Graduation Prizes

A variety of prizes are awarded at Graduation which allow the University to recognise academic excellence and the contribution individual students make to the University as a whole. Many of the prizes have been generously donated by supporters of the University as well as Buckingham alumni and include The Edgar Palamountain Award for Excellence and The Dame Barbara Shenfield Award. These prizes are awarded annually to the best undergraduate and postgraduate student respectively.

Finalist prizes 2026

The Edgar Palamountain Medal for Excellence

In 1993, a solid Gold Medal, The Edgar Palamountain Medal For Excellence, was instituted in memory of Edgar Palamountain, Chairman of Council at Buckingham from 1979 to 1984. The Award is given every year to the undergraduate who is judged ‘first among equals’.

Oliver Hammond

The Finito Award

Instituted in 2024, a signet ring will be made annually for the postgraduate who is judged to have achieved the best overall performance of the year.

Adriana Verduga Vera

Fresh Air Fuels International Ltd Prize for Academic Distinction

This prize is awarded for exceptional academic performance during undergraduate studies at Buckingham.

Hajarat Omolara Lawal

The Vice-Chancellor’s Prize

This prize is awarded to the one student, who in the opinion of the Vice-Chancellor, has made the most outstanding contribution to the life of the University.

William Terceira

School of Business

• Joseph Munday: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination for Accounting
• Finlay Keates: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination for Management
• Anamol Thapa: The most improved Performance in the Part 2 Examination for Accounting
• Daya Mann: The most improved Performance in the Part 2 Examination for Management
• Rebecca Board: The Vitalograph Prize for the Best Performance in the MBA Examination
• Roland Delcy: The best performance for Postgraduate Finance
• Sudabeh Beikmohammadlouei: V S Mahesh prize for the MSc Service Management student who has shown most commitment to service excellence and against all odds achieved their full potential
• Roland Delcy: The prize for the best postgraduate dissertation

School of Computing

• Jean D’Armour Kwizera: The Rhodri J. Jassim Prize for Best Performance in the Part I Examination
• Kordell Smith: The Zizo Prize for the Outstanding Undergraduate Project
• Kordell Smith: British Computer Society Prize for the best performance in the Part 2 Stage 2 Examination

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Muhammad Buba: The John and Sylvia Jewkes Scholarship in Economics
• Janet Ikuburuju: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination for Economics
• Yu-Ya Hung: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination for International Studies
• Erin Meaney: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination in the English Department
• Edwina Mendes: The best Performance in the MA Decorative Arts
• Elizabeth Grimshaw: The Davis/Drew Prize for special achievement in a postgraduate thesis for English Literature

School of Law

• Tochukwu Muonagolu: The Morayo Atoki Prize for a good all-round performance academically and for making an important contribution to the LLM programme
• Tochukwu Muonagolu: The best performance in the LLM examinations
• Henry Brown: The best performance in the Preliminary Examination
• Kayla Nkwe: The Rachel Lawrence Prize for an outstanding performance in Mooting and Legal Skills sponsored by Hammicks Legal Information Services / Sir Ivan Lawrence
• Kayla Nkwe: The Roderick Wu Prize for the best performance in Criminal Law
• Taylor Arguelles: A good performance in the Part 2 Examination
• Harjarat Lawal: The Merit Prize for a good all-round performance academically and for making an important contribution to the life of the University
• Harjarat Lawal: The Roderick Wu Prize for the best performance in Law of Evidence

School of Psychology

• Timo Lange: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination
• Alice Adams: The Mike Cawthorne Award for the best project
• Jessica Johnson: The best all-rounder finalist to include a contribution to the School as well as academic performance