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 2025

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’.

Ryan Brooks (Psychology)

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.

 Leonard Onyriuba (Computing)

The G-Volution Prize for Academic Distinction

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

Matthew Coombs (Business)

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.

Jonathan Smith (Economics & International Studies)

School of Business

• Oliver Hammond: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination for Accounting
• Aidan Clarke: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination for Management
• Neha Anu Aynical: The most improved Performance in the Part 2 Examination for Accounting
• Abubakar Bello: The most improved Performance in the Part 2 Examination for Management
• Matthew Coombs : The John Wheeler Prize for the best graduating student
• Boluwatife Amosu: The Hans Peter Stein Memorial Prize for the student who has made an outstanding contribution to the University
• Luke Ford: The Vitalograph Prize for the Best Performance in the MBA Examination
• Sabur Aloyinlapa: The best performance for Postgraduate Finance
• Grace Nwanorim: 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
•  Sabur Aloyinlapa: The prize for the best postgraduate dissertation

School of Computing

• Ahmad Raza and Kordell Smith: The Rhodri J. Jassim Prize for Best Performance in the Part I Examination
• Hamish Zwain: The Zizo Prize for the Outstanding Undergraduate Project
• Ruaidhri Brown: The Ruffley Prize for the Outstanding Postgraduate Project
• Julia Szostakiewicz: British Computer Society Prize for the best performance in the Part 2 Stage 2 Examination
• Leonard Onyiriuba: The Isaac Jassim Award for Best Performance in Postgraduate Studies (shared prize)

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

• Oliver Hagan: The John and Sylvia Jewkes Scholarship in Economics
• Adbulrahman Aliu: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination for Economics
• Maximus Middleton: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination for International Studies
• Kingsley Onuoha: The best performance in the MA Dissertation module (Summer term) in Security and Intelligence programme
• Cerys Mungford: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination in the English Department
• Lily Brown: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination in the History and Art History Department
• Rebecca Burton: The best Performance in the MA Decorative Arts
• Anna Strong: The Davis/Drew Prize for special achievement in a postgraduate thesis for English Literature

School of Law

• Yulia Gulyaeva: The best performance in the LLM examinations
• Simone Michaud: The Morayo Atoki Prize for a good all-round performance academically and for making an important contribution to the LLM programme
• Taylor Arguelles: The best performance in the Preliminary Examination
• Freya Pearce: The Rachel Lawrence Prize for an outstanding performance in Mooting and Legal Skills sponsored by Hammicks Legal Information Services / Sir Ivan Lawrence
• Ethan Bunbury: The Roderick Wu Prize for the best performance in Criminal Law
• Rishwin Kandiah: A good performance in the Part 2 Examination
• Rosie Sparkes: The Merit Prize for a good all-round performance academically and for making an important contribution to the life of the University
• Megan Priestman: The Roderick Wu Prize for the best performance in Law of Evidence

School of Psychology

• Jessica Johnson and Alice Adams: The best performance in the Part 1 Examination
• Ryan Brooks: The Mike Cawthorne Award for the best project
• Lily Ikholi Allen: The best all-rounder finalist to include a contribution to the School as well as academic performance
• Ryan Brooks: British Psychological Society Prize for the best performance in the Part 2 Stage 2 Examination