The Geoff Lockwood Scholarship
A LUCKY postgraduate has won the first Geoff Lockwood Scholarship to read for an MSc in Astronomy. The scholarship was designed for high-calibre, self-funding graduates, who are awarded a bursary of £1000 towards tuition fees.
Rachel O'Reilly graduated this year with a BSc in Maths and Economics from Royal Holloway and Bedford, part of the University of London. After applying for her MSc at Sussex, tutor Paul Roche put her name forward for the scholarship. There were eleven other students considered.
"I feel especially honoured to be the first recipient of this scholarship and am very much enjoying the course so far. I am grateful to Paul Roche for nominating me and hopefully this will be a stepping stone to a DPhil," says Rachel.
The scholarship, set up by the University of Sussex Alumni Society, honours Dr Geoff Lockwood, who was our Registrar and Secretary until his retirement in 1996. "In the foreseeable climate of public funding, such schemes are vital for the health of the University as well as encouraging and helping individual students" he said. "I thank warmly the many people who have contributed to the fund, and wish Rachel well at Sussex."
Geoff is busy writing essays on the pre-history of the University while working on higher education management in Europe. He still devotes time to his interests in Brighton, and the scholarship fund will continue in perpetuity as a tribute to his work.