Senate
Subject: Establishment, Amendment and
Discontinuation of Prizes
Origin: Unconfirmed Minutes of the Meeting of the
Prizes Committee held
on 8 November 2007
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 Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering and
Wolfson
Frederic Barnes Waldron Prize
A
prize consisting of a certificate, a medal and £200 to be awarded to the best
final-year student on an IMechE accredited degree in the view of the relevant
programme board.
To be eligible for consideration, students will also need to
be IMechE Affiliate members. The prize will be awarded to a student from the
Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering in even years and to a
student from the Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering in
odd years.
1.2
Accounting and Financial Management
ICAEW Gold Prize
A prize to the value of £150 to be awarded to the BSc Accounting and Financial
Management final year student with the best academic performance in the view of
the programme board.
Banking, Finance and
Management Gold Prize
A prize to the value of £150 to be awarded to the BSc Banking, Finance and
Management final year student with the best academic performance in the view of
the programme board.
International Business Gold Prize
A prize to the
value of £150 to be awarded to the BSc International Business final year
student with the best academic performance in the view of the programme board.
Management Sciences Gold Prize
A prize
to the value of £150 to be awarded to the BSc Management Sciences final year
student with the best academic performance in the view of the programme board.
1.3 Department
of Information Science
MSc Electronic Publishing Prize (available in 2006/07 only)
A
prize to the value of £100 to be awarded to the
MSc Electronic Publishing student with the highest overall mark.
1.4 IPTME
Tin Plate Workers Design Prize
A
prize to the value of £150 to be awarded to the
final-year student with the best individual design project in the view of the
programme board.
1.5 Wolfson School of Mechanical and
Manufacturing Engineering
School Merit Prize
A prize to the value of £100 and a certificate for the
best Part B student on a Manufacturing Engineering degree programme in the view
of the programme board.
2 Amendments to Existing Prizes
On the
recommendation of the Chair of the Prizes Committee, Senate is asked to approve
the amendments (indicated in bold) to the following existing prizes and make a
recommendation to Council.
Department of
Chemistry
AstraZeneca
Poster Prizes
Existing wording:
Three prizes, one to the value of £100 and two to the value of £50, to be
awarded annually. The £100 prize will be awarded to the candidate who produces
the best poster presentation of their research project work as selected by a panel
consisting of representatives from AstraZeneca. The two £50 prizes will be
awarded to the second and third best poster presentations of their research
project work as selected by the panel.
Proposed wording (proposed
change appears in bold):
Two prizes, each to the value of £100, to be awarded annually to the candidates who produce the best poster presentations of their Part C research projects as selected by a panel consisting of representatives from
AstraZeneca.
3 Discontinuation of
Existing Prizes
On the
recommendation of the Chair of the Prizes Committee, Senate is asked to approve
the discontinuation of the following prizes and make a recommendation to
Council.
British Aerospace Prizes – Aero and Auto
Churchill Prize –
Aero and Auto
Rolls Royce Prize –
Martine Ashby, Secretary to the Prizes Committee
November 2007
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