[6] Other associated organisations include Global Media & Entertainment and BBC Radio, which provides speakers at SRA events.

The awards are announced in a ceremony in November, with past presenters including well-known radio personalities, such as Fearne Cotton, Scott Mills, and Nick Grimshaw.

The awards on offer range from Best Newcomer, Best Interview, and Best Live Event, up to the most prestigious, Best Student Station of the Year.

[10] In 2008, the Kevin Greening Creativity Award was introduced to reward students that had displayed new and innovative radio.

Greening co-hosted The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Zoë Ball from 1997 to 1998, prior to his death in 2007.

In 2012, female winner Hattie Pearson, from Fuse FM, covered an early morning breakfast slot on the station on 29 March 2013.

[13] Also in 2012, Abbie McCarthy, from RaW 1251AM, was offered free training from the BBC Academy after winning the Best Newcomer trophy.

The locations of the most recent conferences are listed below: The SRA runs the National Student Radio Chart Show, which broadcasts live across the UK every Sunday from 2pm.

The show lasts for 120 minutes, counting down the top 20 biggest hits playing on student radio across the UK.