Prize-giving event at the School of Business, Economics and Informatics
The School of Business, Economics and Informatics held an undergraduate prize-giving ceremony to celebrate exceptional performance of their students. In total, 10 students attended, accompanied by their proud parents, partners and friends.
The School of Business, Economics and Informatics held an undergraduate prize-giving ceremony to celebrate exceptional performance of their students. In total, 10 students attended, accompanied by their proud parents, partners and friends.
The celebration was held in the Keynes library, a fitting venue, as a number of the students were receiving prizes for exceptional performances in economics and mathematics.
After a drinks reception, Professor Philip Powell, Dean of the School gave a short speech about the history of the library and recreated a sense of the atmosphere when Keynes inhabited the building. We learned that as well as being a brilliant economist, Keynes was a colourful character who clearly enjoyed the bohemian vibe of Bloomsbury. His Russian wife, a ballet dancer, often practised her steps in the room above the library, a wonderful image but the noise it created made the reality somewhat less enchanting!
Each prize-winner received a certificate, a personal letter of congratulation and a monetary award.
The full list of prizes and award winners
- Pingping Guan, Undergraduate Mehdi prize in BSc Mathematics (Best performance in Mathematics)
- Steven Green, Undergraduate Sidney Joseph Booth Prize in BSc Mathematics (student who has shown promise for the future)
- Antony Rapa, Undergraduate Benedetta Ciaccia Memorial Prize- Foundation Degree in IT (Best Final Year Student on the IT Foundation programme)
- Arnol Gaitan, Best Undergraduate Module for Computer Science & Information Systems
- Toby Whittington, Best Undergraduate Module for BSc Financial Economics
- Brendon Thomas, Best Undergraduate Project for Management
- Brendan Barkhuizen, Best Undergraduate Dissertation for BSc Financial Economics
- Elvis Bresola, Best Undergraduate Project for Computer Science & Information Systems
- Alexander Conlin–Oakley, Best Overall Undergraduate Student for Computer Science & Information Systems
- Roy Whymark, Best Overall Undergraduate Student for Economics, Mathematics & Statistics
- Simon Austin (Double Prize Best Overall Undergraduate Student & Best Undergraduate Module for Management Winner)
We also awarded two prizes to students who are progressing through their studies and have shown great promise.
- Asmeret Tesfai, Undergraduate Blackstone Prize for best performance in the first two years of BSc Economic and Social Policy
- Lisa Cole, Undergraduate Ede & Ravenscroft Prize for the best performance by a non-finalist in one of the interdisciplinary degrees.
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Issued: 26 November 2012