Industries and Licentiate (QCIQ LRPS) of the Royal Photographic Society GCIQ; Graduate in Creative Industries and Associate (GCIQ ARPS) of the Royal Photographic Society ACIQ; Accredited in Creative Industries and Associate (ACIQ ARPS) of the Royal Photographic Society ASCIQ; Accredited Senior in Creative Industries and Fellowship (ASCIQ FRPS) of the Royal Photographic Society Exhibitions The Society has held an annual exhibition since 1854 and in 2021 it will be in its 163rd edition. The Society now holds an annual International Photography Exhibition, which tours the United Kingdom, and other exhibitions. At its new headquarters it shows four major photography exhibitions annually. Workshops The Society runs more than 300 workshops and lectures throughout the UK that are open to members and non-members. Many are held at the RPS headquarters in Bath and range from an Introduction to Digital Photography to Plant and Garden Photography. Awards and medals Each year the Society presents a series of awards to photographers and other individuals in photography. The recipient receives a medal. The highest award of the RPS is the Progress Medal, which was instituted in 1878. The Society's other annual awards are the: Centenary Medal, Award for Cinematic Production, Award for Outstanding Service to Photography, the Combined Royal Colleges Medal, the Education Award, the Fenton Award (and Honorary Life Membership), the Hood Medal, the J Dudley Johnston Medal, the Lumière Award, RPS Member's Award (and Honorary Life Membership), the Selwyn Award, the Vic Odden Award, and The Bill Wisden Fellowship of the Year. Progress Medal The Progress Medal is awarded in recognition of any invention, research, publication or other contribution which has resulted in an important advance in the scientific or technological development of photography or imaging in the widest sense. It also carries with it an Honorary Fellowship of The Society. Recipients have been: 1878 – Captain William de Wiveleslie Abney 1881 – W. Willis 1882 – Leon Warnerke 1883 – Walter B. Woodbury 1884 – Josef Maria Eder 1885 – Josef Maria Eder 1890 – Captain William de Wiveleslie Abney 1891 – Colonel James Waterhouse 1895 – Peter Henry Emerson 1896 – Thomas Rudolphus Dallmeyer 1897 – Gabriel Lippmann 1898 – Ferdinand Hurter and Vero Charles Driffield 1899 – No award 1900 – Louis Ducos du Hauron 1901 – Richard Leach Maddox 1902 – Joseph Wilson Swan 1903 – Frederic Eugene Ives 1904 – Not awarded 1905 – Dr. Paul Rudolph 1906