Dr Rory Finnin, University Senior Lecturer in Ukrainian Studies and Head of the Department of Slavonic Studies, won an award in the Lecturer category at the 2015 Teaching Awards organised by the Cambridge University Student Union (CUSU). In 2015 the CUSU Student-Led Teaching Awards saw 265 nominations from students who submitted testimonies about why their chosen member of staff deserved to win. The winners, who were judged by a panel of students working alongside CUSU, were presented with their awards at a ceremony in the Old Schools on Tuesday, 12 May.

Daria Mattingly, a PhD candidate in the Department of Slavonic Studies working with supervisor Dr Rory Finnin, has won an award for the Best Doctoral Paper on Ukraine at the 2015 Association for the Study of Nationalities Convention in New York City. Her paper was entitled ‘“Idle, Drunk and Good for Nothing”: The Cultural Memory of the Holodomor Rank-and-File Perpetrator’. Congratulations, Daria!

Jessica Fitch-Bunce, an undergraduate in the Department of Slavonic Studies, has received a first-place award for her Russian-language essay on the topic of ‘Studying in Russia and What It Means for My Career’. The award secures a place for her to study at Novosibirsk University during her Year Abroad. Congratulations, Jessica!