Medal winners
Winners of the Principal's Medal Awards.
2023
Lindsay Jack - Director of Student Experience at the Edinburgh Law School
Professor Peter Kind - Professor of Developmental Neuroscience at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
Claire Cruikshank - Head of Women’s Rugby at University of Edinburgh Sport & Exercise.
Tara Schwarze-Chintapatla - MA (Hons) in Landscape Architecture graduate
The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies - accepted by Lindsay Dalziel on behalf of the Accreditation Team
Student Administration – accepted by Lizzie Beattie on behalf of the Graduation Team
Further information on the 2023 winners
2022
Lianne Henry - Head of Student Allocations, Accommodation, Catering and Events
Lesley Penny - Director of Bioresearch & Veterinary Services
Stav Salpeter - recent graduate from the School of Social and Political Sciences & the Law School
Karen Riddell and Rebecca Whitefield, Protocol Team - joint winners
Student Counselling Service - accepted by Ronnie Millar, Director, Student Counselling Service on their behalf
Further information on the 2022 winners
2021
TestEd Team - accepted by Tim Aitman, Chief Investigator for the TestEd Programme and Director of the Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, on their behalf
Linda Bauld, Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health and Head of the Centre for Population Health Sciences
Paul Gorman, Deputy Head of Help Services, User Services, Information Services Group
Lauren Hall-Lew, Reader, based in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Dr. Emma Wild-Wood, Director of Postgraduate Studies, and Dr. Sara Parvis, Director of Postgraduate Taught Masters, in the School of Divinity - joint winners
Further information on the 2021 winners
2020
Please refer to the Staff News article:
Further information on the 2020 winners
Note: for 2020 the categories were dropped
2019
Exceptional Service
Professors Harry Campbell, Igor Rudan, and Harish Nair, The Usher Institute
Contribution to the Community
Dr Adam Budd, School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Further information on the 2019 winners
2018
Exceptional Service
Professor Helen Sang, Dr Vicky MacRae and Ms Catherine Eastwood, The Roslin Institute
Contribution to the Community
Bharat Chaturvedi, undergraduate in the School of Social and Political Science
Further information on the 2018 winners
2017
Exceptional Service
Professor Aziz Sheikh, Director of the Usher Institute
Contribution to the Community
Alexandros Angelopoulos and Sam Kellerhals, undergraduates in the School of GeoSciences
Further information on the 2017 winners
2016
Exceptional Service
Ms Amy Woodgate and the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Team
Contribution to the Community
Colin Adams, Director of Commercialisation, School of Informatics
Further information on the 2016 winners
2015
Exceptional Service
Máire Cox, Communicator at OPENspace Research Centre
Contribution to the Community
Dr Andrew Gardiner, Senior Lecturer at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Further information on the 2015 winners
2014
Exceptional Service
Johanna Holtan, International Engagement Coordinator, Edinburgh University Students' Association (EUSA)
Contribution to the Community
Nicholle Bell, PhD student in the School of Chemistry
Further information on the 2014 winners
2013
Exceptional Service
Professor Scott Murray, St Columba’s Hospice Chair of Primary Palliative Care, Centre for Population Health Science
Also recognised: Dr Elizabeth Grant, Dr Kirsty Boyd and Dr Marilyn Kendall in Professor Murray’s Primary Palliative Care Research Group
Contribution to the Community
Rebecca MacKenzie, Pro Bono Coordinator and Senior Teaching Fellow, Centre for Professional Legal Studies, Edinburgh Law School
Further information on the 2013 winners
2012
Exceptional Service
Dr Jane Haley, Scientific Manager, Edinburgh Neuroscience
Contribution to the Community
Ms Sharon Douglas, Administration Assistant, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility Education Programme
Ms Dee Isaacs, Lecturer in Music, Edinburgh College of Art
Further information on the 2012 winners
2011
Exceptional Service
Ms Karen Bowman, Director of Procurement; Mr Jake Broadhurst, International Projects Manager, Global Academies
Contribution to the Community
Dr Chris Speed, Reader in Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art
Further information on the 2011 winners
Note: Two categories were introduced for 2011
2010
Principal's Medal
Mr Paul Nisbet, Senior Research Fellow, School of Education; Joint Coordinator of Communication Access Literacy & Learning (CALL) Scotland
Further information on the 2010 winner
2009
Principal's Medal
Ben Miller, Edinburgh graduate and Fairtrade campaigner
Further information on the 2009 winner
2008
Principal's Medal
Lesley Forrest, Senior Administrative Assistant, Financial Accounting
Grant Guthrie, English Literature graduate and charity worker
Further information on the 2008 winners