OXFORD: Three graduates from Oxford Brookes University have received a top honour from an engineering consultancy. The annual PBA prize was donated by Reading-based Peter Brett Associates to Neil Clennell, Abigale Cooper and Olivia Dobson.

The prize is awarded to the student considered to have authored the finest dissertation in the MSc Environmental Assessment and Management degree at Oxford Brookes University.

Ms Cooper and Ms Dobson shared the 2007 honour, while Mr Clennell was picking up his award for 2006. PBA partner Richard Puttock was on hand to present cheques and congratulate the students on their achievements.