Student Awards
The Dairy Industry Student Award Sponsored by The Society of Dairy Technology and The International Cheese Awards.
This award recognises the efforts of new entrants to the Dairy Industry and promotes their talent to a wide audience. The work of the winning individual will be communicated to a global audience, showcasing their achievement. The award will be presented at the prestigious trade lunch (on the Tuesday of the ICA) at the Nantwich International Cheese Awards in July.
The award is open to any student studying a food science and technology course in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. Courses may be vocational qualifications, diploma, degree and so on. There is no age restriction to applicants; however the student must be undertaking a dairy project or be employed within the dairy industry.
Previous winners of the award:
2017 John Clark (Arla Foods Stourton)
How to enter:
Complete the application form (click HERE) to register your entry and email it to execdirector@sdt.org . Registration must be received by May 1st 2020. The full submission (as detailed below) does not need to be received until May 29th 2020.
Requirements for judging (required May 29th):
- A confidential, comprehensive report of either a dairy related project or work placement experience should be submitted for judging. This should be no more than 2000 words.
- In addition to the detailed report submit a summary, of no more than 300 words, of the study or work undertaken. The summary could be in the form of a poster or a written summary. (This will be used as press and electronic release for the winning candidate).
- Include a brief biography of yourself, your course of study and your experience within the industry.
Requirements for judging (required May 29th):
- A confidential, comprehensive report of either a dairy related project or work placement experience should be submitted for judging. This should be no more than 2000 words.
- In addition to the detailed report submit a summary, of no more than 300 words, of the study or work undertaken. The summary could be in the form of a poster or a written summary. (This will be used as press and electronic release for the winning candidate).
- Include a brief biography of yourself, your course of study and your experience within the industry.
Judging criteria
The following criteria will be used to judge entries:
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% of mark |
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Potential impact to the dairy company (if student employed in the industry) and/or the dairy industry. |
40 |
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Clearly stated return on investment (financial) to the individual dairy company and/or the dairy industry. |
20 |
| Scientific content and method of study demonstrating evaluation of research and analysis of data. |
30 |
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Background of the individual demonstrating professional journey and ownership of project. |
10 |
ALL submissions must be electronically submitted in both PDF and Word formats and NOT as a hard copy. It should be emailed to execdirector@sdt.org by May 29th and judging will take place during June.
Judging will be undertaken by a panel of 4 industry experts, 2 from the Society of Dairy Technology and 2 from the International Cheese Awards Committee. The winner, and their guest, will be invited to join the Presidents of the two institutions to receive their award at the trade lunch of the International Cheese Awards at Nantwich at the end of July. A prize of £100 and a trophy will be awarded to the winner.