Written by Editors    Saturday, 14 May 2011 14:09   
The Student takes three Herald award nominations
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The Student has taken three nominations in the run-up to the 15th annual Scottish Student Press Awards, sponsored by The Herald.

The Student will compete against St Andrew's University's newspaper The Saint, and The Strathclyde Telegraph, of Strathclyde University. 

Former editor James Ellingworth has been shortlisted for sports writer of the year while current editors Julia Symmes Cobb and Dan Heap were shortlisted in the Features category for their series of interviews with the leaders of the main five Scottish political parties during the Holyrood election.  Cobb, Ellingworth and Heap will also be in the running for student journalist of the year.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on May 26 at the original home of The Herald, The Lighthouse, in Glasgow’s Mitchell Lane.

A full list of nominations can be found here