The Julia Higgins Medals and Awards recognise individuals, groups, and departments that have made a significant contribution to the support of academic women at the university.
Medal recipients 2026
Individual medal: Emma Victoria Carrington, Department of Surgery and Cancer
Team medal: WE Innovate team
- Nadia Aharzem
- Laura Barclay
- Maggie Dallman
- Ben Mumby Croft
- Sarah Ranchev-Hale
Award recipients 2026
Individual award: Professor João Cabral, Department of Chemical Engineering
Team award: FoNS Emergency Period Care Team, Faculty of Natural Sciences
- Amelia Barron
- Clara Bradberry
- Cristebel Groves
- Emma Mattin
- Emma Pallett
- Kate Grimwood
- Kasia Kmieckowiak
- Mery Fajardo
- Morena Mills
- Sai Nathan
Whole department award: Ada Lovelace Academy, Department of Earth Science and Engineering
- Carolyn Newell
- Diana Cano Bordajandi
- Emma Watson
- Gareth Collins
- Gege Li
- Gerard Gorman
- James Percival
- Joanna Morgan
- Joanna Owens
- Marijan Beg
- Mark Sutton
- Martin Blunt
- Matthew Jackson
- Matthew Piggott
- Mike Warner
- Parastoo Salah
- Rebecca Bell
- Rhodri Nelson
- Rossella Arcucci
- Samantha Symmonds
- Saskia Goes
- Simon Warder
- Sophia Quazi
- Sophie Pirouet
- Thomas Dray
- Tina van De Flierdt
- Tom Davison
- Ying Ashton
Team award: Women’s PhD Network
- Bethan Ritchie
- Gemma Mortell
- Martha Day
Team award: School of Public Health Gender Equity Writing Group
- Abeer M Arif
- Anne Cori
- Chinedu Udeh-Momoh
- Clare McCormack
- Daniela Fecht
- Gemma Clunie
- Hillary Topazian
- Isobel Blake
- Jenny Husbands
- Julia Michalow
- Kate M Mitchell
- Lucy C. Okell
- Marc Baguelin
- Matteo Pianella
- Michael Pickles
- Nora Schmit
- Paula Christen
- Sabine L van Elsland
- Sarah Essilfie-Quaye
- Sequoia Leuba
- Shazia-Pesantez
- Ruybal Sondus Hassounah
- Tini Garske
- Tristan Naidoo
- Wendy Kwok