Departmental Prizes

Undergraduate Year 1

For best undergraduate performance in the first year

Year	Prize winner
2022-2023	Lara Stoney Samantha Watson Beth Fields Award
2021-2022	Tara Course Kirsten Earl Beth Fields Award
2020-2021	Jo Cook Sophia Raseta Beth Fields Award
2019-2020	Cal Cooke Inaugural Beth Fields Award
2019-2020	Sophie Ferguson BSc/MEnv Environment, Economics and Ecology Elizabeth Harrison Bsc Environmental Geography George Biggs BSc/MEnv Environmental Science Ferdinand Cleare BA/MEnv Human Geography and Environment Holly McDowall MEnv Environmental Geography
2018-2019	William James BSc/MEnv in Environment, Economics and Ecology Daniel Jolly BSc/MEnv in Environmental Geography Martina Fridl BSc/MEnv in Environmental Science Zoe Austin BA/MEnv Human Geography and Environment
2017-2018	Brendan Comyn BSc/MEnv Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Jake Williams BSc/MEnv Environmental Geography
	Hazel Swinfen BSc/MEnv Environmental Science
	Adam Tomkins BA/MEnv Human Geography and Environment
2016-2017	Susannah Renwick-Johnston BSc/MEnv in Enviroment, Ecology and Economics
	Bradley Foster BSc/MEnv in Enviromental Geography
	Fin Ring-Hrubesh BSc/MEnv in Enviromental Science
	Louis Pitsch BSc/MEnv in Human Geography
2015-2016	Sophie Elmhurst BSc/MEnv in Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Emily White BSc/MEnv in Environmental Geography
	Eleanor Barton BSc/MEnv in Environmental Science
	William Lawrence BA/MEnv Human Geography & Environment
	Philippa Winship BA/MEnv Human Geography & Environment
2014-2015	Harry McNally BSc in Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Francesca Quell BSc in Environmental Geography
	Katherine Power BSc in Environmental Geography
	Schavarna Thompson BSc in Environmental Science
2013-2014	Lukas Reinhardt BSc in Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Max Goodliffe BSc in Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Holly Musgrove BSc in Environmental Science
	Hannah Newton BSc in Environmental Geography
2012-2013	Constance Sansom BSc in Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Natalie Carter BSc in Environmental Geography
	Victoria Brown BSc in Environmental Science
2011-2012	Ruby Grantham BSc in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management
	Catherine Pittman BSc in Environmental Geography
	Philippa Rickard BSc in Environmental Science

Undergraduate Year 2

For best undergraduate performance in the second year

Year	Prize winner
2019-2020	Holly Clarkson MEnv 3rd year Zoe Austin BSc/MEnv Human Geography and Environment 2nd year Martina Fridl BSc/MEnv in Environmental Science 2nd year Craig Forbes BSc/MEnv in Environmental Geography 2nd year Heather Green BSc/MEnv in Environment, Economics and Ecology 2nd Year
2018-2019	Sophie Jones BSc/MEnv in Environment, Economics and Ecology Jake Williams BSc/MEnv in Environmental Geography Isla Thorpe BSc/MEnv in Environmental Science Holly Clarkson BA/MEnv Human Geography and Environment
2017-2018	Susannah Renwick-Johnston BSc/MEnv Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Juliana Kohli BSc/MEnv Environmental Geography
	Fin Ring-Hrubesh BSc/MEnv Environmental Science
	Louis Pitsch BA/MEnv Human Geography and Environment
2016-2017	Jake Senior BSc/MEnv in Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Patrick McDarby BSc/MEnv in Environmental Geography
	Eleanor Barton BSc/MEnv in Environmental Science
	William Lawrence BSc/MEnv in Human Geography
2015-2016	Katherine Adams BSc/MEnv in Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Katherine Power BSc/MEnv in Environmental Geography
	Nathalie Tonge BSc/MEnv in Environmental Science
2014-2015	Lukas Reinhardt BSc in Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Hamish Dudgeon BSc in Environmental Geography
	Tobias Jones BSc in Environmental Geography
	Izabele Cincyte BSc in Environmental Science
	Emma Forbes BSc in Environmental Science
2013-2014	Constance Sansom BSc in Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Jongkuk Yun BSc in Environmental Science
	Matthew Kirby BSc in Environmental Geography
2012-2013	Oliver Taherzadeh BSc in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management
	Ruby Grantham BSc in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management
	Catherine Pittman BSc in Environmental Geography
	Stephen Brignall BSc in Environmental Science
2011-2012	Simon Hatfield BSc in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management
	Scott Smith BSc in Environmental Geography
	Dominik Pinnington BSc in Environmental Science

