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This annual programme awards twenty recipients with paid-for study for the NEBOSH Level 6 National or International Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety Management Professionals. The scholarship is named in memory of Michael Adamson who lost his life in a preventable workplace incident. By providing educational opportunities, NEBOSH hopes that scholarship recipients will positively influence health and safety so that other families do not experience the loss of a loved one.

The 2024 recipients were selected by a judging panel of NEBOSH Diploma holders Helen Tapley-Taylor and Mohamed Adam, NEBOSH's Dee Arp and Matt Powell-Howard, and Louise Adamson, Michael's sister and NEBOSH Ambassador. They commented on each recipient's passion, commitment to education and desire to 'pay it forward' using their new knowledge to help others. They are:

• Katrina May Neve
• Carys Jones
• Jodie Rushton
• George Elliott
• Katie Eggington
• Marie Nicholls
• Terry Barton
• Daniel Akpesiri Vote
• Minzah Shehzad
• Malik Tayyab
• Xavier Paragsingh
• Adebara Ifeoluwapo Mayowa
• Caroline Sylvester Baraza
• Maria-Rica-Xtra M. Arguel
• Ewoenam Bediako
• Jacob Levi Nunu
• Kehinde Amos Adeyemi
• Mykhailo Somin
• Alex Aondoyila Hembaor
• Moyosore Adebiyi Ademilola

More information about the scholarship programme, and an option to register your interest in the 2025 scholarship, is available online: Michael Adamson NEBOSH Diploma Scholarship.

Meet the 2024 recipients

Recipients of the NEBOSH Level 6 National Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety Management Professionals

	Katrina May Neve Katrina is a Health and Safety Officer for the UK’s National Space Centre, where she is committed to keeping staff and visitors, including families and schoolchildren, safe. She is passionate about safety culture and mental health, and has ambitions to achieve a master's degree in the future.
	Carys Jones Carys began her safety career as an apprentice and works in the manufacturing industry, where she desires to have a positive impact on contractor safety. The Diploma will support the next stage of her development, helping her become a confident and knowledgeable advocate for a positive health and safety culture.
	Jodie Rushton Jodie started her safety career as an apprentice. Working for a local council, she works alongside a diverse range of colleagues, from operatives to directors. Jodie believes that the Diploma will provide her with knowledge of leadership styles so that she can effectively influence and negotiate with all workers.
	George Elliot Before working in the health and safety profession, George worked as a teacher. By gaining the Diploma and new knowledge, he hopes to combine his two passions to educate more people about health and safety, so that he can help more people to improve their workplaces.
	Katie Eggington Katie is committed to personal development and is particularly interested in helping to develop safety, culture, communications, and training. She is driven by a passion to do safety differently, share knowledge, and be a strong role model.
	Marie Nicholls Marie wants to take her knowledge and skills to the next level with the NEBOSH Diploma and is particularly interested in applying this learning to the construction industry and accident investigations. She is committed to driving safety culture and engaging with workers to achieve this.
	Terry Barton Terry works in the shipbuilding industry, where he is driven by the human element of health and safety, “looking out for not just ‘the worker’ but for real people with real lives.” He feels that he owes it to his colleagues to be as informed and as qualified as possible in his role.

Recipients of the NEBOSH Level 6 International Diploma for Occupational Health and Safety Management Professionals

	Daniel Akpesiri Vote Daniel's dream is to take health and safety campaigns to schools, market hubs and make training accessible and affordable to not only HSE professionals but also to the general population. He was driven to apply for the Diploma, not just for personal development but by a mission to prevent fatalities.
	Minzah Shehzad Minzah is a Health and Safety Consultant from Pakistan who wants to contribute to the development of health and safety in her country. She seeks to inspire others to pursue education so that they, too, can help to prevent injuries and life loss.
	Malik Tayyab Malik works in the steel industry in Pakistan. He tells us that some workers are responsible for feeding their entire family, meaning health and safety is of paramount importance not only for themselves but also for their dependent family members. Malik wants to use the Diploma to improve standards in his own organisation and on a pro-bono basis for non-governmental organisations in different sectors.
	Xavier Paragsingh Xavier works in the oil and gas industry in Suriname and was inspired by his dad to get into the health and safety profession. Xavier wants to gain a NEBOSH Diploma so that he can pass on knowledge and help offshore workers remain safe, and he has personal ambitions to gain a Master's qualification in the future.
	Ifeoluwapo Mayowa Adebara Ifeoluwapo's driving force is the avoidable death of a close friend who lost their life at work because he was not wearing PPE. He wants to change people's attitudes towards health and safety and challenge the assumption that "because I work in a place every day and there has been no accident to me, there is no need to be very conscious of the hazards that lie therein anymore".
	Caroline Sylvester Baraza Caroline is a health and safety professional from Tanzania, where her colleagues say her “passion for safety advocacy is contagious”. She has ambitions to champion change at a higher level, inspiring professionals, companies, government and beyond.
	Maria-Rica-Xtra M. Arguel Maria is an Occupational Safety and Health Manager from the Philippines. She works in the mining industry and wants to inspire future generations of women to work in the industry. Achieving the Diploma will signify her commitment to excellence and leadership in safety management, promoting diversity and inclusivity within the sector.
	Ewoenam Bediako Ewoenam wants to teach, educate, and equip others with safety knowledge, not only in her team or company but also in her family and community. The NEBOSH Diploma will help her to achieve this goal and give her the skills and confidence to influence management to take safety seriously. She says that she is “motivated by my passion for workers' well-being and my strong belief that it is morally wrong for people to go to work, get injured, or not return home at all”.
	Jacob Levi Nunu Jacob is determined to influence organisations' leadership and management to ensure health and safety risks are properly managed; he hopes that the Diploma will give him the confidence and knowledge to be more influential. Inspired by his sister who has a disability, Jacob has already worked with his management team to ensure the safety of disabled workers so that they could be employed.
	Kehinde Amos Adeyemi Kehinde is an HSE Manager in the manufacturing industry, where health and safety culture and compliance are a challenge. By gaining the Diploma, he plans to use his new expertise to establish a safety engineering research hub in his country, where people can come together to acquire OHS risk management skills, conduct research and proffer solutions to organisational problems.
	Mykhailo Somin Using his experience as a Safety and Security Manager, Mykhailo has freely shared his lock-out-tag-out expertise in a series of activities with the European Society for Occupational Safety and Health (ESOSH). He is also working on the development of recommendations and procedures for the safety of workplaces for people with disabilities in Ukraine.
	Alex Aondoyila Hembaor Alex was motivated to join the health and safety profession when his father was unable to work due to work-related ill health. He hopes that the Diploma will help him to provide advice to his organisation and promote a positive health and safety culture, with a particular focus on traffic-related safety.
	Moyosore Adebiyi Ademilola Moyosore works in the power distribution industry where they have already made a positive impact on worker’s safety compliance by engaging local foremen to help deliver a series of toolbox talks in local dialects. Their goal is to work with the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria to develop training for the industry.