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Phenomenal prize performances

27 August 2021

Our undergraduates have once again demonstrated their hard work and tenacity by scooping several University prizes for exam performance.

We’re very proud of their achievements, especially during an academic year which has once again been far from normal. Within college, prizes are awarded in each subject to students delivering outstanding performance in final exams. In addition to these, the following students have won prizes from the University’s faculties and departments against stiff competition from other colleges.

Biology
  • Nell Miles (1st year) won a prize for excellent performance in the Biology Preliminary Examinations.
Computer Science & Philosophy
  • Ewen Edmunds (3rd year) won the Gibbs Prize, paying particular regard to the Computer Science papers
  • Dapeng Gao (4th year) won the Hoare Prize for best overall performance in Computer Science & Philosophy
  • Georgina Lang (3rd year) won the Gibbs Prize, paying particular regard to the Philosophy papers
  • Ned Geake (2nd year) was part of a team to win the Department of Computer Science Group Project Prize for the excellent technical execution of the project and the engaging physical environments created
  • Georgia Shave (2nd year) was part of a team to win the G-Research Group Project Prize for creating a well-designed educational tool as well as a clear presentation and demonstration on how it tool can be used for learning purposes
  • Ashley Singh (2nd year) was part of a team to win the Fetch.AI Group Project Prize for a fantastic presentation and a practically useful tool to assess the impact of climate on different tree growing strategies
Economics & Management
  • Jagtar Chohan (3rd year) won the Saïd Foundation Prize for the best Finals performance in the technology and operations management paper
  • Daniel O’Sullivan (3rd year) won the Saïd Foundation Prize for the best Finals performance in the organisational behaviour and analysis paper
Geography
  • Rebecca Simpson (3rd year) won the J.C.A. Meldrum Fieldwork Prize for the best Tenerife fieldwork report
Human Sciences
  • Imogen Hequet (3rd year) won the Bob Hiorns Prize for best overall performance in Finals
Mathematics & Statistics
  • Toby Steel (4th year) won the Gibbs Prize for best dissertation performance
Oriental Studies
  • Lucrezia Cogliati (4th year) won the Dudbridge Senior Prize for best performance in the Classical Chinese Finals paper
  • Imogen Lewis (4th year) won the James McMullen Prize for Japanese
Physics
  • Isaac Reid (4th year) won both the Scott Prize for the best performance in the MPhys examination and the Gibbs Prize for the best MPhys research project