Gibbs Prizes
Prizes on the foundation of Mr Charles D. D. Gibbs, will be offered in 2013. Details of all Gibbs Prizes are set out in full below in alphabetical order. Candidates are not required to make a special application for Gibbs Prizes awarded on the results of coursework and public examinations, unless instructed to do so in the individual subject advertisement below.
Candidates for any prize must be members of the University who, at the time of taking the public examination or submitting the coursework on which the prizes are awarded, have not exceeded the twelfth term from matriculation. The University has, however, now approved legislation to enable Council to grant dispensation on grounds of protracted illness or other good reason, to a candidate who has exceeded the twelfth term from his or her matriculation.
Examiners may agree not to award a particular prize in any year if it is deemed that no candidate is of sufficient merit.
Biochemistry
The prize in Biochemistry is awarded on the combined results of the examinations for Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Parts I and II in the Honour School of Biochemistry in Trinity Term 2013.
The value of the prize is £450 and the examiners have the power to make one proxime accessit award of £250 for meritorious work and up to three additional book prizes of £100.
Biological Sciences
The Gibbs Prize in Biological Sciences will be awarded to the best candidate in the examination in Biological Sciences in the Honour School of Biological Sciences in Trinity Term 2013. The value of the prize is £450.
The Examiners have the power to award up to two further prizes for meritorious work in Biological Sciences (to a total value of £550).
Chemistry
The prize in Chemistry is awarded on the results of the examination for Chemistry Part I in the Honour School of Chemistry in Trinity Term 2013.
The value of the prize is £450, and the examiners have the power to make one proxime accessit award of £250 for meritorious work and up to three additional book prizes of £100.
Classics
Two prizes will be awarded worth £250 each, one for the best performance in the Latin literature papers in Literae Humaniores, Classics and English, Classics and Modern Languages or Classics and Oriental Studies; the other for the best performance in the Ancient History papers in Literae Humaniores, Ancient and Modern History or Classical Archaeology and Ancient History.
Earth Sciences
A prize of £180 is awarded on the basis of the quality and distinction of the field mapping report submitted in 2013 in the Final Honour School of Geology/Earth Sciences.
Engineering Science
A prize of £530 is divided equally between each of the members of the team submitting the best Design Project in 2013 for Part B of the Final Honour School of Engineering Science.
English Language and Literature
The prizes in English Language and Literature are awarded as follows.
Ten prizes, of £70 each, awarded on the results of Preliminary Examinations in English Language and Literature in Trinity Term 2013.
(The same candidate may be awarded the Mrs Claude Beddington Literature Prize and a Gibbs Prize.)
Prizes of £100 each are awarded for the following papers in the examination for the Honour School of English Language and Literature:
- the best optional thesis;
- the best extended essay in Course I, Paper 7;
- the best extended essay in Course I, Paper 8;
- the best extended essay or optional thesis in Course II;
- the best overall performance in Course I of the Honour School; and
- the best overall performance in Course II of the Honour School.
Geography and the Environment
The prize in Geography is awarded on the results of the examination for the Honour School of Geography in Trinity Term 2013.
The value of the prize is £450 and the examiners have the power to make one proxime accessit award of £250 for meritorious work and up to three additional book prizes of £100.
History
The prize in History is awarded on the results of the examination for the Honour School of History and associated joint Honour Schools in Trinity Term 2013.
The Gibbs Prize is £450. The examiners have the power to make one proxime accessit award of £250 for meritorious work, and up to seven additional book prizes of £100.
Law
The prize in Law is awarded on the best overall performance in examinations in Contract, Tort, Land and Trusts in the Final Honour School of Law in Trinity Term 2013.
The value of the prize is £500 and the examiners have the power to make one proxime accessit award of £300 for meritorious work, and up to three additional book prizes of £150 each.
Materials
A prize of £190 will be awarded for the best performance in Part I of Materials Science or Part I of Materials, Economics and Management in Trinity Term 2013.
Mathematics
A total of £600 for students' performance in Parts A and B together - to be awarded as either two prizes of £300 or one prize of £400 and one prize of £200 - at the discretion of the examiners. These prizes can be awarded to candidates in the Honour School of Mathematics or the Honour School of Mathematics and Statistics.
A total of £400 for students' performance in Part C - to be awarded as either a single prize of £400 or two prizes of £200 - at the discretion of the examiners.
Two prizes, of £100 each, are available for performance in Mathematics papers for candidates in the Honour School of Mathematics and Philosophy: one of the prizes is available for performance in Part B; one of the prizes is available for performance in Part C.
Candidates awarded a Gibbs Prize for Parts A and B are eligible to receive a Gibbs Prize for Part C in a subsequent year.
Medieval and Modern Languages
A prize of £500 is awarded on the results of the examination for the Honour School of Modern Languages in Trinity Term 2013.
A prize of £500 is awarded for the best overall performance in the Modern Language in one of the joint Honour Schools involving Modern Languages with another subject (i.e. Classics and Modern Languages, English and Modern Languages, Modern History and Modern Languages, Philosophy and Modern Languages, European and Middle Eastern Languages) in Trinity Term 2013. Modern Languages examiners for the joint schools are asked to confer over the award of that prize.
In addition, prizes, of £100 each, are available for the two best performances in the Preliminary Examination in Modern Languages in Trinity Term 2013 in any of Czech (with Slovak), French, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Portuguese, Linguistics. (Note: a Gibbs Prize is NOT available in the language in which the Beddington Prize is being offered.)
Music
Prizes are awarded, provided that there be candidates of sufficient merit, on the results of the examination for the Honour School of Music in Trinity Term 2013. The Music Faculty Board agreed, when making its recommendation about the Gibbs Prizes, that the examiners should be able to recommend the number and level of prizes to be awarded in any one year. This was to allow flexibility for variation in comparative performance to be taken into account in different years.
