Courses and awards

The Camões Centre offers prizes, scholarships and dedicated support for students applying for national prizes. Students’ linguistic journey is even more rewarding at Leeds!

Camões Centre Prize for best first-year student

The Camões Centre at the University of Leeds awards a first-year student a prize for most outstanding performance during their first year studying Portuguese Language. Previous winners include:

2023 – Liala Awad
2022 - Imogen Mohsin
2021 – Lydia Black and Lucy Robinson
2020 - Rebecca Willerton

Camões Centre Prize for best Intermediate student

The Camões Centre awards a first-year student a prize for most outstanding performance in Intermediate Portuguese during their first year studying at the University of Leeds. Previous winners include:

2023 – Emily Rose Bickers

Camões Centre Prize for best final-year student

The Camões Centre at the University of Leeds awards a final-year student a prize for most outstanding performance during their undergraduate studies. Previous winners include:

2023 – Joshua Wright
2022 – Elsio Peixoto
2021 - Thomas Cunild
2020 - Thomas Kynaston
2017 - James Sparrow
2016 - Sean Callaghan
2015 - Evelyn Flynn
2014 - Guia Bianchi
2013 - Ruairi Garvey
2012 - Mark Burden
2009 - Natasha Pizzey-Siegert
2008 - Sarah Benson
2007 - Emily Baron

Camões Centre Annual Scholarship

The Camões Centre at the University of Leeds awards an outstanding first-year student a scholarship of €550 for a Portuguese language summer course at a university in Portugal. Previous winners include:

2017 - Josephine Irving
2016 - Darren D’ Souza
2015 - Harriet Mitchell
2014 - Anneliese Whipp
2013 - Ramona Tudosă
2012 - Kirsty Jeffs
2011 - Guia Bianchi
2009 - Maryke Walraven
2008 - Gemma Steel

Literary Book Day Contest

The literary book day contest awards the best-unpublished short-story written in Portuguese by students of the University. The awards are presented on International Book Day.

2016 - Darren D’Souza
2013 - Ramona Tudosă (Later published here: A menina do fato amarelo)
2012 - Jessica Whitfield
2011 - David Smith
2010 - Ruari Garvey
2009 - Yancy Jensen