Congratulations to the 140 students from the Lancaster Environment Centre graduating this week.

This year 58 students are graduating with a 1st, 30% of the cohort, well above the national average, reflecting Lancaster’s position as a top ten university: 86% of students are being awarded a 1st or 2:1, considered ‘good’ degrees’.

Professor Phil Barker, Lancaster Environment Centre director, said:

“We are very proud of our new graduates for what they have achieved as students and also for what they might become. We hope their fantastic achievements here at Lancaster provide a springboard to still greater things in the future that brings benefit to themselves, society and our environment.

The Lancaster Environment Centre awards a series of prizes to the highest performing students, listed below:

Lancaster Environment Centre Prize (sponsored by the Enterprise and Business Partnerships (EBP) team:

For the best overall performance by a fourth year LEC MSci or MArts student.

Jonathan Roberts, MSci Hons Biology (19.3 overall, 20.1 year 4 mean)

Lancaster Environment Centre Innovation Prize (sponsored by the EBP team):

For the best performance by a LEC undergraduate student in engaging with Enterprise and Business Partnership activities.

Emily Howes, BSc Hons Physical Geography (Best LEC.301 performance)

Lancaster Environment Centre Best Overall BA Hons Performance Prize:

For the highest overall aggregate score on a LEC BA programme.

Jonathan Coles, BA Hons Geography (Study Abroad) (Part 2 mean 20.3)

Lancaster Environment Centre Best Overall BSc Hons Performance Prize:

For the highest overall aggregate score on a LEC BSc programme.

Amy Cooper, BSc Hons Geography (Part 2 mean 21.3)

Lancaster Environment Centre Best BA Hons Dissertation Prize:

For the best dissertation by a BA student.

Ben Teague, BA Hons Geography

Lancaster Environment Centre Best BSc Hons Dissertation Prize:

For the best dissertation by a BSc student.

Eleanor Lampard, BSc Hons Environmental Science (Study Abroad)

Lancaster Environment Centre Best MSci Hons Dissertation Prize:

William Nevill, MSci Hons Natural Sciences (Study Abroad) (A+)

Lancaster Environment Centre Best Overall BA/MArts Hons Performance in Second Year Prize:

For the highest overall aggregate score on Year 2 of a LEC BA/MArts programme.

Alisha Wharton, BA Hons Geography (Year 2 mean 18.6)

Lancaster Environment Centre Best Overall BSc/MSci Hons Performance in Second Year Prize:

For the highest overall aggregate score on Year 2 of a LEC BSc/MSci programme.

Rachael Hurst, BSc Hons Environmental Science (Year 2 mean 19.6)

James Baxter Memorial Prize:

For the Year 3 undergraduate reading for a BSc/MSci degree in Biology Environmental Biology or Ecology and Conservation who has displayed the most diligence, enthusiasm and good progress in general.

Eleanor Tinsley, BSc Hons Ecology and Conservation (Study Abraod)

Andrew Malloch Memorial Prize:

For the Year 3 undergraduate reading for a BSc/MSci degree in Biology, Environmental Biology or Ecology and Conservation who has demonstrated the greatest enthusiasm and skill in field ecology.

Justine Patton, BSc Hons Ecology and Conservation

Gordon Manley Prize:

For the best contribution by dissertation (LEC.300/301/499) or otherwise to the enhancement of knowledge of the evolution of any part of the physical or atmospheric environment of NW England between the Mersey and the Solway.

Ceri Allgood, MSci Earth and Environmental Science

Sandra Irish Memorial Prize:

For overall contribution to the department (e.g. Staff Student Committee, UCAS Visit Days, etc.) by a final year undergraduate student. This is not a prize for academic merit, but for ‘helpfulness and positive spirit’.

Ben Teague, BA Hons Geography

British Society of Soil Science Prize:

For the best all round performance in LEC.278 Soil Science. Criteria 1) enthusiasm for the discipline of Soil Science, 2) demonstrated academic excellence in Soil Science, 3) demonstrated connected thinking about Soil Science, 4) communication of Soil Science.

Daniel Scullion, BSc Hons Geography

Keith Beven Hydrology Dissertation Prize

For the best undergraduate Hydrology dissertation. (LEC.300/301/499)

Kathryn Lowe, BSc Hons Geography (Study Abroad)

Peter John Vincent Geography Prize

For the best undergraduate performance by students reading for a degree in Geography.

Amy Cooper, BSc Hons Geography (Part 2 mean 21.3)