The Study UK Alumni Awards raise the profile of UK higher education globally and promote the UK as a study destination for international students. Press and PR coverage of the 2022-23 Alumni Award winners and finalists reached an audience of more than 260 million globally.

We now approaching our celebration of UK Alumni Award Winners from Jordan for 2022/23, as external judging has now been completed. The judging process followed a rigorous and highly transparent approach following global shortlisting and judging criteria.

All applications are anonymised for the judging process and judges take conflict of interest very seriously to ensure the integrity of the process, including signing relevant agreements.

If judges recognize an applicant, they are required to state any conflict of interest immediately. Any judge disclosing a conflict of interest is excluded from assessing the specific application and scores are provided by other members of the judging panel only.

The Jordan finalists will be announced in January 2023.

Following this, finalists and winners’ celebration will be recognized in a high profile ceremony in 2023, here in Jordan.

Award winners and finalists are leaders in their fields who have used their experience of studying at a UK university to make a positive contribution to their communities, industries, and countries. The awards celebrate and showcase the impact and value of a UK higher education and raise the international profile of UK alumni and their former universities.

Judging panel of the UK Alumni Awards in Jordan - 2022-2023

Angela Spilsbury

Development Director, British Embassy in Amman

Angela has worked in international development for the last thirty years in South East Asia and Africa with INGOs, the UN and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID)/ Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). She has invested 30 years of her career working on building sustainable health systems in South East Asia and Africa to respond to pandemics such as HIV/AIDS. She has lead teams and managed portfolios on education, preventing child marriage, reproductive and sexual rights, nutrition, climate, humanitarian crises, public sector management and water and sanitation. Angela was born in London, UK and is married with two grown up children. She holds an MSc in Public Health.

 

Dr. Fares Braizat

Chairman, NAMA Strategic Intelligence Solutions (NAMASIS)

Dr. Braizat has founded NAMA Strategic Intelligence Solutions in 2016. He served as the Minister of Youth 2019-2020, and he served as Senior Adviser/Director of Strategic Studies and Evaluation at the Office of His Majesty, Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan between Jan 2012 – Feb 2016. He also served on the Board of the Government Investment Management Company in 2019 and chairman of the Social Policies Committee at the Economic and Social Council in 2016. He was appointed by His Majesty as a member of the Royal Committee to Modernize the Political System (Summer 2021) where he served on the Election Law Subcommittee.

Dr. Braizat holds a Ph.D. in Political Science (2003) and an MA in Political Sociology. He is also a Chevening Scholarship alumnus.

Dr. Hussam Khasawneh

Chairman, National Center for Innovation (NCI)

Dr. Khasawneh is the Chairman of The National Center for Innovation (NCI) and the Assistant Secretary-General at The Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST). He served as the Deputy Director of the Water, Energy, and Environment Center (WEEC) at The University of Jordan between 2016 and 2018. His professional interests include energy systems, innovation management, water-energy Nexus, and green growth. Furthermore, he was amongst the experts’ team that developed the National Green Growth Plan for Jordan. He is now a member of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee at the Scientific Research and Innovation Fund of Jordan Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

Dr. Khasawneh holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Rana A. Safadi

Cultural Advisor/Artist

Rana A. Safadi is an award winning cultural consultant and trainer, and has studied literature, arts and tourism in Jordan, Austria and France.

She has been working as Cultural and Development Specialist with the American Embassy in Amman for over 14 years and as a Country Director for the Jordan Parks Project/Partnership for Environmental and Cultural Tourism, more recently, the managing partner of the “House of Culture” company that specializes in cultural heritage, culture and tourism consultancy.

Rana has published a book entitled “Letters of Gold: State of the Spirit” presenting a map of the heart, her inspirations and artistic vision. Her TEDx talk “The Story of Amman” showcases her passion towards her city Amman.