Text only
University of Aberdeen Takes you to the main page for this section

       


Prizes Information

Endowed Prizes and Medals

English
Discipline Prize How Prize is Awarded Value of Prize QSP Ledger Student Recordcode
English   Duncan McKenzie Prize in English   Awarded to the best student in English.   £60   2120 RE051 EBZ0082   536  
English   George Bruce Prize   Awarded to an undergraduate student studying English, within the School of Language & Literature. The prize is awarded to a student who has shown excellence in creative writing.   £100   Development Trust   335  
English   James Macpherson Wattie Prize in English Language - Wattie Prize   The prize is awarded annually to the best candidate in English Language in the English Honours examination, provided that his or her work shows distinction.   £30   2120 RE051 EBZ0134   840  
English   Margaret Dougherty Essay Prize   Awarded annually to the Honours students in English who has submitted the best essay on a prescribed topic relating to some aspect of poetry.   £50   2120 RE051 EBZ0156   246  
English   Menzies Prize in English   Awarded to best student in 2 nd Yr   £100   2120 RE051 EBZ0235   576  
English   Meston Prize in English   Awarded to assist with travel out with Scotland for an approved purpose, to the student who attains the highest aggregate marks in the Junior Honours class in English.   £40   2120 RE051 EBZ0155   578  
English   Minto Prize in English   Awarded to the best student in each year of those who take First Class Honours in English, provided that the candidate passes the Honours Examinations.   £20   2120 RE051 EBZ0092   590  
English   Nan Shepherd Prize in Scottish Literature   The prize is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Head of School of Language & Literature to the candidate with the best performance in the Scottish Literature papers in the English Honours examination, provided that his or her work shows distinction.   £100   2120 RE051 EBZ0174   728  
English   Seafield Medal - English   Two medals are awarded annually: one for best Latin scholar, and one for the best English scholar, in the magistrand class of the University.     2120 RE051 EBZ0162   712  
English   Senatus Prize in English Literature   The prize is awarded annually to the student who, having reached the standard necessary for First Class Honours in English, gain the highest marks in the papers devoted to Literature, and, when two or more candidates are equal, to the one with the highest mark in the papers on Shakespeare.   £30   2120 RE051 EBZ0114   724  
English   Walter Keir Memorial Prize in English   Awarded to the student submitting the best dissertation as part of the requirements in the final Honours examination in English, either as a single or joint Honours.   £100   2120 RE051 EBZ0181   460  
English & Film Studies   Lucy Fellowship   One Fellowship will be awarded annually by the Senate on the recommendation of the Head of School of English and Film Studies. The Fellowship will be awarded to the 'best student in the English Honours Examination', who may be either a single, joint-, or combined -honours student of English. The Fellowship is tenable only at the Universities of Cambridge and Aberdeen, by a postgraduate student of English.       516  
English & Film Studies   Lucy Prize   Awarded to the 'best student in the English Honours Examination' should he or she decline the Fellowship.       517  
Literature in a World Context   Jeannette King Prize   The prize is awarded to the student judged to have written the best honours dissertation in Literature in a World Context   Book   N/A   469  
Literature in a World Context   Best Level 3 Essay   The prize is awarded to the student judged to have written the best essay at Level 3 in Literature in a World Context   Book   N/A   499  
Literature in a World Context   Best Overall Performance, Level 2   The prize is awarded to the student judged to have the best overall performance at Level 2 in Literature in a World Context   Book   N/A   500  
Literature in a World Context   Best Overall Performance, Level 1   The prize is awarded to the student judged to have the best overall performance at Level 1 in Literature in a World Context   Book   N/A   501