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Peter Holland with the ZSL Frink Medal - Photo: © ZSL

Peter Holland awarded ZSL Frink Medal

Professor Peter Holland has been awarded the 2015 ZSL Frink Medal, the Society's highest award for significant and original contributions by a professional zoologist to the development of the science.
(L-R) Voting at Dutch elections, 1918; Caricature of Matthew Arnold, 1871; Theatrical playbill announcing 'The Beaux Stratagem', 1782

2016 Undergraduate Essay Prize - winners announced

Competition was so tight that the judges have not only named joint winners, but have chosen a runner-up as well.
Sarah Bosworth

Top marks for Merton PPE student

Second-year History and Politics student Sarah Bosworth has been awarded the highest mark in the Quantitative Politics module for Political Sociology across the University.
Molly Clark

2016 Newdigate Prize awarded to Merton undergraduate Molly Clark

Molly's poem Sinai explores the theme of government in the Book of Exodus.
Toby Adkins giving his talk on 'The Wisdom & Madness of Crowds'

The Wisdom & Madness of Crowds - Toby's talk wins physics prize

Merton second-year undergraduate Toby Adkins has been awarded first prize in this year's Department of Physics Speaking Competition, repeating the success of last year's winner, Chris Hamilton.
The artefacts on display at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock

Could First World War clues point to Mertonian?

The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum takes possession of artefacts uncovered on a former battlefield in France which could be those of John Legge Bulmer (1913).
Professor Véronique Gouverneur and friend

Véronique Gouverneur wins 2016 Tilden Prize

The prize recognises both her interdisciplinary work and the impact of her research discoveries in medicine.
Professor Daniel Grimley at the 2016 Teaching Awards presentation, with Eden Bailey, incoming OUSU sabbatical officer for Outreach & Academic Affairs, and University College's Professor Tiffany Stern. © Oxford University Student Union 2016

Daniel Grimley wins OUSU Teaching Award

Merton's Tutor in Music Professor Daniel Grimley was voted Outstanding Supervisor in the Humanities category in the 2016 OUSU Teaching Awards.
Artur Ekert. Photo: © Daniel K. L. Oi [CC BY-SA 4.0]

Artur Ekert elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society

Artur Ekert, Merton's Professorial Fellow in Quantum Physics and Cryptography, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
The 2016 Telephone Campaign team

2016 Telephone Campaign – student callers say ‘thank you’

Merton students who have just finished the 2016 Telephone Campaign have come together to say 'thank you' in a video.