Finalist Prizes 2018

The Edgar Palamountain Award for Excellence

Matthew Oliver Walker-RobertsIn 1993, a solid Gold Medal, The Edgar Palamountain Medal for Excellence, was instituted in memory of Edgar Palamountain, Chairman of Council at Buckingham from 1979 to 1984. The Award is given every year to the undergraduate who is judged ‘first among equals’.

Matthew Oliver Walker-Roberts

The Dame Barbara Shenfield Award

Eleonora Anna Alexandra WingerIn 2005, a solid Gold Medal, The Dame Barbara Shenfield Award, was instituted in memory of Dame Barbara Shenfield, a founder member of the University’s Council. The award will be made annually to the postgraduate who is judged to have achieved the best overall performance of the year.

Eleonora Anna Alexandra Winger

The G-Volution Prize for Academic Distinction

Freya Helene LentonThis prize is awarded for exceptional academic performance during undergraduate studies at Buckingham.

Freya Helene Lenton

Other prize winners

Accounting

  • Michael Smith-Chandler, the best performance in the Part 2 Examinations
  • Lucy Alice Cousins, John Wheeler Prize for the Best Graduating Student Management
  • Matthew Oliver Walker-Roberts, the best performance in the Part 2 Examinations
  • Elizabeth Catherine Smith, Best Performance for a Business Enterprise Student
  • Stephanie Ogom Okeke, Hans Peter Stein Memorial Prize
  • Sarah Bouderballah, Shamil Hamid Memorial Prize
  • Ibironke Adenike Olusola Afolabi, Horlogerie Kandahar Prize for Outstanding Achievement
  • Ruben Sean Dev Purmah, Vitalograph Prize for the Best Graduating MBA Student

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Sarah Margaret Glynn, the best performance by a Postgraduate Art History student
  • Lily Edith Lacey-Hastings, the best performance by an Undergraduate Art History student
  • Owen Thomas Hughes, the Best Performance in the Final Examinations within the English Degree Programme
  • Elizabeth Webb, the best performance in the MA in Biography
  • Alice Ferris & Kathryn Louise Rischmiller, Davis / Drew Prize for Special Achievement in a Postgraduate Thesis in English Literature (shared)
  • Serrie Meakins, John Clarke Prize for an Outstanding Research Thesis in History or Biography
  • Lily Edith Lacey-Hastings, Horlogerie Kandahar Prize for outstanding achievement

School of Science

Applied Computing

  • Alastair Jose Cota, British Computer Society Prize
  • Renata Franczak, Friends of The University of Buckingham Prize for special achievement at Part 2

Psychology

  • Freya Helene Lenton, British Psychology Society Prize
  • Veronica Stunt & Diane Mary Sweeney, Friends of The University of Buckingham Prize for special achievement at Part 2 (shared)
  • Destynie Mallory, Horlogerie Kandahar Prize for outstanding achievement

School of Law

LLM Graduands

  • Rahmon Olalekan Yussuf, the best performance in the LLM Examinations
  • Samuel Ojiefo Ejeregbe, Morayo Atoki Prize for a good all-round performance academically and for making an important contribution to the LLM programme

Law – January 2018 Graduands

  • Nkechi Juliana Ugwu, Horlogerie Kandahar Prize for outstanding achievement
  • James Lawrence Hughes, Sweet and Maxwell Law Prize for the Best Performance in the Final Examinations
  • Eseosa Blessing Aigbe, Roderick Wu Prize for the Best Performance in Law of Evidence
  • Andrea Baronti & Joshua James Adam Cullen & Yashwanth Krishnan, Merit Prize offered for a Good All-round Performance academically and who has also made an important contribution to the life of the University (shared)
  • Natalie Turney, A good performance in the Part 2 Examinations
  • Cheddi Jainarine Bassoo & Thomas Anthony John Cottew, Rachel Lawrence Prize for Mooting and Legal Skills (shared)

Law – July 2017 Graduands

  • Hannah Howard & Nkechi Juliana Ugwu, Butterworths Prize for the Best Performance in the Final Examinations (shared)
  • Anne Swetnam, Merit Prize for a Good All-round Performance academically and for making an important contribution to the life of the University
  • Andrea Baronti, Tunku Abdul Rahman Prize in International Law
  • Ayodele Stephen Owolabi & Leanne Karen Huq, A Good Performance in the Part 2 Examinations (shared)

Law – Part-time Graduands

  • Hannah Howard, the best performance in the Final Examinations