Departmental Outstanding PhD Thesis Awards
Students who submit their PhD thesis within four years of their start date will be automatically eligible for an Outstanding Thesis Award. Students do not need to apply to be considered for one of these awards. It is our intention as a Department that normally not more than 5 of these will be given in any calendar year and this will be subject to both the Internal and External PhD Examiners independently (prior to the viva) recommending a thesis for the honour of the award.
Recommendations made in a calendar year will be considered by the Head of Department and Deputy Head of Department in the following year.
A letter from the Head of Department plus certificate and £500 prize will follow. All runner ups will receive a Highly Commended Thesis Award which consists of a letter from the HoD, certificate and £100 prize money.
