Professor Chris Lowe, Director of the Institute of Biotechnology, accepted the Queen's Anniversary Award on behalf of the Institute at a ceremony held today at Buckingham Palace.

This year’s Olof Palme Prize has been awarded to Iranian women’s rights campaigner Parvin Ardalan.

A Bristol University professor has won a prestigious international award worth US$1 million in recognition of his outstanding achievement in the field of organic geochemistry.

Alex Edge, an undergraduate in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, has won the monthly ifs School of Finance Uni Investor Challenge Prize for the impressive performance of his investment portfolio.

This year's Ford WISE prize has been awarded to 22-year-old Sally Nicholson, a mechanical and automotive engineering student at Newcastle University.