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Competitions and prizes

We run a whole range of different competitions and prizes throughout the year.

 

Academic achievement prizes


Trophies

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.

Check out our blog for details of each year's winners

 

IR photo competitions

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Throughout the academic year, we launch several photography competitions where students make submissions that illuminate their experience of the LSE campus or images that capture unique and picturesque scenes of London. The department showcases winning submissions on social media and winners receive a small prize.

View the IR Festive Photo Competition December 2022 winners

View the IR Welcome Back to Campus Photo Competition October 2022 winners