Sue Rothwell with Rothwell prize winner Ross Howe and Andy Davies who presented the prize

Professor Steve McGuire welcoming the prize winners

Steve McGuire congratulating prize winner Aishwarya Chakravarty

The Business School’s annual prize winners’ celebratory dinner for students took place last week at the University of Sussex.

The event acknowledges and celebrates the exceptional academic achievements of the School’s graduating students.

Around 100 guests attended the event, hosted by Professor Steven McGuire, Dean of the Business School. As well as prize winners, other guests included friends and family, course directors, and members of the School’s management team and advisory board.

Professor Andrew Davies presented the ‘Roy Rothwell Prize for Excellent Dissertation in SPRU’ to Ross Howe, MSc Strategic Innovation Management, for his dissertation ‘Local energy transitions: Exploring the progress of community energy projects within Scotland and Southeast England.’

The Rothwell Prize is awarded in honour of Professor Roy Rothwell and his exceptional contribution to teaching in the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) between 1977 and 1994. He was a pioneering researcher in the field of innovation management.

A total of 41 prizes were awarded to Business School graduating students throughout the evening, in categories including Best Student and Best Research Project.

Thirty prize winners attended the event. They were:

Postgraduate Prize Winners 2023

Accounting and Finance

• Best Student​ in MSc Banking and Finance: Samet Cikrik
• Best Student in MSc Management and Finance: Sila Kulaksiz
• Best Student ​in MSc Accounting and Finance: Trang Nguyen
• Best Student ​in MSc Finance and Management: Naman Jain
• Best Student in MSc Accounting and Financial Management: Pia Katharina Weindl

Management

• Best Student​ in Management MSc Business Administration (MBA): Guy David Anderson
• Best Student​ in MSc Occupational and Organisational Psychology: Chloe Butcher
• Best Student in MSc Management (Joint prize winners): Tamunodienye Kalada-Green and Jaycee Lei
• Best Student in MSc Global Supply Chain and Logistics Management (Joint prize winners):Yawen Liu and Farah Abu Qdais
• Best Student in MSc Human Resource Management: Jake Wheatley-Sweet

Strategy and Marketing

• Best Student in MSc International Marketing: Ashley Ducray
• Best Student​ in MSc Marketing and Consumer Psychology: Connie Maddock
• Best Student in MSc Strategic Marketing and International Marketing: Gracie Marshall
• Best Student in MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Rediet Teffera

Economics

• Best Student​ in MSc International Business Economics (Joint prize winners): Matthew Baker and Charlotte Belsey
• Best Student​ in MSc International Finance and Economics: Lucy Cieslik
• Best Student​ in MSc Development Economics: Aishwarya Chakravarty

Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)

• Best Student​ in MSc Project and Innovation Management: Maresca Demanuele
• Best Student​ in MSc Energy Policy: Chimdi Obienu

Best Dissertation/Research Project

• Best Dissertation/Research Project​ in all MSC Management courses (Joint prize winners): MD Shariful Alam and Chloe Butcher
• Best Dissertation/Research Project​ in Strategy and Marketing: Jennifer Dodd
• Best Dissertation/Research Project​ ​in MSc Business and Management: Sheharyar Khan
• Best Dissertation/Research Project​ in MSc International Marketing (ODL): Roberta Nicora
• Best Dissertation/Research Project​ in all Accounting and Finance courses (Joint prize winners): Aditya Upamaka Rao and Pia Katharina Weindl

Rothwell Prize for Excellent Dissertation - Ross Howe

Congratulations to all prize winners.