About the Awards

There are six: Student of the Year (pre-registration), Research Student of the Year, the Student Leadership Award, Society of the Year, Educator of the Year and Inspirational Podiatrist of the Year. You’ll find what the judges look for in each on our judging criteria page.

Anyone can nominate for the four student categories: students, staff, podiatrists, and even nominees themselves. Only current students can nominate for Educator of the Year and Inspirational Podiatrist of the Year, because those awards are about the people who have made a difference to them.

Fill in the short form at TomorrowsPods.com/nominate. We need to know the category, who you’re nominating, and why. Not sure what to write? Our nomination builder asks a few simple questions, turns your answers into a nomination and passes it to the form for you to check and submit.

Nominations are capped at 500 words. You don’t need to cover everything. The strongest nominations give specific examples against at least three of the STRIDE behaviours (Support, Team up, Reflect, Inspire, Drive impact, Empathise) and say what difference the nominee made to others.

We’ll let your nominee know they’ve been nominated, and they’ll receive a certificate whatever you choose below. When you nominate, you choose how we may use your comments: share them with the nominee and quote them publicly (for example on social media or at the awards) without your name, share them with the nominee only, or keep them confidential. If you share your comments with the nominee, they’ll receive your words too. More than just kind words, it’s a great way to show someone how much they’re appreciated. We never publish nominators’ names or contact details, and quotes may be shortened for length.

Every nomination is first checked against the criteria for its category. The top five in each category are shortlisted and scored by our judging panel against the STRIDE criteria and the category essentials. Any judge with a link to a nominee declares it and does not score that nomination. The shortlist is published soon after nominations close.

Live in Liverpool on Monday 1 March 2027, the evening before the Foot and Ankle Show. The venue will be confirmed soon. Everyone shortlisted will receive tickets to attend, and the ceremony, supported by FireFly, will be broadcast live for everyone who can’t be there.

We only use the details on the form to run the awards. Our privacy notice explains what we collect, who sees it and how long we keep it.

Email us at info@tomorrowspods.com.