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Hss undergraduate dissertation prize.

The dissertation prize will develop students’ generic & transferable skills, such as research skills, as well as subject-specific skills. Students will be encouraged to reflect on their learning experiences through their research.

1. Write and submit dissertation for dissertation prize. 2. Reflect on learning experiences through dissertation project activity.

For more information visit https://www.qmul.ac.uk/about/whoswho/departments/

Department of History

Dissertations.

Since 2009, we have published the best of the annual dissertations produced by our final year undergraduates and award a 'best dissertation of the year' prize to the best of the best.

• Best Dissertations of 2022
• Best Dissertations of 2021
• Best Dissertations of 2020
• Best Dissertations of 2019
• Best Dissertations of 2018
• Best Dissertations of 2017
• Best Dissertations of 2016
• Best Dissertations of 2015
• Best Dissertations of 2014
• Best Dissertations of 2013
• Best Dissertations of 2012
• Best Dissertations of 2011
• Best Dissertations of 2010
• B est Dissertations of 2009

Claude A. Eggertsen Dissertation Prize

The History of Education Society invites submissions for the 2024 Claude A. Eggertsen Dissertation Prize. The prize has been awarded annually since 1981 to the dissertation judged to be most outstanding in the field of history of education. Dissertations may focus on the historical aspects of schooling and/or broader educational processes. They may have a domestic, comparative, or international focus. The committee will judge each dissertation based on the originality of the argument, significance of the contribution, use of evidence, and the quality of writing. 

The winner of this award will be recognized at the banquet of the 2024 annual meeting of the History of Education Society and receive a prize of $1,000. Self-nominations are welcome, as are nominations submitted by dissertation advisors and committee members. Applicants must have deposited the dissertation and graduated during the calendar year 2023. The deadline for entries is July 10, 2024 . Entrants should send an electronic copy (PDFs preferred) of the complete dissertation, an abstract of the dissertation, and their CV to each of the three prize committee members below.

If you have questions or need more information, please write to the chair of the committee, Michelle Morgan, at the email address listed below.

2024 Eggertsen Award Committee

Michelle Morgan (Chair)

Missouri State University

( [email protected] )

Amato Nocera

North Carolina State University

( [email protected] )

Tracy Steffes

Brown University

( [email protected] )

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Queen Mary graduate awarded joint-first prize in dissertation competition

Recent geography graduate, Tabitha Shell, has won the RGS-IBG Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group Dissertation Prize  for her dissertation Emotional geographies of breastfeeding: private and public spaces of support and stress , taking home a prize of £60.

Tabitha was nominated for this award by her supervisor after graduating from Queen Mary over the summer.

"To come joint first was quite a surprise! My supervisor was fantastic and really helped me on my way after I got over the initial hurdle of data collection."

Tabitha also commented on how proud she is to have received this prize on her chosen topic, "because I think the topic is so important and I am really glad the issue is getting recognition. I learnt so much from the wonderful women who helped me hugely by taking time out of their schedules and letting me interview them about a really sensitive and emotional time in their lives."

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How women shared medical knowledge in the 17th century.

Court of the Conscripts

Evidence from Britain’s First World War conscription tribunals reveals a surprisingly efficient and impartial system, as Rebecca Pyne-Edwards Banks asserts in this extract from her 2015 undergraduate dissertation prize-winning essay.   

On Her Own Terms: the Highway-woman

This is an extract from Anna Field’s ‘Masculinity and Myth’, which won the 2014 History Today undergraduate dissertation prize, awarded in conjunction with the Royal Historical Society.

Taking the Bull by the Horns

Richard Lowe-Lauri looks at the decline of bull running in the English town of Stamford.

Student Handbook 2023/24

10. assessment, 10.10. dissertation.

You can go 10% +/- the word limit without penalty, markers will not mark anything that is beyond 10% of the word count.

Every word submitted is counted, with the only exception of the bibliography.

Examples of items which are included in the word count are:

• table of contents
• wording under a diagram
• words in graphs
• tables and diagrams.

