prizes
Prize Winners
Each academic year, we confer the following prizes on selected MSc students. Prize winners are presented with their prize and a certificate on the last day of the course.
THE ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOSCIENCES AWARD
This prize is awarded to the candidate(s) who displays the most focus, determination, improvement and consistency throughout the course. The prize is judged by the Course Staff and is sponsored by Oxford University Press.
2016/17 Winners: Miss Charlotte Plow & Miss Barbara Dietrick.
Previous winners
2015/2016 Winner: Miss Shelby Sparby
The Nikon Prize
This prize is awarded to the candidate who displays performance, enthusiasm, and motivation in micromanipulation practical sessions. The prize is judged by Senior Clinical Embryologists from Oxford Fertility and is sponsored by Nikon Instruments.
2016/17 Winner: Miss Chloe O’Hara
Previous winners:
- 2015/2016 (Year 8) Miss Briet Bjarkadottir
- 2014/2015 (Year 7) Mrs Daria Svistunova
- 2013/2014 (Year 6) Mr Thomas Wilkinson
- 2012/2013 (Year 5) Miss Charis Charalambous
- 2011/2012 (Year 4) Mr Yannick Ferreira
- 2010/2011 (Year 3) Mr Christodoulos Christodoulou
- 2009/2010 (Year 2) Miss Bianka Seres
- 2008/2009 (Year 1) Miss Carol Ibe
Prize for the Best Laboratory Research Project/Dissertation
This prize is awarded to the candidate who presents the best laboratory research project/dissertation and is judged by our Board of Examiners.
2016/17 Winner: Miss Barbara Dietrick
Professor Sir Richard Gardner presents Miss Barbara Dietrick with the 2016/17 prize for best laboratory research project/dissertation.
Previous winners:
- 2015/2016 (Year 8) Miss Briet Bjarkadottir
- 2014/2015 (Year 7) Miss Helena Rodriquez Caro (Sponsored by Research Instruments)
- 2013/2014 (Year 6) Miss Charlotte Walker (Sponsored by Eppendorf)
- 2012/2013 (Year 5) Miss Siti Nornadhirah Amdani (Sponsored by VWR-Jencons)
- 2011/2012 (Year 4) Dr Pedro Senra Estrela Melo (Sponsored by Microm Ltd)
- 2010/2011 (Year 3) Mrs Sourima Biswas Shivare (Sponsored by Hunter Scientific)
- 2009/2010 (Year 2) Mr Gustavo German (Sponsored by VWR-Jencons)
- 2008/2009 (Year 1) Miss Neeta Bala (Sponsored by Parallabs/Hamilton Thorne)