Warwick scoops £10k in Ernst & Young win

Warwick Students’ Union (SU) has won £10,000 in an Ernst & Young competition.

The campaign involved a prize-tagging competition which enabled students to enter into a draw by ‘liking’ the Ernst & Young UK Careers page on Facebook.

In order to encourage more students to get involved, the Union pledged to give £500 of the £10K to the club or society that had the most members enter the competition. Around 600 individuals tagged their clubs, with Netball ultimately winning the prize money just a few posts ahead of the Rowing club.

Daniel Stevens, student brand manager (SBM) for Ernst & Young at Warwick and former President of the SU, said, “I campaigned so hard for Warwick to win was because it would help the SU.”

Stevens, who was responsible for launching and implementing the campaign on campus, added, “The SBM with the most entries gets a £250 bonus, but I vowed to, and still intend to, donate that money to charity. Warwick SU getting £10,000 to help students is a large enough bonus for me.”

President of Netball and third-year Politics student Hannah James said, “We’re thrilled to have won the £500; the two days spent convincing all the girls to tag the club was definitely worth it”. SU Development Officer George Whitworth said, “We’ll be working with Ernst & Young to spend the money to best benefit Warwick students. I hope that it’ll have been put to good use by the summer.”

Runners-up were Glasgow University and Imperial College London.