{"id":2157,"date":"2019-01-31T11:11:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T11:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/host-students.com\/uncategorized\/host-wins-at-student-housing-leadership-awards\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:06:52","slug":"host-wins-at-student-housing-leadership-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/host-students.com\/news\/host-wins-at-student-housing-leadership-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Double win for Host at Student Housing Leadership Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Host, our staff work tirelessly to ensure a safe, friendly and comfortable environment for our students. Whilst also providing an excellent experience for them throughout their time at university or college.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of their hard work, several members of the Host team have been recognised for their outstanding contributions at this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/propertyrecruitmentcompany.com\/student-housing-leadership-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Housing Leadership Awards<\/a> (SHLA).<\/p>\n<p>Hibba Nazish, Simon Mansell and Dan King were respectively shortlisted as finalists at the SHLA. They&#8217;ve been shortlisted for the following categories: \u2018Site Staff Member of the Year\u2019, \u2018Operational Support Member of the Year\u2019 and \u2018Unsung Hero of the Year\u2019.<\/p>\n<h4>What are the SHLAs?<\/h4>\n<p>The SHLA\u2019s puts a spotlight on the incredible contributions that operational staff make to the purpose-built student accommodation sector. They also recognise the top talent across a vibrant industry. This year\u2019s awards recognised the achievements of individuals and teams during the 2017-2018 academic year. All nominations were judged by an independent panel of judges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8299\" src=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/welcome-to-the-student-housing-leadership-awards-300x100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"951\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An awards ceremony took place in London last night (30<sup>th<\/sup> January 2019).\u00a0We&#8217;re delighted and proud to announce that both Simon and Dan were named as winners of their categories.<\/p>\n<h4>Our winners<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8313 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/simon-and-dans-trophy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"simon-and-dan's-trophy\" width=\"416\" height=\"312\" \/>Simon Mansell won the \u2018Operational Support Member of the Year\u2019 award; an award for those who have provided much needed support to site based teams from a head\/central office. Championing company values with an innovative and forward-thinking approach to raising the organisations\u2019 standards.<\/p>\n<p>One of the judges commented, \u201cObtaining ISO accreditations and developing the appropriate support systems is a demanding undertaking. To combine this successfully with the management of existing buildings and mobilisation of two sites is outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dan King won the \u2018Unsung Hero of the Year\u2019 award; an award for those who have exceeded expectations without seeking recognition. An individual whose contribution differs from others within the same job and has made a significant improvement to the student experience, sales, customer service and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is apparent Dan has gone above and beyond the call of duty on many occasions and stands out with his innovative ideas to make freshmans feel more comfortable,\u201d said the judging panel, \u201cDan seems like a classic unsung hero\u2026committed, hardworking and innovative\u2026a worthy winner.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Congratulations<\/h4>\n<p>A huge congratulations to both Simon and Dan on their wins. And also to Hibba on being shortlisted as a finalist out of 70 nominees in her category; it\u2019s fantastic recognition for the hard work and achievements of all three staff members. We&#8217;d also like to say well done to all other winners and finalists of this year\u2019s SHLA\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Our Host teams are continuing to work hard to deliver the exceptional standards and service provided to our students.<\/p>\n<p><em>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/\">Host website<\/a> to find out more about our student accommodation or <a href=\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> directly and we&#8217;ll be happy to help.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Host, our staff work tirelessly to ensure a safe, friendly and comfortable environment for our students to live in and to provide an excellent experience for them whilst at university or college.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,52,55,56],"subject":[69],"location-tax":[],"class_list":["post-2157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-students","category-news","category-parents","category-university-students","subject-host-awards"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - 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