Three British Academy awards for UCL academics

UCL academics have won three British Academy awards. Professor Michael Worton, Vice?Provost (Academic & International) was awarded the British Academy President's Medal, which is given for 'signal service to the cause of the humanities and social sciences'. Professor Worton said: 'I am very honoured to be one of the first three winners of the British Academy President's Medal. It is particularly important to me that this award was made for my work in addressing the languages deficit among British university students, and also in schools. While this award is a recognition of my own work in this area, it is also a recognition of how many individuals and organisations, notably the British Academy itself, are working together to champion the centrality of languages to education and research in our complex, globalised world.' Development psychologist Dr Essi Viding (UCL Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology) became the first early career scholar to win the The Wiley Prize in Psychology. Dr Viding said: 'It is a great honour that the British Academy and Wiley'Blackwell have recognised the research I conduct with my team and collaborators. I have been fortunate that UCL have strongly supported my early career development.