This year the WRSA Committee approved three awards totalling £1100, which were presented on 21st November 2013.
The award winners are shown with two of the Bursary Committee:

L to R: Laura de Lara Deffense, Professor Terry Kemp, Oliver Newton,
Cristina Psomadakis and Dr George Raper.

Laura de Lara Deffense (Year 3, School of Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies).

The award is to support a multimedia exhibition ‘Memento Mori’ planned to shed light on mankind’s understanding of death. The funding would cover charges for royalties/copyright for displaying certain paintings and photographs; acquisition of books, articles and journals not held by Warwick University Library; production and marketing costs of the exhibition. Laura was awarded £400.

Cristina Psomadakis (Final Year Medical Student).

In February the applicant is spending one month in a Cambodian hospital working with a team of cardiologists. The award is to support the costs of a Medical Cambodian Language Course. Cristina has already attended three summer Cambodian language courses which gives her a working knowledge of Cambodian but now needs to acquire Cambodian medical terminology. This will make best use of her month in the hospital and assist in her plan to continue visiting Cambodia to provide medical assistance, particularly in explaining risks and advantages of medical procedures to patients. Cristina has spent time doing voluntary work with a Cambodian refugee centre. Cristina was awarded £400.

Oliver Newton (Fourth Year Physics student) acting on behalf of UniBrass.

UniBrass is an event to be hosted at Warwick University for the next two years, starting on February 14th 2014. It attracts University brass bands from across the country for a weekend of entertainment but and provide workshops for youth brass bands, mainly from local secondary schools, to encourage them to continue with their playing on leaving school. There is considerable attrition in participation on leaving the youth environment. The workshops will be an event additional to the main UniBrass programme which will be supported by the Music Centre. The award was £300.