During the day, six prizes were handed out to students that excelled during their time studying our Geography programmes. These were the Bell Dissertation Prize; the Reid Dissertation Prize (x2); Richard and Margaret Lawton Prize and the School of Social Sciences and Humanities Community Prize (x2).
The winners were as follows:
- Rhianna Meehan – School of Social Sciences and Humanities Community Prize: Geography and Environment: Part C
- Sophie Milnes – The Bell Dissertation Prize
- William Norris – School of Social Sciences and Humanities Community Prize: Geography and Environment: Part C
- Joseph Rideout – The Reid Dissertation Prize
- George Walker – The Reid Dissertation Prize
- Oliver Winder – Richard and Margaret Lawton Prize
The Bell Dissertation Prize is presented annually to the final-year student who obtains the highest mark for a human geography dissertation. The Reid Dissertation Prize is presented annually to the final-year student who obtains the highest mark for a physical geography dissertation. Both of these prizes may be awarded jointly and shared where more than one student receives the highest mark.
The Richard and Margaret Lawton Prize has a value of £100 and is presented to the best final-year student in Geography (including those taking joint honours programmes). In 1988, Professor and Ms Lawton (Professor Lawton was an External Professor in the Department at the time) generously offered to fund this prize.
The School of Social Sciences and Humanities Community Prize is a prize to the value of £50 to a Part C Geography and Environment student who is judged to have made an exceptional extra-curricular contribution to the discipline, School, University or wider community
