RCPS Medal Awards

Join our award winners and distinguished guests for The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (RCPS) Medal Awards 2026!

This prestigious event will celebrate the incredible talent we have within Cornwall in the sciences, industry and the arts.

The RCPS (The Poly) has already announced the winners of the Medal Awards, all nine of whom will receive a Medal Award Certificate for outstanding achievement. Each one of them is also a contender for the distinction of the RCPS Medal in their category, to be presented at the awards ceremony delivered in partnership with The Falmouth Hotel.

Relaunched two years ago, the Medal celebrate the range of exciting, innovative work taking place in Cornwall today. Playing a pivotal role in The Poly’s early history, the Medals were first awarded in the 1830s, with Alfred Nobel being one of the recipients in 1865. The aim of the current awards is to encourage the new and forward-looking, and to promote the achievements of those working in, or having a strong recent connection, with Cornwall.

The winners have been selected by expert panels, using broad criteria to make judgements – including the originality and significance of the work, the technical expertise or creativity shown, and the excellence of output produced in the last five or so years.

The gala dinner will be held at the beautiful and historic Falmouth Hotel overlooking the bay. Drinks will be served from 6pm, followed by dinner seating at 7pm. Presentations will commence at 8:45pm, with the celebrations ending at 10pm.

The evening will include dinner and a welcome drink, networking and the award ceremony itself. After purchasing you will receive a follow up email with menu options and more information on how the evening will run. You are purchasing a seat on an unspecified table however if you are attending with another guest there will be an opportunity to signal this when selecting your menu choices.

Dress code: Smart Casual

Our nine Award winners are:

Arts - Sarah Ball, Ro Robertson, Lucy Stein

Sciences - Prof Chris Bass, Prof Karen Hudson-Edwards, Dr Toby Talbot

Industry - Flann Microwave, Pendennis Group, Teagle Machinery

Presenting the Awards will be:  

Colonel Sir Edward Bolitho KCVO OBE, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall

Professor Emma Hunt, Vice-Chancellor & CEO Falmouth University,

Lord Robin Teverson of Tregony

Please see our PRESS RELEASE for more details.

RCPS Medal Awards

Thursday 5th Feb 6.00pm, The Falmouth Hotel

Cost: £45.00

A £1 Poly Fund payment is added to each ticket sold. A 50p booking fee is also applied per ticket for online and telephone transactions.

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