Postgraduates pick up their degrees - and prizes too!

Postgraduate students in the Faculty of Business and Law not only collected their degrees this week – they also picked up awards for stellar performances on their courses.



WINNER: Hanna Reiman collected two awards for best performance on her course

Professor Cillian Ryan, Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law, told them: “We are proud of the achievements of all our graduates, but we wish to celebrate in particular those of you who have contributed in a special way to the faculty.

“We are blessed with wonderful students here at De Montfort University and it is always difficult to select winners from the wealth of talent among our graduates. Hence these prize winners are a recognition of outstanding achievement and success.”
 


De Montfort Law School has strong links with law firms around the city and county as well as nationally. It welcomed guests from Leicestershire Law Society, Nelsons, Irwin Mitchell, Gateley Plc, Freeths and Weightmans as well as Thomson Reuters and CILEx.

Staff from Emery Johnsons Astills who attended courses were also given certificates of attendance. Trish Parmar was awarded Wills and Administration of Estates; Private Client, and Property Law and Practice; Jane Hinds for Wills and Administration.

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Frances Ryan, who won best student on the graduate diploma in law (GDL) law conversion course. She is now studying the Legal Practice Course to become a practising solicitor and volunteers at Wellingborough Citizens’ Advice Bureau.

“I found it so interesting from the start,” she said. “The LPC is quite different from the GDL, it is more practical and more applied and you have to be more organised!”  

Nastassia Kilkevich won the Irwin Mitchell LLP prize for best student on a part-time LPC course.

Originally from Belarus, she had a degree in economics before becoming interested in the law through her work with the legal team at Bedfordshire County Council. After a law conversion course she started the LPC and juggled work, family life and becoming a mum to complete her studies.

She said: “I like analysing different issues. I love law because my passion is for helping people. The lecturers at DMU have a real gift to teach. I’ve had a lovely time.”



Leicester Business School presented 17 prizes to students who had performed best on their Master’s courses.

Jasmin Taylor won best performance in International Business and Finance. She said: “I’m really pleased, I didn’t expect it. It’s the most challenging courses I have ever done but I enjoyed it so much I want to do more studying!”

Emily Robbins, who won best performance by a student on MSc Strategic and Digital Marketing, said: “I have loved the course and the ceremony was so much fun, very informal.”  

Hanna Reiman won two prizes, for best MSc International Business and Management and the Sue Owen Memorial Prize for best overall performance by a postgraduate student.

Hanna, who is from Finland, had only conversational English when she arrived at DMU and taught herself the academic vocabulary needed to study at Master’s level, supported by the university and the International Students’ Society. She said: “It’s been study, study, study!  The first semester I found very difficult but I was determined, I’m so pleased to have won this prize. The International Students’ Society is the best!”

Leicester Business School winners

Scott Leatham, best student performance on MA International Relations
Georgina Stone, best student performance on MSc Finance and Investment
Andrea Schaefer, best student performance on MSc Forensic Accounting
Rejaul Amin, best student performance on MSc Accounting and Finance
Trystan Tregenza-Hall, best student performance on PG Housing Studies
Richard Morris, best student performance, MA Management of Human Resources
Amaara Umerji, best student performance, MSc Project Management
Nick Wetherell, best performance, Executive Master of Business Administration
Julianne Dragseth, best student performance on Global Master of Business Administration
Kamran Hussein, MSc International Business and Entrepreneurship
Jasmin Taylor, MSc International Business and Finance
Hanna Maaria Reiman, MSc International Business and Management
Liam Carl, MSc Business Economics and International Relations
Joganya Chauhan, MSc Advertising and PR Management
Emily Robbins, MSc Strategic and Digital marketing
Kayleigh Neal, Ian Beardwell Memorial Prize for MA Human Resource Management
Hanna Maaria Reiman, Sue Owen Memorial Prize for best overall performance by a PG business student

Leicester De Montfort Law School
Irwin Mitchell LLP Prize for best student on the full time LPC: Jessica Cross
Irwin Mitchell LLP Prize for best student on part time LPC: Nastassia Khilkevich
Freeths LLP LPC (full time) stage 1: Bekka Brown
Nelsons prize, LPC (part time) stage 1: Chloe Kitchen
Leicestershire Law Society prize LPC (full time) stage 2: Mohamed Patel
Leicestershire Law Society prize, LPC (part time) stage 2: Emma Bush
Gateley Plc prize commercial litigation elective, Ryan Chand
Henry and Karen Doyle prize commercial property elective, Adelle Chapell
Weightmans LLP prize, employment law and practice elective, Kathryn Eldridge
Weightmans LLP prize, personal injury and clinical negligence elective, Sandeela Hussain
Neil Head Memorial Prize for sport and media elective: Rachel Fountain
Thomson Reuters Law Prize for best student on the full time GDL: Frances Ryan
CILEx Law School Prize for best student on the GDL  (part time): Nadia Omar