This award recognises the outstanding achievements of an emerging Marketing and Communications professional who has made a significant impact early in their career while demonstrating CASE's values, including innovation, professional excellence and collaboration.

The CASE Emerging Professional Award for Marketing and Communications is named in memory of Martin Bojam, who dedicated himself to mentoring and elevating others within the communications and marketing field.

The 2025 CASE Europe Awards will be presented at the CASE Europe Annual Conference (4–6 November in Birmingham, UK). All award recipients will receive complimentary registration to attend the full conference.

Eligibility

CASE celebrates the leadership, innovation, and impact of professionals from different lived experiences. As in all its initiatives, CASE values inclusivity, and therefore, the Individual Achievement Awards actively seek the broadest possible set of nominations from institutions and individuals across the globe.

To be considered for this award, nominees must meet the following qualifications:

• Work in a CASE member institution in any European or African country.
• Have worked in marketing and/or communications roles for less than five years.
• Current members of the CASE Regional Councils are not eligible for nomination.
• Self-nominations will not be accepted.

Nomination details

When to enter

Nomination windows vary by region. 

• Europe: 12 May–30 June 2025

How to enter

All nomination information and materials should be submitted online by someone at a CASE member institution or Educational Partner. Self-nominations will not be accepted.

The nominator will be asked to submit:

• Responses to three prompts:
  • Describe how the nominee has demonstrated CASE's values, such as professional excellence, integrity, respect, boldness, agility, collaboration, inclusivity, and embracing diversity, through their work.
  • Describe creative and/or innovative approaches the nominee has taken to:
    • build their institution’s alumni community
    • and/or contribute towards their institution's strategic priorities.
  • Share any data, metrics or supporting quotations to demonstrate the impact the nominee has made.
• Nominee's resume, CV, biography, or a link to similar information, such as their LinkedIn profile.

Contact us 

You can reach the CASE Awards team at awards@case.org. Please include in your correspondence the name of the award.