RTS Student Television Awards 2025

The winners were crowned at the prestigious awards ceremony held on Friday 13th June at the IET, Savoy Place, hosted by rapper, author and broadcaster Guvna B.

The National Film and Television School led the way at this year’s awards, taking home 10 wins across the 24 competitive categories, including three postgraduate awards for milk in the Factual – Long Form category and the craft skills Editing and Writing categories. In the Postgraduate categories, NFTS’s Beyond the Bay won in both the Saving the Planet and Craft Skills – Camerawork categories.

Across the undergraduate categories, Middlesex University received three wins for Anomaly in the Animation category and craft skills Production Design and Writing categories. University of Staffordshire’s Happy Death took home two awards for the Factual – Long Form and craft skill Editing categories.

Today the RTS also launched the 2026 RTS Student Television Awards and is now accepting entries until Monday 3 November 2025. The ceremony is set to take place in June 2026. The awards are open to all students enrolled with higher education colleges, universities and institutions in the UK and Ireland only. The films entered must have been made between 1 November 2024 and 31 October 2025. For more information please visit: https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-student-television-awards-2026

Sinéad Rocks, Managing Director, Nations and Regions at Channel 4 and Chair of the RTS Student Television Awards, said: “This year’s RTS Student Television Awards winners and nominees are again a true representation of the widespread skill that is flourishing across all corners of television industry. We’re proud to recognise and celebrate the very best fresh talent who are also paving the way for future emerging creatives in the industry, and look forward to receiving submissions for the 2026 edition of the awards.”

Please see below the full list of 2025 winners and nominees, with citations from the juries.

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