Imperial Garden Party Nominations

The Imperial Garden Party is an annual event which celebrates all staff and students who have been nominated by their managers, peers and colleagues for their exceptional contributions to Imperial within the last year. 

It also recognises staff who have supported important projects, provided excellent service, taken on new challenges or gained a qualification whilst demonstrating commitment to the university’s values and behaviours, Respect, Collaboration, Excellence, Integrity, and Innovation.

Nominations can be made by staff from all areas of Imperial. The nominations are considered by a selection panel representing all staff, and successful nominees will be invited to attend the Staff Recognition awards ceremony followed by the Imperial Garden Party celebration event. (Please note Garden Party attendees are not required to go on stage for the award ceremony).

Eligibility Criteria

• Staff in any role across the university are eligible to be nominated.
• Nominations can be made by any Imperial staff member.
• This award is open to individual and team
• Self-nomination is not permitted for this category.

The nomination must be completed by Friday 14 March 2025.

Nomination Information

You may nominate an individual or a team to receive an invitation to the Imperial Garden Party to recognise their dedication and hard work over the past year.  Please don’t feel constrained by these examples, but you might like to recognise staff for:

• Working on a special project with successful outcomes
• Gaining a new qualification
• Giving outstanding service to the university in a particular role
• Serving on a department or team or committee and contributing to its success
• Making extraordinary efforts above and beyond the normal responsibilities of their role
• Supporting and promoting staff wellbeing
• Demonstrating evidence of respect to other members of the Imperial community

Entering the nomination (please additionally refer to the user guide document for the online awards system).  Please also note if you are accessing the system off-site, please make sure you are connected Zscaler and that the authenticate is turned on.

Important: The selection panel will ONLY draw on the evidence presented in the nomination form when making their decision, so please ensure a good case is presented for submission.

• A single nomination form should be completed for each individual and team
• All nominations must be seconded before the Please refer to the online awards system user guide for more information.
• Evidence should be provided for the nomination and should be written for a non-expert audience and specific examples given where
• There is a 4,000 character limit for each free text

Questions to complete

1. Is this an individual or a team nomination? If this is a team nomination, please include the name of the team and the names of each team member.
2. Please describe your relationship to the nominee (i.e. colleague, peer, line manager) and how you became aware of their contributions to Imperial.

3. Please describe what the nominee, individual and/or team, has achieved in the past year to merit an invitation to the Imperial Garden Party and how they demonstrate the Imperial values and behaviours. Please reference the Imperial Values to provide evidence and to inspire your nomination.