Marine Institute Final Year Project Prize

Support for marine students from Ashfords

We are very pleased that continuing support from Ashfords has funded prizes for final student dissertations relating to UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 on life below water, as well as bursaries to retain top marine students in Plymouth. Details of the call for applications for the next round (2020–21) will be announced shortly.

Marine prize winners 2021

• First prize: Taylor Norris 
• Second prize: Linnet Jessell
• Honourable prize: Hannah Whitman
• Honourable prize: Alexander Moore

Ashfords Marine Research prize winners celebrate at graduation

Ashfords LLP support of the University of Plymouth’s Marine Prize has been recognised at this year’s graduation celebrations on Plymouth Hoe.

The Ashfords Marine Research Prize, awarded to final year University of Plymouth students, has been led by Professor Richard Thompson, OBE, and Director of the University’s Marine Institute. He said of the prize,

“This is the first year of the Ashford’s Marine Research Prize and we have been very pleased with the quality of applications from final year students across the Marine Institute. By focusing on one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals – to Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources, we are founding this project firmly on environmental research here in Plymouth.”

The prize winner Jemima Dimbleby’s, project examined The Effect of Outplant Depth on the Survival and Growth of Acropora cervicornis Fragments for the Purposes of Coral Restoration in Northern Haiti. This work will provide vital information for the local managers into where best to transplant corals in an attempt to regenerate reef systems that have been lost to a range of local and global pressures. 

Professor Thompson went on to say, “The University of Plymouth has an excellent reputation for its research and teaching across the marine sector. Our students are a key part of that with many of our undergraduate and masters students getting their research published in the peer-reviewed literature. Winning such a prize is a fantastic way to start your career – well done to all.”