Campaigning journalism on the culture of silence surrounding mental health in universities has won recognition at a prestigious journalism awards event in London.
Claire Shaw, who edits the Guardian’s higher education network, received a runner-up award for outstanding higher-education journalism for her coverage around mental health in universities, that revealed staff are experiencing anxiety, isolation and lack of support.
The Guardian was also recognised for its coverage of sexual violence issues among students, at the CIPR education journalism awards on Wednesday 10 May.
Abby Young-Powell received the most promising newcomer to education journalism award for her work exposing the extent of sexual violence in clubs, and on the campaign for sexual consent classes at universities.
Several Guardian contributors netted awards for their education journalism: Louise Tickle (winner of outstanding national education journalism), Janet Murray (runner-up for outstanding national education journalism) and Dorothy Lepkowska (runner-up for outstanding schools journalism).
