Winner: Student Ella Mounsey picks up Acorus prize A STUDENT from the Lake District is this year’s winner of the Acorus prize at Harper Adams University – and has won praise from an industry expert for her work. The prize is given to the winning student assignment in a land and property module covering rural planning and development. It is judged by Harper Adams alumnus Anthony Atkinson, Rural Planning Director at Acorus Rural Property Services, who selected this year’s winner as Ella Mounsey. Ella is a second year BSc (Hons) Rural Enterprise and Land Management student from near Kendal.