This year’s Winter Prize Giving and Thank You celebration began with a warm welcome by the Dean of the Management School, Professor Fraser Mcleay.
Professor Fraser Mcleay congratulated Prize Winners and Contributors on their amazing achievements and extended his welcome to their guests and families. He went on to introduce the evening’s line up of events before welcoming our alumni guest speaker, Callum van Dyk (MSc Occupational Psychology 2020), Psychologist at Pearn Kandola LLP.
Callum shared invaluable insights into his experience of how our work can influence our homelife, and vice versa, in relation to the amount of attention we are able to dedicate to both these areas of our daily lives.
Professor Fraser Macleay then began the evening’s presentations, starting with the Management School’s prestigious Dean’s List award for 2025. The addition of this year’s new members brings this exclusive community of winners to 100 - an incredible milestone for the prestigious award established at the Management School in 2018.
Dean’s List Winners Sophie Parkin and Sukeerthi Sundarapu were invited to the stage to receive their Dean’s List trophy and certificate awarded by the Dean, who also shared highlights of just some of their impressive achievements in social responsibility and employability during their time at Sheffield.
Next, our University and sponsored prizes winners were announced by Professor Eleanor Davies, Associate Dean for Education at the Management School.
Prizes included the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) prize awarded to Xinghao Wang, followed by prizes sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) awarded to: Matylda Bigus for Best Performance in the Taught Programme MSc International Management & Marketing (IMM), Mia Bake for Best Performance in the Taught Programme MSc Marketing Management Practice (MMP), and Sophie Parkin for Best Marketing Project on the MBA Programme. The Geoff Sykes Memorial Prize also went to Sophie Parkin.
We were delighted to welcome Dr Angela Carter, our prize sponsor for the Just Development Prize for Best Portfolio prize who joined us for the evening’s celebrations and our alumni guest Callum Van Dyk to present the Pearn Kandola Best Dissertation Prize in Occupational and Work Psychology to winner Molly Atherton.
Professor Eleanor Davies continued the presentation with the Top Performer awards going to Molly Atherton, Sophie Parkin, Zenia Wadia, Sebla Can, Luke Whittington, Rebecca Thompson, Matylda Bigus, Mia Blake, Eint Shin, and Rustam Mussin each for the best overall performance on their respective programmes.
Then it was over to Dr Lina Kloviene, Senior University Teacher in Managerial and Corporate Economics to extend a warm thank you to our fantastic student contributors. Students were invited to the stage and presented with their certificates in recognition of their contributions as Sheffield MBA Ambassadors, Student Ambassador, Student Communication Creator, Snowflake Champion, Recruitment Campaign Caller, and as Academic Representatives.
After the formal presentation, Dean Professor Fraser McLeay returned to the stage to give the evening’s closing remarks. Looking back on his own professional journey he ended with some points of reflection:
- Leadership doesn’t always come with a title and isn’t always praised.
- The benefits of having an international outlook from working, living and experiencing other countries and cultures.
- Be prepared to make mistakes and welcome them as learning opportunities.
The evening ended with guests and their families enjoying drinks and food and celebrating their amazing achievements.
Congratulations and thank you to all our Prize Winners and Contributors! A special thanks to our sponsors, guest speakers and presenters for making this such a special celebration.
SUMS Winter Prize Giving January 2026
SUMS Winter Prize Giving January 2026
Our postgraduate prizes, class of 2025
The Dean's List
The Dean's List is awarded annually at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels, to students who applied for the award and who demonstrate excellence in the three areas of: academic achievement, social responsibility and employability.
2025 winners: Sophie Parkin, Sukeerthi Sundarapu
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Prize
Kindly sponsored by CIMA, this prize is awarded for the best dissertation in the Accounting and Finance subject module.
2025 winner: Xinghao Wang
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (Yorkshire Region) Prizes
Sponsored by (CIM) these three prizes award the best performance in the Taught Programme MSc in International Management & Marketing (IMM), best performance in the Taught Programme MSc in Marketing Management Practice (MMP), and best MBA project in the area of Marketing (MBA).
2025 winners - IMM Matylda Bigus, MMP Mia Blake, MBA Sophie Parkin.
Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Prize
Sponsored by CIPS, the prize is awarded for the best overall marks in taught modules in both semesters on the MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
2025 winner - Raden Cahyo
Fretwell-Downing Prize
This prize was established in 1992 through the generosity of Fretwell-Downing Hospitality Ltd and recognises outstanding performance in Information Management subjects in the MBA course.
2025 winner - Ramandeep Kaur
Tony Lowe Prize
This prize was established in honour of the first Professor of Accounting and Financial Management at Sheffield and is awarded for the highest scoring student in the Research Methods module across the MSc in Accounting, Governance & Financial Management and the MSc in Finance & Accountancy programme.
2025 winner - Yaxin Wei
Geoff Sykes Memorial Prize
This prize is awarded once annually in memory of a former lecturer in Business Studies, to the student with the best overall performance on the MBA in Business Administration programme.
2025 winner - Sophie Parkin
Just Development Prize for Best Portfolio
This prize is given through the generosity of Just Development in recognition of the importance of reflection and ethical practice in occupational psychology. The prize is given to the student who achieves the highest mark in module MGT6162 Applying Psychology to Work and Organisations.
2025 winner - Samantha Shen
Pearn Kandola Best Dissertation Prize in Occupational and Work Psychology
This prize is given through the generosity of Pearn Kandola LLP and is awarded for the best overall performance in the dissertation across either the MSc in Occupational Psychology or the MSc in Work Psychology programmes.
2025 winner - Molly Atherton
Professor Josephine Maltby Memorial Prize
This prize was founded in 2018, by family and colleagues of Professor Maltby, a dedicated researcher and lecturer in Accounting, Governance and Finance, and is awarded for the best performance overall on MGTT192 programme.
2025 winner - Georgia Sibley
Top Performers
This awards students who have achieved the best overall academic grade out of every student on their course.
2025 winners:
- MSc Business & Occupational Psychology - Molly Atherton
- MBA - Sophie Parkin
- MSc Occupational Psychology - Zenia Wadia
- MSc Management (International Business) - Sebla Can
- MSc International Management - Luck Whittington
- MSc Creative & Cultural Industries Management - Rebecca Thompson
- MSc International Management & Marketing - Matylda Bigus
- MSc Logistics & Supply Chain Management - Georgi Kovatchev
- MSc Marketing Management Practice - Mia Blake
- MSc Finance & Accountancy - Eint Min Shin
- MSc Accounting, Governance & Financial Management - Georgia Sibley
- MSc Human Resource Management - Tom Shimizu
- MSc Management - Shiyuan Qiao
- MSc Information Systems Management - Tongyang Feng
- MSc Human Resource Management with CIPD Pathway - Rustam Mussin