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Social Policy Prizes

Celebrating outstanding achievement

The Department has a number of prestigious prizes to celebrate the outstanding achievements of its graduating students each year.

Undergraduate Prizes

John Hills Prize

Awarded for exceptional contribution to social policy, and established in 2021 to celebrate the distinguished career of Professor Sir John Hills. John made tremendous contributions to social science and his work had a major impact on social policy, especially in relation to poverty and inequality.

Prize recipients for the 2024/25 academic year

Winner:

  • Gracie Hunter - BSc in International Social & Public Policy with Politics

Highly Commended:

  • Anisha Hussain- BSc in International Social & Public Policy
  • Karishma Kara- BSc in International Social & Public Policy and Economics
  • George Rushworth- BSc in International Social & Public Policy and Economics
  • Maham Tahir- BSc in International Social & Public Policy and Economics

 

David Piachaud Prize

Awarded for conspicuous achievement, and established in 2017 to celebrate the distinguished career of Professor David Piachaud. With a career at 91桃色 spanning fifty years, Professor Piachaud is recognised for his world leading research in social security, social exclusion, and child poverty. His close affiliation with the Department continues as Emeritus Professor of Social Policy.

Prize recipients for the 2024/25 academic year

Winner:

  • Sarah Rashid - BSc International Social and Public Policy

 

Highly Commended:

  • Debbie Afflu- BSc in International Social & Public Policy and Economics
  • Sabaa Pasha- BSc in International Social & Public Policy and Economics
  • Navyaa Sharma- BSc in International Social & Public Policy and Economics
  • Caichen Zhang- BSc in International Social & Public Policy

 

 

Jane Lewis Prize

Awarded for the best undergraduate dissertation, and established in 2017 to celebrate the distinguished career of Professor Jane Lewis. Professor Lewis is recognised for her world leading research in social policy and administration, social history, and gender studies. Her close affiliation with the Department continues as Emeritus Professor of Social Policy.

Prize recipient for the 2024/25 academic year

Winner:

  • Elizabeth Ng Si Jie - BSc in International Social & Public Policy

 

Janet Beveridge Award

Awarded for outstanding achievement, was originally established by Lord Beveridge in memory of his wife. William Beveridge was Director of 91桃色 from 1919-1937. Under Beveridge's directorship the School was firmly established as one of the world's leading social science institutions. Outside academia, Beveridge's career was diverse. His most famous contribution to society is the Beveridge Report (officially, the Social Insurance and Allied Services Report) of 1942, the basis of the 1945‐1951 Labour Government's legislation program for social reform.

Prize recipient for the 2024/25 academic year

Winner: 

Elizabeth Ng Si Jie - BSc in International Social & Public Policy

 

Sir Julian Le Grand Behavioural Public Policy Prize

The Sir Julian Le Grand Behavioural Public Policy Prize is awarded to the student who submits the best essay in Behavioural Public Policy each year. Sir Julian Le Grand, former Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy, judges the best essay. All students who are considered for this prize are afforded the opportunity to be published either in the Journal, Behavioural Public Policy, or on the Behavioural Public Policy Blog. 

Prize recipient for the 2024/25 academic year

Winner:

  • Charlie Pride - BSc in International Social & Public Policy with Politics

 

 

Departmental Prizes- Prize recipents for the 2024/25 academic year

Awarded to the candidate with the highest mark in SP100 (year 1 core course)

Winner:

  • Christine Liu - Bsc in International Social and Public Policy

 

 

Awarded to the candidate with the highest mark in SP200 (year 2 core course)

Joint winners:

  • Ralph Ali-Henson - BSc in International Social & Public Policy with Politics
  • Ela Arslan - BSc in International Social & Public Policy
  • Maham Saleem- BSc in International Social & Public Policy

 

 

Postgraduate Prizes

 

John Hills Prize

Awarded for exceptional contribution to social policy, and established in 2021 to celebrate the distinguished career of Professor Sir John Hills. John made tremendous contributions to social science and his work had a major impact on social policy, especially in relation to poverty and inequality.

