The BAS organises two annual student prizes. The 2010-2011 deadline for both prizes was 22 July, 2011.

Student Essay Prize:

£100 is awarded for the best essay on any topic relating to acquired aphasia. Entrants should be undergraduate or postgraduate students (Masters level). The prize will be divided on the basis of £75 to the winning student and £25 to his/her educational establishment. Click here to view the guidelines and to download the entry form.

2010/11 Winner: Laura Affleck from the University of Strathclyde, supervised by Catherine MacKenzie: 'Apraxia of Speech: Diagnostic Issues'

2008/9 Winner: Joanne Macleod (Strathclyde University)
'The wider benefits of impairment based interventions for word retrieval difficulties in aphasia: a discussion of generalisation.'

2006/7 Winner: Lauren Haugh (University of Strathclyde)
'Exploring the counsel explanations of right hemisphere pragmatic language difficulties.'

2005/6 Winner: Laura Harvey (University of Strathclyde)
'Aphasia and employment reintergration.'

2003/4 Winner: Shalva Abel (University of Manchester)
'People with aphasia can be given therapy using an impairment-based approach or a functional-communication approach. Define, compare and evaluate the two approaches and describe how each approach can improve a person's quality of life.'

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Student Project Prize:

£200 will be awarded for the best student project on any topic relating to acquired aphasia. The project or dissertation should have been submitted as part of the normal examination procedure in the final year of an undergraduate or postgraduate course (Masters level). The prize will be divided equally between the winning student and his/her educational establishment. Click here to view the guidelines and to download the entry form.

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2010/11 Winner: Helen Davy from University College London supervised by Carolyn Bruce and Caroline Newton
'Getting into shape: The effect of Shape Coding on the spoken language production of a man with chronic aphasia'

2009/10 Winner: Justine Green (University College London)
'The effect of unfamiliar accent on immediate story recall in adults with aphasia.'

2009/10 Runner Up: Catherine Tattersall (University of Sheffield)
'The effect of phonological blocked cyclical naming on errors made by individuals with aphasia.'

2008/9 Winner: Nicola McGreal (Newcastle University)
'Fairytales, contemporary narratives and picture sequences: Do they tell us the same things in aphasia?'

2007/8 Winner: Claire Rossiter (University College London)
'Penguins don’t fly. An investigation into typicality and its effect on naming in aphasia.'

2007/8 Runner Up: Fiona Johnson (University College London)
Reconsidering formulaic expressions in aphasia: a conversation analytic case study of usage in interaction.'

2006/7 Winner: Lisa Clarkson (City University)
'Developing a test of abstract word recognition.'

2004/5 Winner: Eleni Peristeri (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
'Agrammatism in Greek: aspects of production and comprehension.'

2003/4 Winner: Kendall Bright & Linda May (City University)
'Developing a measure to assess conversation in aphasia: a comparison between aphasic and non aphasic people.'

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Guidelines for the student prizes are available from the links above, or contact Heather Waldron

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