The ‘Best Research Degree Thesis’ awards are made each year by the Research Degrees Examination Board based on the recommendations of the examiners. The prizes are awarded to one student in each Faculty whose work is judged to have been of the highest quality.

The 2008/09 winners, listed below, each receive a certificate of commendation and a cheque for £500.

Faculty of Arts
Jennie Sanderson (Department of Theology and Religious Studies)

Faculty of Engineering
Jonathan Alexander Ward (Department of Engineering Mathematics)

Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences
Li Hongyang (Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine)

Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Andrea Caporali (Clinical Science at South Bristol)

Faculty of Science
Natalie Anne Stear (School of Chemistry)

Faculty of Social Sciences and Law
William James Atkinson (Department of Sociology)