Finalist Prizes 2023

The Edgar Palamountain Medal for Excellence

In 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’.

Madison Ellen Franziska Davies

The Dame Barbara Shenfield Award

In 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.

Shiyamalaraj Kandasamy

The G-Volution Prize for Academic Distinction

This prize is awarded for exceptional academic performance during undergraduate studies at Buckingham

Thomas James Paul Penhearow

The Vice-Chancellor’s Prize

This prize is awarded to the one student, who in the opinion of the Vice-Chancellor, has made the most outstanding contribution to the life of the University

Sarah Leticia Tejeda Lopez

School of Business 

Accounting 

  • Harry Thomas Alexander Jennings: The Best Performance in Postgraduate Finance
  • Thomas James Paul Penhearow: The John Wheeler Prize for the Best Graduating Student
  • Christine Serah Wangari: The Most Improved Performance in the Part II Examination

Enterprise

Adam John Pilling: The Most Improved Performance in the Part II Examination

Management

  • George Gavriel: The Vitalograph Prize for the Best Graduating MBA Student
  • Adam John Pilling: The Hans Peter Stein Memorial Prize
  • Emily Kinaka Banadzem: The Shamil Hamid Memorial Prize
  • Portia Agyel Yeboah: The V S Mahesh memorial prize for the MSc Service Management student who has shown most commitment to service excellence and achieved their full potential

George Gavriel: The Best Postgraduate Dissertation

Emily Kinaka Banadzem: The Most Improved Performance in the Part II Examination

School of Computing

  • Patrick Thomas Carrington: The British Computer Society Prize
  • Patrick Thomas Carrington: The Zizo Prize for the Outstanding Undergraduate Project
  • Shiyamalaraj Kandasamy: The Ruffley Prize for the Outstanding Postgraduate Project

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Constance Evelyne Alice Booker: The Best Performance in the MA Decorative Arts
  •  Fiona Carol Ratcliffe: Prize for the Best Performance in the MA Biography
  • Jessica Grace Webb: The Clare Morris Prize for the Best Organised All-Round Student Performance within the English degree programme
  • Olivia D. Larson: The Davis/Drew Prize for special achievement in a postgraduate thesis for English Literature
  •  Catherine Rose Ingrid Haig: The John Clarke Prize for an Outstanding Research Thesis in History or Biography
  • Daisy Robinson: The Yolande Hinson Prize for the Best Organised All-Round Student Performance in Economics and International Studies

School of Law

LLM Graduands

  • Oluwafoyinsolami Favour Olanbiwoninu: The Best Performance in the LLM Examinations
  • Joseph Papa Abeku Entsuah: The Morayo Atoki Prize for a good all round performance academically and for making an important contribution to the LLM programme

January 2023 Graduates

  • Hannah Parmenter: The Sweet and Maxwell Prize for the Best Performance in the Part II Examination
  • Periklis Agalopoulos: A Good Performance in the Part II Examination
  • Nicolas Christy Jeganathan: The 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)

School of Pscyhology

  • Charlotte Laura Wicks: The Best Performance in MSc Health Psychology
  • Alice Emily Byrne: The British Psychological Society Prize
  • Ella Jemima Taquana Tolley: Prize for the best all-rounder finalist
  • Charlotte Elizabeth Crockett: The Mike Cawthorne Award for the Best Project