Finalist Prizes 2024

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 ³Ô¹ÏÍø from 1979 to 1984. The Award is given every year to the undergraduate who is judged ‘first among equals’.

Glerisa Proko

The Finito Award

Instituted in 2024, a signet ring will be made annually for the postgraduate who is judged to have achieved the best overall performance of the year.

Luela Shequela Figueira

The G-Volution Prize for Academic Distinction

This prize is awarded for exceptional academic performance during undergraduate studies at ³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Tessa De Klerk

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.

Audrey Arinolaoluwa Awosika

School of Business

  • Sadia Adam: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination for Accounting
  • Elena Barron: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination for Management
  • Malindi Mwangi: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination for Enterprise
  • Glerisa Proko: The most improved Performance in the Part 2 Examination for Accounting
  • Ella Petchey: The most improved Performance in the Part 2 Examination for Management
  • Frederick Semple: The most improved Performance in the Part 2 Examination for Enterprise
  • William Potts: The John Wheeler Prize for the best graduating student
  • Denushika Ruwankumar: The Hans Peter Stein Memorial Prize for the student who has made an outstanding contribution to the University
  • Edan Spencer: The Shamil Hamid Memorial Prize – awarded to a student who has embodied the positive ethos of the University
  • Thomas Penhearow: The Vitalograph Prize for the Best Performance in the MBA Examination
  • Jennathul Firdaus Ameen: The best performance for Postgraduate Finance
  • Daniel Da Silveira Ferreira Da Silva: V S Mahesh prize for the MSc Service Management student who has shown most commitment to service excellence and against all odds achieved their full potential
  • Kavyashree Naigere Kempegowda: The prize for the best postgraduate dissertation

School of Computing

  • Abdulkarim Bobboi: The Rhodri J. Jassim Prize for Best Performance in the Part I Examination
  • James King: The Zizo Prize for the Outstanding Undergraduate Project
  • Navaneeth Narayanappa: The Ruffley Prize for the Outstanding Postgraduate Project
  • James King: British Computer Society Prize for the best performance in the Part 2 Stage 2 Examination
  • Themiya Damruwan and Pankaj Rai: The Isaac Jassim Award for Best Performance in Postgraduate Studies (shared prize)

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Phoebe Arrowsmith: The John and Sylvia Jewkes Scholarship in Economics
  • Keely Moorcroft: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination for Economics
  • Olivia Williams: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination for International Studies
  • Ernestina Pinamang: The best performance in the MA Dissertation module (Summer term) in Security and Intelligence programme
  • Madeleine Jones: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination in the English Department
  • Igor Gwozdek: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination in the History and Art History Department
  • Rena Sato: The best continuing student in French
  • James Kiernan: The best Performance in the MA Decorative Arts
  • Taylor Hood: The Davis/Drew Prize for special achievement in a postgraduate thesis for English Literature

School of Law

  • Luela Figueira: The best performance in the LLM examinations
  • Annabel Awosika and Isaac Beasley: The Morayo Atoki Prize for a good all-round performance academically and for making an important contribution to the LLM programme
  • Sofia Shashkini: The best performance in the Preliminary Examination
  • Arushi Singhi: The Rachel Lawrence Prize for an outstanding performance in Mooting and Legal Skills sponsored by Hammicks Legal Information Services / Sir Ivan Lawrence
  • Syeda Nabiha Wadood: The Roderick Wu Prize for the best performance in Criminal Law
  • Zainab Hameed and Tessa De Klerk: A good performance in the Part 2 Examination
  • Wajahat Mahmood: The Merit Prize for a good all-round performance academically and for making an important contribution to the life of the University
  • Tessa De Klerk: The Roderick Wu Prize for the best performance in Law of Evidence

School of Psychology

  • Ryan Brooks: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination
  • Charlotte Carry: The Mike Cawthorne Award for the best project
  • Audrey Awosika: The best all-rounder finalist to include a contribution to the School as well as academic performance
  • Molly Bradbury: MSc Health Psychology best in performance in exams and/or project