The University awards prizes twice a year for undergraduates, taught postgraduates, and apprentices who have completed their studies at the Horsforth and City Centre campuses:

• Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Academic Excellence (£100)
• A Faculty Prize for Academic Excellence (£75)
• Centre for Apprenticeships, Work Based Learning and Skills Prize for Academic Excellence(£75)
• A School Prize for Academic Excellence (£50)

The University also awards the Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for Academic Excellence three times a year to undergraduates, taught postgraduates and apprentices who have completed their studies with our franchise and collaborative partners.

To be considered for the above prizes, graduate(s) must:

1. Complete their target award
2. Achieve at least 2.1 (undergraduate level), distinction (postgraduate level)

Prizes are then awarded to the graduate(s) based on the following criteria:

1. Achieve the best arithmetic mean award score (two decimal places).
2. In the event of a tie, percentage of credits awarded for performance greater than or equal to 70% (i.e. equivalent to first class honours at undergraduate level, distinction at postgraduate level).
3. In the event of a tie when criterion 4 is applied, percentage of credits awarded for performance greater than or equal 60% and less than 70% (i.e. equivalent to upper second-class hours at undergraduate level, merit at postgraduate level).
4. In the event of a tie when criteria 3 and 4 are applied, the prize will be awarded to all eligible recipients.

Prizes are also awarded by Faculties, Schools, partner institutions and sponsored by individuals, societies and professional bodies. Leeds Trinity University gratefully acknowledges these prizes, donations and gifts.

British Psychological Society Prize

Awarded in June to the undergraduate student who achieves the highest overall score across Leeds Trinity British Psychological Society (BPS) accredited programmes. The prize is a one-year membership to the British Psychology Society, certificate and book.

Marston Award

Leeds Trinity University’s official gowning supplier is Marston Robing. Marston donates to the institution each year by providing graduation gowns free of charge to recipients of the University’s Hardship Fund (maximum two per ceremony).

The Dean’s Awards

The Dean’s Awards are designed to recognise the academic performance within first and second years of programmes and motivate students to achieve high degrees in their third year. They are becoming more commonplace within UK universities and increasingly being acknowledged by employers; recipients can add their award to their CVs to demonstrate achievement.

The award categories are Academic Excellence and Most Improved, based on the below criteria to identify the top performing students within programmes, based entirely on a marks profile. 

• Academic Excellence
• Student year average has to be over 70% to qualify
• A minimum of three modules in the student year profile have to be awarded marks at over 70%
• All modules have to be passed at the first attempt
• No academic misconduct issues recorded in the academic year
• Most Improved

Students whose average mark has increased by 5% or greater compared to the previous year.

The attainment of prizes is recorded on graduate transcripts.