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Celebration for Class of 2024 graduates

Students celebrating their awards at the celebration event

Press release issued: 2 August 2024

We were delighted to celebrate with graduates from the Class of 2024 at an informal event Priory Road Gardens after the formal graduation in the Wills Memorial Building.

The event on 26th July, involving 2024 undergraduates and postgraduates, was a great opportunity for academic staff, graduates, and friends and family to come together to celebrate our students' fantastic achievements.

It was also a chance to honour the 2024 award winners and for Head of School Professor Karen West to present the awards to those who were able to attend.

The 2024 undergraduate prize winners were:

Lindsay Chaplin Memorial Prize
Gregor Kerr - Childhood Studies with QRM

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
Kate Shaw

Best dissertation – Criminology
Jasmine Doggett
Charlie Monks

Best dissertation – Social Policy
Nga Chi Audrey Lo - Social Policy with Quantitative Research Methods
Mitchell Tracey - Social Policy and Quantitative Research Methods
Tess Rainbow - Social Policy and Politics

Best dissertation – International Social and Public Policy with study abroad
Megan Hayward

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

Chhun Y Taing – Childhood Studies
Chloe Oduah and Sophie Stenning – Criminology
Kei Hou Keith Chau and Nga Chi Audrey Lo – Social Policy

Congratulations to all our 2024 graduates. We wish you all well in the future. Keep in touch!

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