Pete Coffey traveled to Buckingham Palace on February 19 to collect the the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education, which was awarded to the University College Institute of Ophthalmology. The Institute was recognized as “one of the foremost and most influential eye and vision research institutes in the world, enjoying an outstanding reputation for excellence in furthering understanding of the eye and visual system and its related disorders and diseases.” The Award was presented by Her Majesty The Queen, with His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes are the UK’s highest form of national recognition open to UK academic or vocational institutions.