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Three doctoral students and three recent graduates honoured with 2024-25 Gwynne-Vaughan prize

Birkbeck’s annual Gwynne-Vaughan Medal prizes celebrated six outstanding researchers this year, recognising exceptional contributions across business, law, humanities, social sciences and science.
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Mariam Tahir graduated with a MSc Analytical Bioscience degree after coming to the UK as an asylum seeker in 2018. Read about her story, alongside those of other inspirational Birkbeck students.

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