PRIZES
The Academic Office supports the administration of student prizes. Most prizes are linked to performance in individual programmes and are awarded annually. There are a number of University-wide prizes (see below).
An annual report in respect of both Faculty and University-wide prizes and awards is made to Teaching and Learning Committee in December of each year. This summarises new and discontinued prizes and notes the outcomes of the competition for University-wide awards.
General Regulations Applying to Student Awards (Prizes)
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The terms and conditions of new student prizes shall be determined by the Teaching and Learning Committee on behalf of the Senate. The Committee shall make recommendations for the establishment of new prizes to the Council.
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Awards shall be authorised by the appropriate nominating body or committee. In the case of awards based on examination performance, this body shall be the Board of Examiners, and where more than one Board of Examiners is involved, the Deans of Faculties shall coordinate decisions.
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At the time of nomination for a prize or award a candidate must be a registered student of the University.
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A prize or award may be divided where there are candidates of equal merit.
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A prize or award may be withheld in a particular year if in the opinion of the nominating body there is no candidate of suitable merit.
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The University may withdraw or cancel without notice any or all offers of prizes or awards.
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The nominating body may determine other conditions not explicitly specified.
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In the case of prizes or awards which are provided out of private endowment funds, the payment of the full amount shall be contingent on the necessary income being forthcoming from the endowment fund.
New Prizes
Proposals for new prizes should be submitted to the Academic Office using the pro forma. Each proposal is submitted to the University's Teaching and Learning Committee which makes recommendations regarding their establishment to Council through the Communication and External Affairs Committee.
When new prizes are obtained the donor should be asked to sign an agreement empowering the University to amend the terms of the award including the re-allocation of the award to another programme in the same or a related subject area, should the original programme associated with the award be discontinued.
All proposals for new prizes are referred to the Development Office to establish whether match-funding can be found.
The University has introduced guidelines with regard to the funding of new and existing prizes involving a determination annually as to whether a prize has a sufficiently large capital fund to generate enough annual income to offer the award in perpetuity or whether the prize requires to be fixed for a set number of years dependant on the size of the initial capital fund.
Amendment to Existing Prizes
Amendments to existing prizes should be submitted to the Academic Office using the pro forma. Each proposal for amendment is submitted to the University's Teaching and Learning Committee which makes recommendations regarding the amendment to Council through the Development, Communication and Marketing Committee.
Where a donor has not empowered the University at the establishment of the prize to allow the terms of the award to be amended, any proposed amendment should be agreed by the donor.
Faculty Prizes
Programme/Subject handbooks contain information on prizes and awards associated with the programme.
The Faculty list of prizes and awards is updated in May of each year prior to the Board of Examiners meetings in June. The current list is available here:
Art, Design and the Built Environment
After the Boards of Examiners meetings in June, the Faculty Office informs the Academic Office of the recipient of each prize using the proforma.
The prize-winner receives a certificate and a cheque for the amount of the prize. These are sent to the student's home address unless a presentation ceremony is being organised by the Faculty. In this case, the Academic Office is advised of the arrangements.
University Prizes and Awards
Information on University prizes is forwarded to all Heads of School, the Career Development Centre and the Students' Union in November each year. Details are also published in the University Student Handbook, UU News and the Students' Union magazine Ufouria.
The following University Prizes and Awards are administered by the Academic Office or by Faculties.
Findlater Award in Social Studies
UK Federation of Business and Professional Women (NI Division) Travelling Scholarship
The following awards are administered by other departments or by Faculties.