Undergraduate Year 3

For best undergraduate performance in the third year

Year	Prize winner
2017-2018	Jake Senior For best performance in the class of 2017/18 BSc Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Sophie Elmhirst For best Dissertation in the class of 2017/18 BSc Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Patrick McDarby For best performance in the class of 2017/18 BSc Environmental Geography
	Patrick McDarby For best Dissertation in the class of 2017/18 BSc Environmental Geography
	Sarasvati Churchman For best performance in the class of 2017/18 BSc Environmental Science
	Sophie Cunnington For best Dissertation in the class of 2017/18 BSc Environmental Science
	Philippa Winship For best performance in the class of 2017/18 BA Human Geography and Environment
	Philippa Winship For best Dissertation in the class of 2017/18 BA Human Geography and Environment
	Charlotte Gregory For best Dissertation in the class of 2017/18 BA Human Geography and Environment
	Elsie Arthurton For best Dissertation in the class of 2017/18 BA Human Geography and Environment
	Isobel Cummins For best Dissertation in the class of 2017/18 BA Human Geography and Environment
2016-2017	Max Goodliffe - Best Student BSc Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Katherine Power - Best Student BSc Environmental Geography
	Victoria Porter - Best Student BSc Environmental Science
	Natalie Tonge - Best Student MEnv
2015-2016	Lauren Rawlins - best overall performance 3rd Year Master of Environment
	Lukas Reinhardt - best overall performance BSc Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Hamish Dudgeon - best overall performance BSc Environmental Geography
	Leo Nutter - best overall performance BSc Environmental Science
	Holly Musgrove - best overall performance BSc Environmental Science
2014-2015	Constance Sansom BSc in Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Sean Matthews BSc in Environmental Geography
	Rachel Jones BSc in Environmental Science
2013-2014	Philippa Rickard BSc in Environmental Science
	Ruby Grantham BSc in Enviromental Economics and Enviromental Management
	Matthew Freeman BSc in Environmental Geography
2012-2013	Simon Hatfield BSc in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management
	Hannah Pitts BSc Environmental Geography
	Dominik Pinnington BSc in Environmental Science
2011-2012	Joshua Brownlow BSc in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management
	Beth Coombs BSc Environmental Geography
	Clive Hardman BSc in Environmental Geography
	Juliette Martin BSc in Environmental Science

MEnv

Year	Prize winner
2017-2018	Eleanor Barton For best performance in the class of 2017/18 3rd Year Master of Environment
Susannah Collings For best Dissertation in the class of 2017/18 4th Year Master of Environment
Nathalie Tonge For best performance in the class of 2017/18 4th Year Master of Environment
2016-2017	Lauren Rawlins - Best Student MEnv Programmes
Lauren Rawlins - Best Dissertation MEnv Programmes
2015-2016	Thomas Fowler MEnv Programmes
2013-2014	Stephen Brignall MEnv Programmes

MSc

For best MSc performance

Year	Prize winner
2020-2021	Bethany Davies For best performance in the class of 2020/21 MSc Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Management Samuel Buckton For best performance in the class of 2020/21 MSc Environmental Economics and Environmental Management Charlotte Robertson For best performance in the class of 2020/21 MSc Environmental Science and Management
2019-2020	Sonja Peacock For best performance in the class of 2019/20 MSc Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Management Verity Harris For best performance in the class of 2019/20 MSc Environmental Economics and Environmental Management James Worth For best performance in the class of 2019/20 MSc Environmental Science and Management Elspeth Strike For best performance in the class of 2019/20 MSc Marine Environmental Management
2018-2019	Harry Cross For best performance in the class of 2018/9 MSc Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Management
	Flora Mavri For best performance in the class of 2018/9 MSc Environmental Economics and Environmental Management
	Nina Cooper For best performance in the class of 2018/9 MSc Environmental Science and Management
	Sandra Dorning For best performance in the class of 2018/9 MSc Marine Environmental Management
2017-2018	Olivia McNair for the best performance in the class of 2017/18 MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility with Environmental Management
	Rebecca Bartlett for the best performance in the class of 2017/18 MSc in Environmental Science and Management
	Clemency White for the best performance in the class of 2017/18 MSc in Marine Environmental Management
2016-2017	Elena Gadoutsis for the best performance in the class of 2016/17 MSc in Marine Environmental Management
	Elizabeth Von Krogh for the best performance in the class of 2016/17 MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility with Environmental Management
	Emilie Hobbs for the best performance in the class of 2016/17 MSc in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management
	Louise Bingham for the best performance in the class of 2016/17 MSc in Environmental Science and Management
2015-2016	Joshua Copping for the best performance in the class of 2015/16 MSc in Marine Environmental Management
	Oliver Bradley for the best performance in the class of 2015/16 MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility with Environmental Management
	Jean McKendree for the best performance in the class of 2015/16 MSc in Environmental Science and Management
2012-2013	Jennifer Lowery for the best performance in the class of 2012/13 MSc in Environmental Science and Management
	Richard Nichols for the best performance in the class of 2012/13 MSc in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management
	Susanna Von Sydow for the best performance in the class of 2012/13 MSc in Environmental Economics
	Magdalena Bilinska for the best performance in the class of 2012/13 MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility with Environmental Management
	Rebecca Singleton for the best performance in the class of 2012/13 MSc in Marine Environmental Management
2011-2012	Mark Ewins MSc in Environmental Economics
	Catherine Johnson MSc in Environmental Science and Management
	Joanna Barker MSc in Marine Environmental Management
	Tina Cornioley MSc in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management

