Varsity celebrated six prizes and two further nominations at the Guardian Student Media Awards on Wednesday night.

Winners were Ben Riley-Smith (Best Sports Writer), Zing Tsjeng (Best Feature Writer), Charlotte Runcie (Best Columnist), Robert Peal (Runner-up Columnist), Mikey Stothard (Best Reporter), and Patrick Kingsley, who was named Student Journalist of the Year.

Decca Muldowney and Andrew Spyrou were also nominated, for Best Feature Writer and Best Music Critic respectively.

The judging panel included Jon Snow, Evan Davis, Polly Toynbee, and Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger.

Varsity was the most successful newspaper at this year’s Awards, and Patrick Kingsley is the first Cambridge student to win the  coveted award for best Student Journalist since the category was established in 2001.