President’s prizegiving

Waynflete Project winners were awarded their prizewinning certificates in an informal ceremony hosted by the President of Magdalen College, Professor Sir David Clary.

Pupils presented their projects to Professor Clary, in the impressive surroundings of the President’s Lodgings, who in turn asked pertinent questions of their work and findings.

Congratulations to all this year’s winners. Please see below for a full list of prize winners.

OVERALL WINNER

Jacob Coxon – Mathematics

The distribution of the primes: conjectures and theories

PROXIME ACCESSIT

Benedict Mulcare – English

Were Pre-Raphaelite painters looking forwards or backwards?

PRESIDENT’S PRIZES

Lucy Denly – Biology

How can evolutionary theories of ageing be useful in treating age-associated diseases?

Annabel Simpson – Biology

To what extent is there a brain-gut connection, and can this be used to help treat autism?

Louis Vyas – Biology

Immunotherapy: Hype or Hope? Will immunotherapy provide a viable universal cure for cancer?

Jerome Gasson – History

Kingship in the 8^th century: why did Offa and Charlemagne adopt such different styles of rule?

Benjamin Rymer – History

What was the role of law in the creation of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England 871 -1016?

Wenchen Gu – Physical Sciences

What are quantum computers, how do they work and how could this affect their applications?

Joel Stanley-Cunning -Politics

To what extent is it just to enforce a complex legal system that the public are not educated in?

Leah Tillmann-Morris -Politics

Is constitutional patriotism a myth?

Joe Woodman – Social Sciences

How could the Eurasian Lynx viably be re-introduced to the UK?