Year	Prize winner
2016-2017	Harry McNally - Best Dissertation BSc Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Daire Cullen, Rachel Higgs & Matthew Hyde - Best Dissertation BSc Environmental Geography
	Zoe Clark and Victoria Porter - Best Dissertation BSc Environmental Science
2015-2016	Lukas Reinhardt - best dissertation 3rd Year BSc Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Richard Taylor - best dissertation BSc Environmental Geography
	Leo Nutter - best dissertation BSc Environmental Science
	Charlotte Brown 4th Year Master of Environment
2014-2015	Vladimir Metelitsa BSc in Environment, Economics and Ecology
	Matthew Morton BSc in Environmental Geography
	Rachel Jones BSc in Environmental Science

Year	Prize winner
2017-2018	Joshua Copping (MEM 2015/16) Copping, J.P., Stewart, B.D., McClean, C.J., Hancock, J. and Rees, R (2018). Does bathymetry drive coastal whale shark (Rhincodon typus) aggregations? Peer J., 6, p.e4904.
	Peter Davies (MEM 2016/17) Davies, P., Williams, C., Carpenter, G., Stewart, B. D. (2018) Does size matter? Assessing the use of vessel length to manage fisheries in England. Marine Policy, in press
	Emily Shipley (MEnv Env Geog 2015) Jones, B., Shipley, E. & Arnold, K. E. (2018) Social immunity in honeybees-Density dependence, diet, and body mass trade-offs. Ecology and Evolution, 8, 4852-4859.
2016-2017	Robin Hayward (MEnv Env Sci, 2016) Hayward, R.M., Martin, T.E. , Utteridge, T.M.A., Mustari, A.H. and Marshall, A.R. (2017). Are neotropical predictors of forest epiphyte–host relationships consistent in Indonesia? Journal of Tropical Ecology, 33(2), 178-182.
	Annabel Plumeridge (MSc MEM, 2015) Plumeridge, A.A. and Roberts, C.M. (2017) Conservation targets in marine protected area management suffer from shifting baseline syndrome: A case study on the Dogger Bank. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 116(1-2), 395-404 doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.012.
	Hanna N. Støstad (MRes Ecology and Environmental Management, 2014) Støstad, H.N., Aldwinckle, P., Allan, A. & Arnold, K.E. (2017) Foraging on human-derived foods by urban bird species. Bird Study, 64(2), 178-186.

Academic Year	Name	Thesis Title
2021/22	Kennedy Edeye	Shallow and Mesophotic Communities of the Greater Pemba Channel: Implications for Management and Conservation
2021/22	Robin Loveridge	Beyond Win-Win: Understanding diverse impacts of complex Protected Area governance arrangements on human wellbeing and conservation effectiveness in tropical forests
2020/21	Sarah Knight	Measuring the relationship between the natural environment and subjective well-being in England'
2020/21	Graham Rush	Rapid sea-level rise and climate change: lessons from the early Holocene
2019/20	Lucy Mitchell	The influence of environmental variation on individual foraging and habitat selection behaviour of the European nightjar
2019/20	Rosie Lennon	The effects of neonicotinoid seed treatments on farmland birds
2017/18	Stephanie Osborne	Assessing the impact of ozone pollution on food security using a combined experimental and flux modelling approach
2017/18	Omar Abdullah	Development and Application of Analytical Methods for Understanding the Fate and Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals in Freshwater Sediments
2016/17	Abigail Sutton	Leadership in Small-scale Fisheries
2015/16	Sarika Cullis-Suzuki	Fish and Ships: Impacts of Boat Noise on the Singing Fish, Porichthys notatus
2015/16	Jiahua Guo	Impacts of pharmaceuticals on algal species
2014/15	Anika Agatz	Consequences of short-term feeding inhibition from exposure to pesticides for individuals and populations of aquatic invertebrates
2014/15	Leigh Howarth	Measuring the effects of Scotland's first fully protected marine reserve
2012/13	Ruth Thurstan

Academic Year	Awardees
2023-2024	Natalie Hacker Rowan Batchelor
2022-2023	Ben McLellan Lydia Deacon Claudia Milani-Santarpia Vargas
2021-2022	Ella Farley
2020-2021	Jake Hotchin Josh Williams Lucy Adams

Undergraduate Year 1

Undergraduate Year 2

Undergraduate Year 3

MEnv

MSc

Dissertation

Non-research student papers

KM Stott

Richard Payne Fieldwork Bursary