Society Awards 2025: Malaysian Soc wins Society of the Year

GenFem wins Diversity Award for second year in a row whilst Hindu Soc bags Best Event having spent £18,000 on this year's Rangeela
Andrea Bidnic, Nick Miao, and James Balloqui
Live reporting from the Bloomsbury Theatre
Society Awards are underway! Photograph by James Balloqui

The Malaysian Society has been named Overall Society of the Year at this year’s Society Awards, whilst Hindu Soc claims Best Event with Rangeela 2025.

Other notable wins include the Quiz Society, which won Best New Society, whilst BNoC-in-the-making Adam Cleary was named Society Personality of the Year.

It’s also been a big night for the Gender and Feminism Society, which won the Diversity and Inclusion Award for the second year in a row. You can find the full list of nominees right here.

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Summary

  • Malaysian Society wins Overall Society of the Year
  • Quiz Society wins Best New Society
  • Big Name on Campus in the making Adam Cleary wins Society Personality of the Year after setting out to “do everything”
  • Hindu Society wins Best Event with Rangeela
  • School of Pharmacy Society wins Departmental Society of the Year
  • State-backed Chinese Students and Scholars Association Society wins Cultural Society Impact Award
  • Public Speaking Society wins Opportunities Award
  • Gender and Feminism Society wins Diversity and Inclusion Award
  • United Nations Association wins Innovative Online Engagement Award
  • Finance Literacy Matters Society wins Innovation and Development Award
  • Christopher Behnert-Smirnov of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Society and George Ponodath of Skate Club named Honorary Life Members
  • 48 commendations, 21 colours, and 10 centenaries awarded to nearly 80 society members