Tom Lawrenson Prize

The prize was established in 1983 by the Department of French Studies to commemorate the work of the late Professor T E Lawrenson, the first head of the department.

It is awarded annually to the undergraduate with the best overall performance in their final year. It consists of books or book tokens to the value of £50.

Max Adereth Memorial Prize

The prize takes the form of a book token to the value of £50 and is awarded annually to the second year undergraduate who offers the best all-round performance in single or combined major degrees and who has made a contribution to the cultural and social life of the Department.

The prize remembers Max Adereth, who was a Senior Lecturer in French Studies in the 70s and 80s, and an expert on French Committed poetry.

Lola Maud Dalton Prizes

The prizes result from a benefaction from the estate of the late Miss Alzira Eloise Dalton, of Thurnham Hall, Lancaster, who desired that an annual prize for modern language studies be instituted and called after her sister Lola Maud Dalton. The prizes were first awarded in 1984.

• For Chinese Studies: two prizes to the value of £25 each are offered to the undergraduates intending to continue in Part II with Chinese, and who obtain the highest overall mark in CHIN100 and CHIN101.
• For French Studies: two prizes to the value of £25 each are offered to the undergraduates intending to continue in Part II with French Studies, and who obtain the highest overall mark in FREN100 and FREN101.
• For German Studies: two prizes to the value of £25 each are offered to the undergraduates intending to continue in Part II with German Studies, and who obtain the highest overall mark in GERM100 and GERM101.
• For Italian Studies: one prize to the value of £25 is offered to the undergraduate intending to continue in Part II with Italian Studies, and who obtains the highest overall mark in ITAL100.
• For Spanish Studies: two prizes to the value of £25 each are offered to the undergraduates intending to continue in Part II with Spanish Studies, and who obtain the highest overall mark in SPAN100 and SPAN101.

Swiss Ambassador Prizes

The prizes, established in 1987, and donated by the Arts Council in Switzerland, consist of books written by Swiss authors in French, German and Italian.

The prizes are awarded to the most deserving students in each of the three languages in the Department of Languages and Cultures, at either Part I or Part II.

Francesca Gibson Memorial Fund Award

With the help of many generous supporters, the Department of Languages and Cultures has been able to set up a fund to commemorate Francesca Gibson (1960-1999), who taught in the Italian Section. The fund enables us to award monetary prizes in acknowledgement of student performance as follows:

• £20 to the student intending to continue with ITAL200i/201i who obtains the highest mark in the ITAL100 Summer written examination.
• £20 to the student intending to continue with ITAL300i/301i who obtains the highest mark in the ITAL201i Summer written examination.

Coddington International Placement Year Prize

This prize was established in 2010 through the generosity of a European Legal Studies (German) alumnus (1999, Fylde). The competition is open to all students during their period of residence abroad. The competition is focused on a theme each year.

The prize is awarded to the best two deserving entries, judged by the second years about to go on their International Placement Year, to the value of £50 and £20 respectively. The prize-winning photos are displayed on our International Placement Year webpage.

Languages and Cultures Prize for Contribution to Student Life

The prize is awarded to a student who makes an exceptional contribution to student life, Languages and Cultures and the wider university community - all single and combined major students in Languages and Cultures are eligible.

Previous Prizes

The Winter People Bursary in Languages and Cultures

This award was established in 2006 through the generosity of Jonathan Winter, a French Studies alumnus (1987, Lonsdale) and continued until 2012.

The bursary was awarded to the First Year student who was deemed, in the judgement of the department, to have the best academic profile in languages on entering undergraduate study. The student had to be a UK resident who was eligible for a statutory bursary and who was enrolled on a Major or Joint Major degree programme in Languages and Cultures.

The bursary was to the value of £2880, paid in four instalments of £720 for each year of enrolment and was in addition to any statutory bursary, Lancaster University or Subject Award which the student may have received.