Academic prizes are awarded for students of each year of study. These are presented to students after the relevant examination board meetings. Prizes to the value of £250 are awarded annually as follows:
BSc IR year 1 (The Geoffrey Stern prize):
for the best IR100 Theories and Concepts of International Relations examination performance by an IR student.
BSc IR year 2 (The Goodwin prize):
for the best examination performance by a second year BSc IR student.
BSc IR year 3 (The Coral Bell Prize):
for the best degree performance overall by a third year BSc IR student.
BSc IR year 3 (The Philip Noel-Baker dissertation prize):
for the best 10,000 word BSc IR Dissertation.
MSc IR (The Michael Donelan prize):
for the best performance in IR4A1.
MSc IR (The Margot Light prize):
for the best performance in IR4A2.
MSc IR (The Fred Halliday prize):
for the best performance in IR4A3.
MSc IR (The Philip Windsor dissertation prize):
for the best 10,000 word MSc IR Dissertation.
MSc IR Research (The Martin Wight dissertation prize):
for the best 10,000 word MSc IR (research) Dissertation.
MSc IPE (The Susan Strange dissertation prize):
for the best 10,000 word MSc IPE Dissertation.
PhD IR (The Dominique Jacquin Berdal PhD prize):
for the best PhD thesis.