Subject: Establishment, Amendments and Discontinuation of Prizes

Origin: Unconfirmed Minutes of the 61^st Meeting of the Prizes Committee held on 12^th November 2003

1. Establishment of New Prizes

On the recommendation of the Chair of the Prizes Committee, Senate is asked to approve the establishment of the following prizes and make a recommendation to Council.

1.1 Department of Civil and Building Engineering

i) Finning (UK) Prizes to the equivalent value of £1000 in travel, accommodation and site visit to Caterpillar in Malaga Spain, each, to be awarded to the top three second year student with the three highest respective overall academic performances in module CVB032 Plant & Equipment, BSc Civil and Building Engineering. These are not cash prizes.

ii) Commercial Management & Quantity Surveying Consortium Prizes to the value of £50, each, to be awarded to the first, second and final year student on the BSc Commercial & Quantity Surveying Consortium Prize with the best overall performance in their appropriate year.

1.2 Institute of Polymer Technologies & Materials Energy

i) IPTME Discretionary Prize to the value of £75 to be awarded to the finalist student with the highest marks on the undergraduate programme in Materials Engineering. This a one off prize.

1.3 Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

i) Second Year Prize to the value of £50 to be awarded to the part B undergraduate student with the best academic performance in any part B undergraduate programme within the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

ii) Final Year Prizes to the value of £100 to be awarded to the final year student with the best academic performance in the final year of any undergraduate programme within the Department of Mathematical Sciences.

2. Amendments to Existing Prizes

On the recommendation of the Chair of the Prizes Committee, Senate is asked to approve the amendments to the following existing prizes and make a recommendation to Council.

2.1 School of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

A change in value, from £75 to £150, and a change in year of award, from second year to final year, to the Ford Motor Company Prize.

2.2 Department of Civil and Building Engineering

A change in title from Institute of Logistics Prize to the Chartered Institute of Transport EM Section Prize.

2.3 Department of Chemistry

A change in value from £100 to £150 to the Royal Society of Chemistry Prize.

2.4 Department of Chemical Engineering

A change in the award of the Jack Harris Prize from a copy of Coulson and Richard’s ‘Chemical Engineering Chemical Design’ to the award of a £50 book token.

2.5 Institute of Polymer Technology and Materials Engineering

A change a change in name from the Institute of Materials Prize to the IOM³ Prize.

3 Discontinuation of Prizes

On the recommendation of the Chair of the Prizes Committee, Senate is asked to approve the discontinuation of the following prize and make a recommendation to Council.

3.1 Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

Brush Electrical Machines Ltd Prize