empowerment opportunities such as assisting with pop-up stalls to raise awareness of sustainability topics, creating social media content to highlight Sustainable 51³Ô¹ÏÍø initiatives and conducting environmental audits including for 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Green Impact teams. 

The Ambassadors have shown great dedication volunteering over 400 hours between them this year. Twenty-eight students qualified for a certificate and were recognised for their efforts at a special awards ceremony that took place on 8 June 2026 in the Main Entrance at South Kensington campus.  

The celebration comes just weeks before the launch of the Sustainable 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Strategy (2026-2031) which will unveil plans to set a global benchmark for university sustainability. Register to attend the launch event on Tuesday 30 June.  

Driving positive change 

At the Sustainable 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Ambassadors awards ceremony, we were joined by special guests Professor Anna Korre Associate Provost (Sustainability), and Professor Omar Matar, Head of Chemical Engineering, who commended the students for helping drive our sustainability agenda. 

Professor Korre said: “Thank you to our Sustainable 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Ambassadors for your dedication. Your involvement drives positive change not only at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø but beyond, as you carry your knowledge and experience into future roles and communities around the world, helping us to maximize our positive handprint.” 

Being part of this community of dedicated people actively building a more sustainable future gives me hope to continue doing the same. Yunxi Shen Sustainable 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Ambassador

Professor Matar added:  "Your contributions as Sustainable 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Ambassadors have not only created a meaningful impact on both people and the planet, but have also supported your professional growth. Through this experience, you have developed valuable skills and gained strong examples to draw upon in interviews and throughout your future careers.”  

Yunxi Shen, a Master’s student in Environmental Technology, also spoke at the event, sharing her experience as an Ambassador, and finished with a powerful message: “We all know that the planet is not in a great shape today. But being part of this community of dedicated people actively building a more sustainable future gives me hope to continue doing the same.” 

Celebrating our Ambassadors 

Congratulations to all our 2025-26 Sustainable 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Ambassadors listed below. 

Sustainable 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Ambassadors at the special awards ceremony in the Main Entrance. 

Special awards: 

Sustainability Month Contribution Award: Muchammad Ikrar Athalla, Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Management 

“Ikrar has shown great dedication throughout the year creating content for our , particularly for our Sustainability Month campaign. They ran a fantastic takeover of the central 51³Ô¹ÏÍø College account for our Sustainable Fashion Show with the Fashion & Design society, capturing highlights and conducting mini-interviews with participants, helping to create a buzz ahead of the campaign. Their reel of our Sustainability Fair also reached over 26,000 views!”  

Sustainable 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Ambassador of the Year: Olive Ndungu, Materials 

“Olive has taken part in a range of sustainability activities including participating in our ambassador meetings, supporting the Re:Gen gardening project and conducting audits for our Green Impact programme. They also encouraged their fellow members of their Botanical Society to run a stall for our Sustainable Festive Fair demonstrating how you can use natural items as decorations for the festive season and helped to deliver the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Community Climate Night event with fellow sustainability-related societies.” 

Certificate of Participation 

• Ben Sallybanks, Centre for Environmental Policy 

• Chen Xiaoyu, Earth Science and Engineering 

• Doyeon Myeong, Earth Science and Engineering 

• Dwaipayan Chakraborty, MBA 

• Edmund Li, Life Sciences 

• Haya El Okdi, Centre for Environmental Policy 

• Leena Hamidullah, Earth Science and Engineering 

• Madhulika Mandavilli, Life Sciences 

• Ufuk Cetiner, Aeronautics 

• Yuhuan Ma, Maths 

• Zi Xin Yeo, Climate Change, Management and Finance 

Bronze Certificate 

• Ankita Menon, Medicine 

• Charlene Tai, Earth Science and Engineering 

• Deniz Beydagi, Centre for Environmental Policy 

• Emma Elizabeth Charles, Civil and Environmental Engineering 

• Haaris Iqbal, Earth Science and Engineering 

• Maryam Al-Hakim, Civil and Environmental Engineering 

• Nadia Johnson, Centre for Environmental Policy 

• Olive Ndungu, Materials 

• Priyal Pajwani, Business Analytics 

• Sofian Kurniawan, MBA 

• Victor Heethem, Chemical Engineering 

Silver Certificate 

• Li Zhen Ong, Materials 

• Mia Hossen, Economics, Finance and Data Science 

• Muchammad Ikrar Athalla, Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Management 

Gold Certificate 

• Tan Wei Zhe, Keith, Electrical and Electronic Engineering 

• Usaefat, Sodiq Adeniyi, Civil and Environmental Engineering 
• Yunxi Shen, Centre for Environmental Policy 

Become a Sustainability Ambassador 

Want to become a Sustainable 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Ambassador?  and stay tuned for the relaunch of the ambassador scheme in Autumn Term 2026! 

Before then, get involved in our events and opportunities over the summer including our Sustainability Strategy launch event on 30 June.