SPS Graduation 2025
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Congratulations to the 2025 School of Social and Political Science (SPS) graduates!
Graduation ceremonies for undergraduate students took place on Thursday 11 July in McEwan Hall.
Following the ceremonies, SPS graduates and their families were invited to celebrate at our receptions at the University’s Playfair Library. The first reception included a performance by the SPS choir, which is made up of students, professional services staff and academic staff.
View photos in the graduation gallery here
2025 Prize Winners
The School awarded prizes to graduates for exceptional performances in their studies.
Professor Devaney, Head of School, handed out the prizes at a gathering of winners during the first graduation reception.
- Congratulations to our 2025 prize winners!
Prize name Criteria Winners D.P. Heatley Prize Most Distinguished Student in Honours Classes Alice Jenkins Russell Keat Prize Best Dissertation in Politics and International Relations Joseph Ellis James Littlejohn Prize Best Dissertation in Social Anthropology Alicia Gore and Ariela Silber James Carruthers Memorial Prize Best Performance in Final Honours Exams Ingvilid Kjus James Carruthers Memorial Prize Best Honours Dissertation in Social Policy Sophia Blum Marjorie A. Brown Memorial Prize Best Student in Social Work courses over two years (Honours)Rob Robinson and Emma Pringle Colin Bell Prize Best Sociology Project Loran Mann and Heidi Hafner Tom Burns Prize Best Single Honours Sociology student Faye Batley and Heidi Hafner Violet Laidlaw Prize Best Joint Honours Student Mouna Chatt Canadian Studies Excellence Award Best overall grade for the course Diversities: Canada and Beyond in Sociology Kanako Ueno Dissertation in Sustainable Development Best Dissertation in Sustainable Development Madeleine Kahl Outstanding Performance in Sustainable Development Outstanding Performance in Sustainable Development Luca Marchini The Rachel Howell Award for Outstanding Commitment to Sustainable Development Outstanding Commitment Sustainable Development Ola Majewska Barbara Wootton Prize Best Social Science Dissertation Using Quantitative Methods Sophia Blum Global Health Policy Prize Best student on the Global Health Policy BMedSci programme William Fletcher Stanley Raffel Prize Top-Performing Student in Social Theory Sian Erin Rusinow and Jie Hong Sue Renton Prize Outstanding Contribution to Student Experience Tommy Lindsay