Convocation Student of the Year
Walter Allen Prize for Creative Writing
| Establishment of Award | Established by the Convocation of the University of Ulster and funded from the Convocation Gift fund. |
| Basis of Award | Made to a student or group of students who, during their time at the University of Ulster, has/have demonstrated significant personal achievement or a substantial contribution to the life of the University, its students or the community. |
| Eligibility | All students currently registered at the University and in good academic standing. |
| Value of Award | A perpetual trophy and £500 |
| Closing Date | 31 March 2010 |
| Further information contact | Ms Azlina Cohen, Clerical Officer, Governance Services, Coleraine, Ext 24403 |
| FINDLATER AWARD IN SOCIAL STUDIES | |
| Establishment of Award | As a result of a bequest by Mr Alexander Findlater. |
| Basis of Award | The prize is for the best piece of written work concerned centrally with social conditions in Ireland, which are interpreted to include social, economic and political areas of study. |
| Eligibility | Any student registered for a programme of study in the University of Ulster. |
| Value of Award | Approximately £300 |
| Closing date | 31 March 2010 |
| Further information contact | Mr B McArthur, Academic Office, Room J405, Tower, Coleraine, Ext 23081 |
| GREER GARSON FILM AWARD | |
| Establishment of Award | As a result of an endowment by Miss Greer Garson. |
| Basis of Award | The prize is for the best piece of creative work in film. |
| Eligibility | Any student (or group of students) registered for a programme of study in the University of Ulster. |
| Value of Award | Approximately £200 |
| Closing date | 31 March 2010 |
| Further information contact | Mr B McArthur, Academic Office, Room J405, Tower, Coleraine, Ext 23081 |
| GREER GARSON THEATRE AWARD | |
| Establishment of Award | As a result of an endowment by Miss Greer Garson. |
| Basis of Award | The prize is for the best piece of creative work in theatre. |
| Eligibility | Any student (or group of students) registered for a programme of study in the University of Ulster. |
| Value of Award | Approximately £200 |
| Closing date | 31 March 2010 |
| Further information contact | Mr B McArthur, Academic Office, Room J405, Tower, Coleraine, Ext 23081 |
| McCREA LITERARY AWARD | |
| Establishment of Award | The award is derived from the McCrea Bequest formerly held by Magee University College. |
| Basis of Award | The prize is available biennially for creative writing, in the field of poetry, essay, drama, the novel or the humanities in general. |
| Eligibility | All members of the University of Ulster, and graduates and honorary graduates of the University of Ulster and the New University of Ulster. |
| Value of Award | Approximately £500 |
| Closing date | 31 March 2010 |
| Further information contact | Mr B McArthur, Academic Office, Room J405, Tower, Coleraine, Ext 23081 |
| Establishment of Award | Established by the Forum for Innovation in Teaching and Learning Support. |
| Basis of Award | Made to the students who submit the winning entries to an annual competition organised by the Forum based on a Teaching and Learning theme. Competition details will be widely advertised and placed on the website http://www.ulster.ac.uk/studentcompetition/ by January each year. |
| Eligibility | All students currently registered at the University. |
| Value of Award | Three awards of £250 |
| Closing date | 31 March 2010 |
| Further information contact | Dr Sarah Maguire, Staff Development Unit, Room J508, Coleraine, Ext 24187 |
| UK FEDERATION OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN (NI DIVISION) TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP | |
| Establishment of Award | As a result of a donation by the Northern Ireland Division of the UK Federation of Business and Professional Women. |
| Basis of Award | The scholarship is intended to provide the holder with the opportunity to travel and visit places outside Northern Ireland, which will allow the student to extend her experience in ways which are likely to enrich her personal and academic skills. The scholarship shall normally be tenable for a period during the following summer vacation, and the programme of travel shall be agreed and approved by the selection panel. A scholar is liable to forfeit her scholarship should she fail without good reason to carry out the terms of the approved programme of travel. |
| Eligibility | Any female student registered for any full-time programme of study in the University. |
| Value of Award | Approximately £300 |
| Closing date | 31 March 2010 |
| Further information contact | Mr B McArthur, Academic Office, Room J405, Tower, Coleraine, Ext 23081 |
| WALTER ALLEN PRIZE FOR CREATIVE WRITING | |
| Establishment of Award | Established in 1974 by Dents the Publishers in honour of Walter Allen who was Professor of English from 1968 to 1973 |
| Basis of Award | Creative writing in poetry, prose, or drama |
| Eligibility | All undergraduate students of the University of Ulster |
| Value of Award | £50 |
| Closing date | 31 March 2010 |
| Further information contact | Mrs Jane Boylan, Faculty of Arts, Room C103B, Coleraine, Ext 24684 |
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