Principal's Medal Winners

Meera Mokashi - PGT student at Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

Kelisha Pandaram - PGT student at the Business School

Matthew Trodden - Head Coach, Performance Swimming, University of Edinburgh

David Abel - Honorary Fellow in the School of Informatics

Joe Brannigan - Estates Department

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU) Donation Team - accepted by Ian MacDougall and Michelle Beagan

Archie Goodburn - MEng Chemical Engineering student

Mark Kobine - Design Informatics Workshop Technician

Sarah Cunningham-Burley - Professor of Medical and Family Sociology, and Co-Head of Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Team - accepted by Charlie Bevan on behalf of the Team

Edinburgh Innovations Student Enterprise Team - accepted by Dora Handrea on behalf of the Team

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

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

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

With the extraordinary events of 2020, the decision was made to increase the number of awards this year to enable the recognition of individuals, teams and departments from our University community who have played a critical role in how we have responded to the Covid-19 crisis.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Principal's Medal

Mr Paul Nisbet, Senior Research Fellow, School of Education; Joint Coordinator of Communication Access Literacy & Learning (CALL) Scotland

Principal's Medal

Ben Miller, Edinburgh graduate and Fairtrade campaigner

Principal's Medal

Lesley Forrest, Senior Administrative Assistant, Financial Accounting

Grant Guthrie, English Literature graduate and charity worker