Oriental Studies
Three prizes, each of £233, are awarded on the results of Preliminary Examinations either in Oriental Studies (Chinese) or in Oriental Studies (Japanese) or in Oriental Studies (Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies) in Trinity Term 2013.
Philosophy
Gibbs Prizes in Philosophy, of up to £100 each, are awarded for outstanding performance in the Philosophy papers in each of the seven joint Honour Schools involving Philosophy (Literae Humaniores; Philosophy, Politics, and Economics; Psychology, Philosophy, and Physiology; Mathematics and Philosophy; Physics and Philosophy; Philosophy and Modern Languages; and Philosophy and Theology). The award of these Prizes will be determined by the Philosophy Examiners alone.
The examiners shall have the power to make proxime accesserunt awards for meritorious work.
No candidate shall be awarded both a Henry Wilde Prize and a Gibbs Prize in the same examination.
Unless otherwise stated, a candidate can receive both a Gibbs Prize in Philosophy and a Gibbs prize in another subject which they offer in the examination.
Any individual Gibbs Prize can be split between two equally meritorious candidates.
In Mathematics and Philosophy, and in Physics and Philosophy, the Gibbs Prize in Philosophy is split into two parts.
In each school, a prize of £50 can be awarded for an outstanding performance in the Philosophy papers in part B of the examination.
A prize of £50 can be awarded for an outstanding performance in the Philosophy papers in part C of the examination, to a candidate offering at least two Philosophy papers (which can include a thesis in Philosophy).
A candidate in part C can be awarded the Gibbs Prize in Philosophy for part C if they have already been awarded a Gibbs Prize in Philosophy in part B.
In a year where the examiners do not award a prize for performance in Philosophy in one part of the examination, the unawarded prize money for that part cannot be added to the prize money awarded in the other part.
Physics
The Prizes available in 2013 are as follows.
The Gibbs Prize for Performance in the Physics Final M.Phys. examination (£250). Gibbs Prize for the best use of experimental apparatus in an M.Phys. project (£100).
A Gibbs Prize for practical work in Part A (£50), two Gibbs Prizes for practical work in Part B of the M.Phys. examination (£50).
A Gibbs Prize of up to £100 in value may be awarded, provided there are candidates of sufficient merit, for the best performance in the Physics Department’s speaking competition in 2013.
A prize of £100 is available for the best performance in the Physics papers in the Honour School of Physics and Philosophy.
No candidate shall be awarded both the Scott Prize and the main Gibbs Prize for performance in the Physics Final M.Phys. in the same examination.
Physiological Sciences
A prize of £200 is awarded on the results of each of the following examinations: Parts I and II of the First Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine in Trinity Term 2013. The examiners shall, in each case, have the power to make one proxime accessit award of £100 for meritorious work.
A prize of £100 is awarded on the results of the Preliminary Examination in Biomedical Sciences in Trinity Term 2013.
Provided there are candidates of sufficient merit, one prize of £200 shall be awarded on the results of the examination in the Honour School of Physiological Sciences and one prize of £200 shall be awarded on the results of the examination in the Honour School of Medical Sciences. No candidate shall receive both the main Martin Wronker Prize in Medicine and the Gibbs Prize.
Politics
The Gibbs Prize in Politics (£300) is awarded on the basis of the best Politics written papers only in the examinations for the Honour Schools of Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and History and Politics.
In addition, the Gibbs Thesis Prize in Politics (£300) is awarded for the best Politics thesis or supervised dissertation submitted in the same examinations.
In each case, the examiners have the power to make one proxime accessit award of £150 for meritorious work.
There is also a Gibbs First Public Examination Prize (£200) available for the best Politics written paper in the Preliminary Examination in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, or the Preliminary Examination in History and Politics. The examiners have the power to make one proxime accessit award of £100 for meritorious work.
Psychological Studies
A prize of £175 is awarded on the results of the examination in Trinity Term 2013 in the Honour School of Experimental Psychology. The examiners shall have the power to make a proxime accessit award of £75.
A prize of £175 is awarded on the results of the examination in Trinity Term 2013 for the Honour School of Psychology, Philosophy, and Physiology. The examiners shall have the power to make a proxime accessit award of £75.
A prize of £75 is awarded for the best Research Project submitted in Hilary Term 2013 in the examination for the Honour School of Experimental Psychology or the Honour School of Psychology, Philosophy, and Physiology.
A prize of £75 is awarded for the best Library Dissertation submitted in Hilary Term 2013 in the examination for the Honour School of Experimental Psychology or the Honour School of Psychology, Philosophy, and Physiology.
A prize of £50 is awarded for the best practical portfolio in Psychology submitted in Hilary Term 2013 in the examination for the Honour School of Experimental Psychology or for the Honour School of Psychology, Philosophy, and Physiology.
No candidate shall receive more than one Gibbs Prize in the same examination. No candidate shall receive both the main Martin Wronker Prize in Medicine and a Gibbs Prize in the same examination. It shall be open to the examiners to award to the same candidate both a Gibbs Prize and the George Humphrey Prize.
Theology
A prize of £275 may be awarded on the results of the examination for the Final Honour School of Theology in Trinity Term 2013. No candidate shall have exceeded the twelfth term from their matriculation at any university. No candidate may be awarded both the Denyer and Johnson Prize and a Gibbs Prize in the same examination.
A prize of £275 may be awarded for the best performance in Theology in the Honour School of Philosophy and Theology in Trinity Term 2013.
A book prize of £200 may be awarded on the results of the Preliminary Examination in Theology in Hilary Term 2013.