"Folk tales and fairy tales are part of everyone's history and they migrate along with people. Although the listener won't understand everything that is being said, hopefully they will enjoy the musicality and rhythm of the piece"

"This award is a fitting reminder of the greatness of Ronald Searle, who sadly passed away on 30 December. Ronald was a great friend of the university and attended Cambridge School of Art, which is now part of Anglia Ruskin.

Ronald established this annual award to encourage creativity among Anglia Ruskin students and the bronze trophy, the 'Flying Pen', is based on one of his drawings. Each year a theme is chosen with particular relevance to his life and work, and this year the competition has been based on migration.

"Ronald was himself a migrant, living in France for much of the latter part of his life. As a prisoner of war working on the infamous Thailand to Burma railway line he also bore witness to the disruption caused by mass movements of people in the Far East, and these have been depicted in his remarkable Second World War sketchbooks.

"As judges, we were particularly impressed this year by both the quality of the work and the remarkable range of interpretations of the theme, which range from the experiences of immigrants to the journey of the soul."