This is not an exclusive list, consequently you should keep in mind that all words count- use them wisely.

Whilst we appreciate it is difficult to reach exactly the required word count, you should aim to reach as close to this as possible without going over. 

At Masters Level, we would expect students to be able to edit their own work to produce an essay within the maximum word count.

There is no minimum word count.  However, dissertations that are considerably shorter than the maximum word count may fail to fully address the topic and will be marked accordingly.

Your submitted dissertation should have a top sheet which should include the following information only:

• Module number (i.e. SOLMxxx)
• Module Title
• Final Word count
• Student I.D number (this is not username lcxxx, check your MySiS or Student I.D card)

There is no official style guide for the dissertation.  However, although there are no specific requirements regarding format or font size, we recommend you use a 12 point font in a common font style, double space the main text and use margins of at least 2 cm.  Footnotes should be no smaller than 10 point, normally in the same font as the main text.

Your name should not appear anywhere on your dissertation.  There are no further rules with regards to the title page; you may use colour or graphics if you wish.

Women's History Network

For anyone with a passion for women’s history

Women’s History Network is an inclusive organisation that celebrates diversity

MA Dissertation Prize

The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for a £250 prize of a Masters dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history written during the 2019-2020 academic year. The WHN welcomes research on any period and place, the sky’s the limit!

Winners will be invited to work with us to produce an edited version of their dissertation for the WHN Journal or Blog. Furthermore, winners will receive free membership to the WHN for the following year (applicants must be members to apply).

Criteria for eligibility

• The nominated work must be written in English and have been submitted to a UK University between January and October 2020.
• The dissertation must be an original piece of research undertaken by the applicant on women’s or gender history.
• The dissertation must be submitted in  a Microsoft Word or PDF format, it must be a double spaced, word processed  document which  uses  a  consistent and recognizable  system of  academic referencing.
• All applications must be accompanied by an entry form.
• All applicants must be members of the WHN.
• The MA dissertation should be  between 10,000 and 25,000 words
• Member of the WHN National Steering Committee are not eligible to apply

Go to https://womenshistorynetwork.org/2020-undergraduate-and-ma-dissertation-prizes/

Please email  your application and the entry form to  [email protected]

Closing date for the Undergraduate Prize is  30 September 2020.

Closing date for the Postgraduate Prize is  30 November 2020.

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• Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute

QMIPRI LLM students awarded prizes for best dissertations exploring the field of Intellectual Property and Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

The INTA Foundation pledged a grant of £10,000 to the Centre for Commercial Law Studies/QMIPRI in 2023 to be used as prize monies for the three best LLM dissertation essays which explore the field of Intellectual Property and Diversity, Equality and Inclusivity.   https://www.qmul.ac.uk/ccls/support/recent-supporters/ . The prize monies have been granted in support of INTA’s mission to expand educational and professional development opportunities in intellectual property (IP) for diverse, under-represented populations around the world. 

We are delighted to announce the prize winners with the tiles of their dissertations:

(a) First Prize (£5000) - Viraj Chhelavda with her dissertation on “Gender Disparity in Intellectual Property: Examining the Advancement of Female Contributors and Practitioners in the Field” 

(b) Second Prize (£3000) - Camilla Pasino with her dissertation on “Diversity Pay Gap in Creative Industries:Is there a way out of it?” 

(c) Third Prize (£1000) - Renee Robinson with her dissertation on “An à la mode TWAIL Perspective on International Law and (Intellectual) Property in Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage” 

Viral and Renee were supervised by Professor Uma Suthersanen, and Camilla was jointly supervised by Dr. Gaetano Dimita.  ( https://www.qmul.ac.uk/qmipri/people/faculty/ ) .

The prizes were determined in joint consultation with QMIPRI faculty (Duncan Matthews, Anne Flanagan, Uma Suthersanen), and INTA Foundation (Burkhart Gobble, Hogan Lovells International LLP), in consideration of the final essay marks (blind and double-assessed).