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Outstanding Business School students awarded postgraduate prizes
By: Joanna OConnor
Last updated: Friday, 5 February 2021
Masooma Hyder Abedi
Aimee Hathaway
This week the Business School celebrated the achievements of recently graduated Masters students, at a virtual prizegiving event. Twenty-four students were presented with postgraduate awards, including The Geoff Oldham and The Roy Rothwell Prizes.
The winners were:
Accounting and Finance
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Best Student in MSc International Accounting and Corporate Governance: Marina Minsenti
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Best Student in MSc Banking and Finance: Gianluca Labagnara
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Best Student in MSc Management and Finance: David Croshaw
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Best Student in MSc Accounting and Finance: Kun Wang
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Best Student in MSc Financial Risk and Investment Analysis: Louis Burgess
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Highest Mark in Research Project/Dissertation in all MSc Courses in Accounting & Finance: Louis Burgess
Economics
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Best Student in MSc Economics: Julia Magntorn Garrett
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Best Student in MSc Development Economics: Lucy Hyde
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Best Student in MSc International Finance & Economics: Jacob Fieldsend
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Best Student in MSc International Business Economics: Sophie Belle
Management
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Best Student in Masters of Business Administration: Christopher Holliwell and Sarah Smith
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Best Student in MSc Global Supply Chain and Logistics Management: Valentina Solomenskaja
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Best Student in MSc Management: Marissa Nabila Binti Mohamed Naguib and Masooma Hyder Abedi
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Best Student in MSc Human Resource Management: Aimee Hathaway
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Highest Mark in Research Project/Business Analysis Report in all MSc Courses in Business and Management: Jiahui He and Dana Jabarin
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Best Research Project in MSc Global Supply Chain and Logistics Management: Valentina Solomenskaja
SPRU
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The Roy Rothwell Prize for Excellent Dissertation in SPRU: Ivan Grazioli
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The Geoff Oldham Prize for Excellent Dissertation in SPRU: Noah Mcneal
Strategy and Marketing
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Best Student in MSc International Management: Felena De Wulf
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Best Student in MSc International Marketing: Megan Thompson
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Best Student in MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Michelle Chimuka
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Best Student in MSc Marketing and Consumer Psychology: Agnes Nagy
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Highest Mark in Research Project/Dissertation in all Msc Courses in Strategy & Marketing: Sonja Budisa Milenkovic
Sonja Budisa Milenkovic, winner of Highest Mark in Research Project/Dissertation in Strategy & Marketing, said: “The whole experience of studying at Sussex and living on campus was fabulous. Not only for me, but for my family as well. Sussex University provided me, as a student parent, a range of possibilities and facilities to organise my family life, while staying fully focused on my studies.”
Masooma Hyder Abedi, winner of Best Student in MSc Management, said: “The Business School not only helped me academically but helped me improve my interpersonal skills as well, by teaching us conflict resolution, negotiations, client handling and stress management in the workplace, helping me excel both personally and professionally. I enrolled in the Masters programme to get a promotion at my old job and ended up graduating as an entrepreneur.”
Aimee Hathaway, winner of Best Student in MSc Human Resource Management, said: “I loved the beautiful campus, learning from amazing tutors who were highly insightful and a mix of theoretical researchers and experienced in practice, and meeting and learning alongside my lovely fellow students on my course!”
The SPRU prizes are named after two pioneering academics in the department's history. Geoff Oldham, the co-founder of SPRU and second Director as of 1982, advocated for the intelligent, innovative use of science and technology for a sustainable and equitable world – and called for greater emphasis on enhancing capabilities in developing countries. He played a key role in developing the International Development Research Centre in Canada, and was appointed a CBE in 1990 for his services to science.
Roy Rothwell, a pioneering researcher in the field of Innovation Management, had among his many contributions his fifth generation model. This involved complex systems of integration, extensive networking, flexible and customised responses and continuous innovation, forming the basis of our modern manufacturing systems today. Prior to his retirement in 1994, Roy raised concerns about the impact of industrialisation on the environment and how innovation could be used to resolve some of these problems.
Congratulations to all our winners.