Chris Stapenhurst and Yajie Shen are this year's joint winners of the Economics Department Prize for the best performance at senior honours level.
Pictured (top) is Yajie Shen (on the right) being awarded the Departmental Prize for the best performance at senior honours level (jointly with Chris Stapenhurst) by Dr W David McCausland, Head of Economics. Yajie obtained a first class single honours degree in Economics. Her performance at honours level was outstanding with every course being achieved at first class level. She will shortly be commencing postgraduate study at the London School of Economics. Photograph by Peter Bartlam.
Pictured (below) is Chris Stapenhurst (on the right) being awarded the Departmental Prize for the best performance at senior honours level (jointly with Yajie Shen) by Dr W David McCausland, Head of Economics. Chris obtained a first class joint honours degree in Economics and Mathematics. His performance at honours level was outstanding with every single course being achieved at first class level. He is shortly taking up an appointment with the Office for National Statistics in Newport. Photograph by Heather Dickey.