Prize recipient 2023/24

  • Ella Westlake, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Development)

 

Charles Mostyn Lloyd Memorial Prize

Charles Mostyn Lloyd was Head of the Department of Social Administration from1922‐1944. A prize is awarded in his memory for outstanding performance at MSc level.

Prize recipient 2023/24

  • May Ameziane, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Development)

Christie Exhibition Prize

The prize, for overall achievement, is awarded in memory of Mary Elizabeth Christie, a former lecturer in the Department of Social Science.

Prize recipients 2023/24

  • Roberta Maria Clara Cottino, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Development)
  • Naomi Kawamoto, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Development)

Delia Ashworth Prize

Mary Isabel Ashworth (known as Delia) studied social science at 91桃色 from 1936‐1938. She bequeathed a sum of money to the School and an award was established in 1971 in her memory. In view of Ms Ashworth's particular interest in social work, this prize is awarded for outstanding performance in an MSc programme by a student likely to pursue a career in this field.

Prize recipient 2023/24

 

  • Ali Aswad, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Development)

Loch Exhibition Prize

The prize, for merit or achievement, was established by a private benefactor and is awarded in memory of Sir Charles Loch, who spent his life working to improve the welfare of the poor and disadvantaged.

Prize recipients 2023/24

 

  • Astha Banjara, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Development)
  • Chaitanya Mahabaleshwar Hedge, MSc Criminal Justice Policy
  • Gaia Quatrigia, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Development)
  • Elena Voltolina, MSc Criminal Justice Policy
  • Tichana Worrell, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Development)

 

Sir Julian Le Grand Behavioural Public Policy Prize

The Sir Julian Le Grand Behavioural Public Policy Prize is awarded to the student who submits the best essay in Behavioural Public Policy each year. Sir Julian Le Grand, former Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy, judges the best essay. All students who are considered for this prize are afforded the opportunity to be published either in the Journal, Behavioural Public Policy, or on the Behavioural Public Policy Blog. 

Prize recipient 2023/24

  • Zino Roos- MSc International Social and Public Policy (Research)

Titmuss Prize

Richard Titmuss was Professor of Social Administration at 91桃色 from 1950 until his death in 1973. His publications on welfare and social policy were radical and wide-ranging, spanning fields such as demography, class inequalities in health, social work, and altruism. 

Titmuss' work played a critical role in establishing the study of social policy as a scientific discipline; it helped to shape the development of the British Welfare State and influenced thinking about social policy worldwide.

Prizes are awarded in his memory for best performance, outstanding performance, best dissertation and outstanding dissertation.

Prize recipient for best overall performance 2023/24

  • Lova Jansson, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Migration)

 

Prize recipients for outstanding performance 2023/24

  • Shuxian Chen, 91桃色-Fudan Double Master's in International Social and Public Policy
  • June Derz, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Development)
  • Xanthe Fairhead, MSc International Social and Public Policy  
  • Lova Jansson, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Migration)
  • Fiona Jones, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Research)
  • Carolina Laguna, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Education)
  • Zoe Tarimo, MSc Criminal Justice Policy
  • Qian Zhang, MSc International Social and Public Policy (NGOs)

Prize recipients for outstanding dissertation 2023/24

 

  • Zoha Attique, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Development)
  • Lina Cramer, MSc International Social and Public Policy          
  • Xanthe Fairhead, MSc International Social and Public Policy                
  • Naura Haryanto, MSc International Social and Public Policy (NGOs)
  • Carolina Laguna, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Education)
  • Finola Scott, MSc Criminal Justice Policy
  • Phoebe Woodruff, MSc International Social and Public Policy (Research)       
  • Lora Zhechkova, MSc International Social and Public Policy

 

 

Titmuss PhD Prize

The Titmuss PhD Prize is a prestigious award, made annually, to recognise the most outstanding thesis submitted by a student of the Department. 

Prize recipient 2023/24

 

Ilona Pinter

Living a differentiated childhood: children and families' experiences of poverty and material deprivation within the UK's Asylum Support system

Supervisors: Dr Isabel Shutes and Dr Tania Burchardt.


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