Bus Centre of Excellence - Lifetime Achievement Award
The ‘Bus Centre of Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award’ acknowledges an individual’s exceptional contribution to the bus sector in England over a number of years.
Judges will be looking for entries that can overall demonstrate:
Influence: The extent to which the individual has made a significant impact on the development, improvement, or advocacy of bus-related initiatives, policies, or services.
Innovation: Innovative thinking and the implementation of strategies that contribute to the advancement and efficiency of bus transportation.
Community Engagement: Active engagement with the community and stakeholders, fostering positive relationships and addressing the needs and concerns of passengers and residents.
Professionalism: Adherence to high standards of professionalism, ethical conduct, and dedication to the advancement of the bus industry.
BCoE Lifetime Achievement Award Criteria
Each submission must include the following:
Executive summary (maximum 100 words) - unmarked
Provide us with a brief introduction of your nomination. Tell us how the person you are nominating is a key role model in the bus sector and an example of professionalism. Be clear, concise and tell us why this professional deserves to be celebrated.
Professionalism (maximum 250 words) - 10 marks
Tell us how the person you are nominating has consistently demonstrated high professional values and working practices that are a credit to the bus sector. Judges will reward entries that can demonstrate how the person has used their expertise and knowledge to improve and advance the bus industry. Please describe how the person you are nominating has used innovative approaches, working practices or technologies to enhance their work. Judges will be interested in seeing evidence about innovative approaches to team management, project planning and implementation that contributed to the advancement and efficiency of bus transportation.
Role model (maximum 300 words) - 10 marks
Tell us how the person you are nominating is an example to peers or colleagues in terms of working practices, attitude and giving back to the sector. Judges are particularly interested in knowing how this person has made a significant impact on the development, improvement, or advocacy of bus-related initiatives, policies, or services.
Demonstrable success (maximum 300 words) - 30 marks
Tell us how the person you are nominating has delivered clear benefits to the travelling public, residents and operators, how they encourage bus uptake or how they help remove barriers to bus use. We are also interested in how this person has built and developed their professional relationships with key stakeholders (operators, local authorities, elected members such as Councillors, consultants etc).
Eligibility
This award is open to nominated professionals that have impacted the bus sector with their work.
Nominated individuals must work within the bus sector in England.
You can nominate yourself or other colleagues.
You can nominate more than one person, by submitting multiple entry forms (one per person).
Entries can be submitted by anyone, whether a member of the Bus Centre of Excellence or not.
Nominated professionals do not have to be BCoE members.
Rules and how to enter
Deadline for submissions is 5 September at 5pm . Entries must be received no later than the published deadline date.
The award winner will be announced at the Quality Bus Conference in Portsmouth.
The judges’ decision is final and no discussion will be had with unsuccessful entries.
By entering these awards, you give to the BCoE the right to share, publish and otherwise use the entry in all BCoE media and publications. Please ensure you own the copyright for any photos submitted with your entry.