These awards recognise the achievements of herbal students in areas of herbal skill such as Pharmacology, Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Clinical Skills, as well as in creative areas, and recognition for first year and final year students. They are presented to students from our accredited courses.
Student Awards
Award Categories
First Year Awards
- Henry Potter Award for Best 1st Year Student (awarded to four students each year)
Final Year Awards
- Michael Burns Award for Outstanding Final Year Student
- Arthur Barker Award for Best Graduate (awarded to two students each year)
- Best Graduate Dorothy Carroll Award for Top Final Clinical Exam
Herbal Skill Awards
- Phyto Products Award for Pharmacology
- Panacea/Balance Health Award for Materia Medica
- Herbs in a Bottle Award for Pharmacy
- Organic Herb Trading award for the Art of Herbal Practice
Creativity Awards
- The Rutland Biodynamics Nigel Wynn Memorial Award for Innovation
- Aeon Excellence in Writing Award
- Herbal Apothecary Research Award
- Herbal Medicine Trust Award for Promotion
List of Winners
Henry Potter Award for Best 1st Year Student
2022 – Lana Diamond-Davies (Betonica), Urara Donohoe (Heartwood), Ruth King (Lincoln College) and Debbie Ashford (The School of Herbal Medicine)
2021 – Laura Evans (Betonica) and Georgina Chloe Paterson (The School of Herbal Medicine)
2020 – Victoria Kilgour (Heartwood) and Ash Brachi (Heartwood)
Michael Burns Award for Outstanding Final Year Student
2022 – Alicia Taylor (Betonica)
2021 – Clare Dimitriou (Heartwood)
2020 – Abigail Jackson-Burks (Lincoln College)
Arthur Barker Award for Best Graduate
2022 – Michaela Böttner (Lincoln College)
2021 – Abi Jackson (Lincoln College) and Alice Johnston (Heartwood)
2020 – Joy Holmes (Lincoln College) and Maria Flora Franchini (Westminster)
Dorothy Carroll Award for Top Final Clinical Exam
2022 – Cath Couzens (Heartwood)
2021 – Claire Parkinson and Wendy Sullivan (Lincoln College)
2020 – Marianne McLaughlin (Heartwood)
Phyto Products Award for Pharmacology
2022 – Vanessa Bernal Laufer (The School of Herbal Medicine)
2021 – Jo Webster (Betonica)
2020 – Katy Fullilove (Lincoln College)
Panacea/Balance Health Award for Materia Medica
2022 – Alice Lancaster (Betonica)
2021 – Deborah Davies (The School of Herbal Medicine)
2020 – Marianne McLaughlin (Heartwood)
Herbs in a Bottle Award for Pharmacy
2022 – Laura Downie (Heartwood)
2021 – Claudia Germana (Lincoln College)
2020 – Samantha Christie (Westminster)
Organic Herb Trading award for the Art of Herbal Practice
2022 (NEW!) – Dylan Parry (Lincoln College)
The Rutland Biodynamics Nigel Wynn Memorial Award for Innovation
2022 – Naa Adjeley Kwei (Heartwood)
2021 – Tryphena Huntingford (Betonica)
2020 – Beate Aldenhoff (Lincoln)
Aeon Excellence in Writing Award
2022 (NEW!) – Corin Sadler (Lincoln College)
Herbal Apothecary Research Award
2022 (NEW!) – Katie Riley (The School of Herbal Medicine)
Herbal Trust Award for Promotion
2022 (NEW!) – Arlene Burnett (Betonica)