Prizes and Awards

The Alastair Buchan Prize 

The Alastair Buchan Prize was founded in 1919 in memory of Alastair E Buchan, undergraduate in Arts, who was killed in action in 1917. This award is offered annually for the best poem on a prescribed subject and is open to matriculated students who have attended or are attending any class in English Literature, Scottish History or Scottish Literature. This award has been confirmed by the Senate Office as £850 for 2007-08.

This year’s subject is ‘Resolving Conflict’ and the deadline for submission of entries is Friday 4th July 2008.  Entries (maximum 50 lines) to be submitted electronically to Professor Michael Schmidt at m.schmidt@englit.arts.gla.ac.uk marked ‘Alastair Buchan Prize Entry’ and with name, department, degree programme and contact details included.

 The Mary McKinlay Prize

The Mary McKinlay Prize is a prize awarded annually, usually to a student who performs with excellence in at least two of the three Level 1 classes (English Language, English Literature and Scottish Literature) within SESLL. The prize is £100 for 2007-08.

The prize was established in 1995 in memory of the late distinguished schoolteacher, Mary McKinlay who had interests in the teaching and research areas represented by all three departments in the School.
 
The prize is adjudicated by the three conveners of the respective level 1 classes in consultation with the Head of School and the Chair of Teaching, Learning and Quality Committee.