Bursaries reception 2002

Over sixty students from across Scotland were among those awarded bursaries from the University of St Andrews yesterday (Wednesday 9th October).

The awards included thirty-one bursaries worth £500 each for the study of either Chemistry, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics & Astronomy, Computing or Philosophy and ten bursaries worth £250 each for the study of Modern Languages. There were also four Fife Bursary awards of £500 for each year of a student’s degree programme, three bursaries for Scottish mature students and a total of nine golf bursaries supported by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club. One pupil from Forfar Academy was also awarded Adam Smith Thomson Scholarships of £1075 per annum.

This year the awards also include sixteen Royal Bank of Scotland Access Bursaries for Scottish students. Those awards, which pay £1,000 for each year of a bursar’s degree programme, were presented today by the Royal Bank’s Stephanie Allison.

The Chair of the Bursary Committee, Professor Pat Willmer, who presented the awards, said:

“We are delighted to make these awards and we are especially pleased with the number and standard of this year’s applicants. The successful bursars are a most impressive group of students and richly deserve their awards, and we offer them our warmest congratulations.”

The individual details of this year’s bursars are as follows:-

FIFE BURSARS 2002

Mark Graham Donna Lawrie Sarah McDougall Leona-Marie Rennie

MATURE STUDENT BURSARS 2002

Melissa Andrew Martin Dibbs Chairmaine Fraser

CHEMISTRY BURSARS 2002

Paula Hope Amanda Gail Jarvis Benjamin David Read Graeme Barker Gregory Alexander Susan Cobb Joanna Deas David Lindsay John Ritchie Gregor Vanderboon Emma Whitelaw

MATHEMATICS BURSARS 2002 Louise Allen Jakob Bjornberg Ryan McGuinnes Murray Blake

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY BURSARS 2002 Christopher Brown Colin Chalmers Jennifer Anne Graham Peter Houston Ramin Lolachi Marina Roehrs Rowan Smith Stewart Finlay Margaret Gibson David John Gyte Katherine Grace Johnston Matthew J. Scott Lee Graham MacKerron MODERN LANGUAGES BURSARS 2002

Catherine Colby Ian Collen Gurbia Grewall Natasha Harries Fiona McDougall Alison Paton Lisa S. Roberts Kirsty Russell James Roger Tringham Ishbel Wallace

COMPUTING BURSARS 2002

Keri Louise Duthie Duncan Fowler Nicholas Hannaway Elizabeth Ann Hill Nicola Fiona Hutchison Benedict Jephcote Dereck Kwakye Iain Oliver

PHILOSOPHY BURSARS 2002

Peter Kirwan Julia C.B. Nichols

AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIPS 2002

Amanda Buist David Calvert Desiree Dietz Robert Eagle Alexandra Jennings Cecile Origenes

DONALD MALCOLM MACARTHUR SCHOLARSHIP

Katy Mould

ADAM SMITH THOMSON SCHOLARSHIP

Alison Craigon ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND BURSARS 2002

Sarah Chung Steven Clunie Ania Dehn Mark Graham Caroline Creig Kirstie Antonia Hanning Peter James Houston Rachel Letty Alex Muir Pamela Munro Kirsty Russell Paul Scott Lindsay A. Stewart Douglas Taylor Charlene Ann Traynor Christopher Watt

GOLF BURSARIES 2002 (Not present at Reception)

(Full Bursaries)

Gary Davidson Robert Hynson Kevin Reid James Shield Stuart Turnbull

(Half Bursaries)

Alexandra Bushby Richard Hooper Matthew Webb Alex Wright

ENDS

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