Camões Centre Awards & Prizes

The Camões Centre offers prizesn for students applying for national prizes. Students’ linguistic journeys are 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

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The literary book day contest awards the best-unpublished short-story written in Portuguese by students of the University.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