The Quaternary Research Association, in association with the RGS-IBG, would like to recognise the achievements of undergraduates in Quaternary science by awarding a dissertation prize (£250) for a thesis demonstrating flair and originality. This prize is open to any undergraduate; membership of the QRA or RGS-IBG is not a requirement for entry.

Entries are limited to one per department but may be on any Quaternary theme. The winner will be announced at the 2009 QRA Annual General Meeting and the abstract of their dissertation published in the June 2009 issue of Quaternary Newsletter. The judges are Professor David Smith and Professor Edward Derbyshire.

One copy of eligible dissertations (marked for the QRA prize) should be posted to Dr Catherine Souch at the Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers), 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR. Closing date for submission is 5 September 2008.

For further details contact Catherine Souch: 020 7591 3022, e-mail: rhed@rgs.org
or www.rgs.org

This dissertation prize originates from Della Murton (QRA and Royal Holloway, University of London), in liaison with Lorraine Craig (RGS-IBG).

The 2007 Undergraduate Dissertation Prize was won jointly by Heather Houghton from the University of Nottingham (Evaluation of the evidence for glaciomarine deposition at Aber Bach, northern Pembrokeshire) and by Matthew Riding from Lancaster University (Are the till fabric indicators of the Late Devensian diamictons in south-west Cumbria consistent with ice flow indicators or glaciotectonic deformation?) Their abstracts appear in the June 2008 issue of Quaternary Newsletter.