VICE-CHANCELLORS PRIZE

 MARTIN STRAWSON

 PRO-CHANCELLOR, VICE-CHANCELLOR, TREASURER

 

The Vice-Chancellor's Prize is awarded each year to a final year

undergraduate and takes into account not only scholarship, but also

personality, leadership and initiative.

This year's prize winner is a student in Biological Sciences. His

academic achievements have been outstanding throughout his studies and

he has received several prizes, most notably the R.T. Jones Prize awarded

annually in the first year of studies to a student judged to have an

outstanding personality and to have made a major contribution to the life

of the University and the community, whilst maintaining a high academic

standard - extremely difficult to achieve early in the course. To this have

 been added the Institute of Biology Essay Prize the Heslop Memorial

 Prize and various prizes from the Society for General Microbiology. At

 this Congregation he has just been awarded a first class degree.

Throughout his time at University he has made a significant contribution

to student life in general and to his School in particular. Studying abroad

 in France for a year he drew on his experience to advise and counsel other

 students thinking of studying there. His further commitment was

 demonstrated by a flying visit back to Birmingham from Montpellier to

 assist at the visitation of the Quality Assurance Agency to his School. He

 has made further contributions as a member of the School's Staff Student

 Liason Committee, the Student Accommodation Committee, and latterly

 as the Chair of Council of the Guild of Students.

 A student who is highly regarded by both the staff and his peers as a

 helpful considerate and understanding colleague,

 Vice-Chancellor, I am pleased to present to you, your own prize winner,

 

Martin Strawson

 

W.R.E. Laird

Public Orator  The University of Birmingham

 l8th July 2001