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Welcoming back undergraduates for long-awaited graduations

Attendees at UG graduation garden party

Attendees at UG graduation garden party

Attendees at UG graduation garden party

Tia-Mae Surtees and Martin Creasey with Head of School Esther Dermott

Press release issued: 21 July 2022

It was a lovely sunny day for the graduation celebrations for undergraduates from the Class of 2021 as well as a number of our 2020 graduates.

It was great to be able to finally host our returning graduates on July 14th and to formally mark their achievements.

Graduands attended a formal ceremony in the Wills Memorial Building before heading to Priory Road Gardens for a more informal gathering.

We were delighted to be able to catch up with our students and also to be able to honour our award winners in a speech by Head of School Esther Dermott.

Our prize winners included:

2020 prize winners:

Lindsay Chaplin Memorial Prize
Tia-Mae Surtees – Childhood Studies with Quantitative Research Methods

This prize has been established in honour of outstanding student Lindsay Chaplin (BSc (Hons) Childhood Studies with Quantitative Research Methods, 2014-2018) and is awarded to candidates who have demonstrated a similar passion and engagement with quantitative study as Lindsay did during their time in the School for Policy Studies.

Best dissertation – Childhood Studies
Sophie Werkshagen
Gabi Paton

Best dissertation – Criminology
Camilla Wetton

Best dissertation – Social Policy
Felicity Hill
Jonny Brooks


2021 prize winners:

Lindsay Chaplin Memorial Prize
Martin Creasey – Social Policy with Quantitative Research Methods

Citizenship Award
Award given in recognition of outstanding contribution to university life or the wider community.

Freya Selman – Childhood Studies
Tia-Mae Surtees – Childhood Studies with Quantitative Research Methods
Fred Liu – Childhood Studies with Management
Carys Kettlety – Social Policy
Tiana Francis – Social Policy

Best dissertation – Childhood Studies
Natalia Davis

Best dissertation – Criminology
Ben Edwards

Best dissertation – Social Policy
Ana Woorim Kim


Congratulations to all our 2020 and 2021 graduates. We wish you all well in your future endeavours. Keep in touch!

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