Five Pembroke students receive University Prizes for their performance in Finals

The long vacation is a great time for our students to recharge after their Finals and to celebrate all their hard work as they receive their results. We are incredibly proud of all our students and the hard work they put in leading up to their Prelims, Finals, and other examinations! Our warm congratulations in particular go to five students whose success in their Finals has seen them awarded prizes by the University.

From left to right: Henry Worsley, Ayaka Hogg, Benjamin Black

Henry Worsley (2021, History and Modern Languages) won the David Gibbs Prize for the best performance in a Modern Languages Medieval Paper across all languages (Italian).

Ayaka Hogg (2021, Biochemistry) was awarded the Gibbs Book Prize in Biochemistry for her performance in the F.H.S. Part I and Part II Examination in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry.

Benjamin Black (2024, MMathPhil Mathematics and Philosophy) was awarded the Philosophy Faculty Board Prize for his excellent performance in his Philosophy examination.

Oliver Saint (2021, Modern Languages and Linguistics) received the Fred Hodcroft Prize for the best FHS performance in a paper on the History of Spanish Language or Spanish dialects.

Finally, Katie James (2021, European and Middle Eastern Languages) has been awarded not one, not two, but four prizes! She has received the Clément Olympe Lavanne Prize for the best performance in Francophone Literature and the Mustafa Badawi Prize for best performance in an essay on the topic of Modern Arabic Literature. 

Katie's Dissertation, titled “Wording Wounds: The Transformative Power of Literary Language and the Ethics of Witnessing in Les Mots pour le dire and al-Ṭanṭūriyya” received the David Gibbs Prize proxime accessit for the best performance in Modern Languages. Finally, Katie also received the Diversity Prize for the best performance in a portfolio of essays engaging with diversity and intersectional approaches.

“My time at Pembroke has been both demanding and deeply rewarding,” shared Katie. “I am incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to explore my subjects in real depth, and in doing so have developed not only linguistic and academic skills but lasting passions, underpinned by the truly supportive community that is Pembroke! Importantly, my engagement with Middle Eastern and North African history and politics - particularly the experiences of diasporic communities as explored in my Bridging Essay - has challenged me to question dominant narratives and to seek out voices and perspectives often overlooked in mainstream discourse. What began as academic study has grown into something far more enduring - a way of seeing the world that I will carry with me long after Pembroke.”

"What began as academic study has grown into something far more enduring - a way of seeing the world that I will carry with me long after Pembroke.”

Many congratulations to all our students on their results; we can’t wait to see what they get up to next!