Awards and Prizes
Each year the School of Sociology and Social Policy celebrates the achievements of its undergraduate and postgraduate students with a range of awards and prizes. These are presented at a special prize giving ceremony in school's graduation celebrations in winter and summer.
Many of the awards are generously supported by alumni or have been established to honour outstanding contributions of former members of the school. The most recent recipients are listed below.
Undergraduate prizes and awards
Best First-Class Undergraduate Dissertation
This award is given to the student who has scored the highest mark in their dissertation, irrespective of which degree in the school they are studying for.
- Rebecca Coates (2023)
- Libba Grunwald (2022)
- Lucy Emuejevoki Igbiri (2022)
- Rebecca Aeddi (2021)
- Sandra Larsen (2021)
- Sarai Wallace (2021)
- Grace Hoban and Emma Jones (2020)
- Anna Du-Mont (2019)
Arthur Radford Prize
This award is given to the student whose overall performance in their final year in this school has been outstanding.
- Isla Mackenzie (2023)
- Tilly Nolan (2022)
- Indica Francis (2021)
- Rebecca Bull and Charlotte Gray (2020)
- Tiago Machado Costa (2019)
Best first-class degree award in Sociology
- Isla Mackenzie (2023)
- Raffaela Giacobbe (2022)
- Indica Francis (2021)
- Charlotte Gray (BA Sociology with Quantitative Methods) (2020)
- Tiago Machado Costa (2019)
Best first-class degree award in Criminology
- Rebecca Coates (2023)
- Rhiannon Davies (2022)
- Rosie Mason (2021)
- Sarai Wallace (2021)
Best first-class degree award in Sociology and Social Policy, joint honours
- Hannah Dean-Lawrence (2023)
- Benjamin Cecchini (2022)
- Jayda Southgate (2020)
- Millie Watkins (2019)
- Alexandra Puszcynska–Phelps (2018)
- Kathleen Salter (2017)
Best first-class degree award in Criminology and Sociology, joint honours
- Sophie Chambers (2023)
- Tilly Nolan (2022)
- Hollie Wistow (2021)
- Grace Hoban (2020)
- Alyx Frisby (2019)
Best first-class degree award in Criminology and Social Policy, joint honours
- Naomi Burchell (2023)
- Caitlin Bunce (2022)
- Rebecca Bull (2020)
- Aisling Gilgeours (2019)
- Jessica Steward (2018)
- Ester Howe (2017)
Best first-class degree award in BA Social Work
- Emma Faint (2022)
- Emma Snoek (2019)
- Maria Reading (2018)
- Janina Sekula (2017)
The highest scoring student on the BA Social Work
David C Marsh Prize
- Jamie Perry (2023)
- Daniel Clark (2021)
- Caitlin Bunce and Emma Faint (2020)
- Rosie Mason (2019)
Bill Silburn Prize
- Nadia Ampofo (2023)
- Naomi Burchell (2021)
Dan Lucas Prize
George Norton Memorial Prize
Postgraduate prizes and awards
The highest scoring student on the MA Social Science Research
- Caitlin Bunce (2023)
- Rebecca Louise Bull (2022)
- Lily White (2020)
The highest scoring student on the MPA Public Administration
- Nariman Ali (2022)
- Rebecca Langton (2021)
- Randite Herawan (2020)
- Yun Wu (2019)
The highest scoring student on the MA Public Policy
- Abby Hogan/Joy Pagaialii (2023)
- Mas'ad (2022)
- Alexander Whitton (2021)
- Pronita Dutta (2021)
- Lily Furber (2020)
- Claire Baxter (2019)
The highest scoring student on the MA International Social Policy
- Courtney McGrath (2023)
- Isobel Johnson (2022)
- Alexander Parkinson (2020)
- Mursal Juya (2019)
The highest scoring student on the MA Social Work
- Emma Harman (2023)
- Eleanor Patchett (2020)
- Beverley Auty (2019)
- Sophie Becker and Katharine Lyons (2018)
The highest scoring students on the MA Social Science Research
- Amber Sacre (2021)
- Charlotte Brookes (2020)
- Joe Barber (2019)
Highest Dissertation Mark on the MA International Social Policy
Highest Dissertation Mark on the MA Social Science Research
- Rhiannon Davies (2023)
- Sandra Helene Løining Larsen
Highest Dissertation Mark on the MA Social Work
- Emma Vincent (2022)
- Tracy Tuning (2021)
The School of Sociology and Social Policy's Postgraduate Dissertation of the Year Award
This prize is given to the person from any of our postgraduate masters degrees who have achieved the highest score in the dissertation module.
- Lily Furber (2020)
- Claire Baxter (2019)
- Paula Mansilla Bravo (2018)
University Tri-Campus Postgraduate Prize
- Moldir Kabylova (2023) has won the Andrew Hendry Postgraduate Scholarship (endowed award) for accomplishments in research, publications, conferences, and contribution to the Postgraduate and Research Community.
- Moldir Kabylova (2023) has won the Postgraduate Teaching Award for innovative teaching and support of learning.
- Nathan Harrison-Clarke (2023) has won the Postgraduate Research Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Research Community.