Winners of the ASA Student Awards 2006 Announced

06 March 2006

We are delighted to announce the winners of the ASA’s 2006 Student Awards.

This year’s awards were expanded to make them more accessible to a greater number of students.  There were two entry categories – one for students 18 and under studying at GCSE/A-Level or equivalent, the other for students over 18 studying full-time.

Participating students were invited to either carry out research into the issues surrounding advertising and children and write up their findings, or create a written plan for a multi-media ad campaign for a soft drink aimed at young people that adheres to the ASA guidelines.

We had an excellent response with many interesting and well thought out entries so choosing the winners and runners-up was difficult.  In the end the following students were chosen in each category for the obvious research that had gone into their entries and the level of understanding they demonstrated in their thoughts on current issues in advertising regulation.

Category 1 – students 18 or under studying business, marketing or advertising related courses at GCSE / A-Level or equivalent

• Winner - Emma Anne James, A-Level Media Studies, Amman Valley School
• Runner-up - Chris Zacharia, GCSE Media Studies, Maidstone Grammar School
• Runner-up - Delicia Maria Sequeira, A2 Media Studies OCR, St Paul's Catholic College
  

Category 2 – full-time higher education students studying business, marketing or advertising related courses aged 18 or over.

• Winner  - Ross Cockton, BA Business and Marketing, University of Sunderland
• Runner-up – Ian James Moody, BA Business and Marketing, University of Sunderland
• Runner-up – Jessica Ford, BA (Hons) Advertising, Somerset College of Art and Technology

We would like to congratulate our winners and thank all the students who participated for the hard work and effort they put into their entries.

The ASA Awards aim to encourage students to explore advertising regulation beyond the requirements of their course.  The Awards aim to recognise work that shows an accurate understanding of the self-regulatory system for controlling advertising content and the benefit it brings to consumers and the advertising industry.  You can view the details of the 2006 award scheme including entry options and full terms and conditions by clicking here.