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.
2021/2022 Winner: Dr Nana Mintah-Ghansah

Previous Winners:
2020/21 (Year 13) Miss Montserrat Vallet Buisan
2019/2020 (Year 12) Dr Loreli Mejia Fernandez
2018/2019 (Year 11) Miss Monique Pedroza and Miss Xintong Li
2017/2018 (Year 10) Dr Anthony Kayiira
2016/2017 (Year 9) Miss Charlotte Plow & Miss Barbara Dietrick
2015/2016 (Year 8) 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 a Senior Clinical Embryologist and is sponsored by Nikon Instruments.
2021/2022 Winner: Miss Megan Attard

Previous Winners:
- 2020/2021 (Cohort 13) Miss Pheobe Fricker
- 2019/2020 (Year 12) Miss Evelyn Andrea Ramos Nufio
- 2018/2019 (Year 11) Miss Madison Eisler
- 2017/2018 (Year 10) Miss Sareena Sharma
- 2016/2017 (Year 9) Miss Chloe O’Hara
- 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.
2021/2022 Winners: Miss Pauline Balder & Miss Sabriya Abdul Kader


Previous Winners:
- 2020/2021 (Cohort 13) Miss Devi Natalie Nadjaja
- 2019/2020 (Year 12) Dr Yiying Cecilia Xiao
- 2018/2019 (Year 11) Miss Monique Pedroza
- 2017/2018 (Year 10) Dr Nina Zoric
- 2016/2017 (Year 9) Miss Barbara Dietrick
- 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)