Hardworking students rewarded by the School of Computer Science & Informatics

First Year External Group Task winners Sam Bather, Callum Breen, Nick Hall, Girish Kumar, Midhun R, James White together with Dr Matt Morgan.

The School of Computer Science & Informatics has recognised some of its hardest working and outstanding students in a series of special prize giving ceremonies recently.

Students are always encouraged to perform to their highest ability and take an interest in all aspects of their chosen subjects, so the School is particularly pleased to recognise those who have excelled.

This year's annual Prize Presentation Ceremony attracted representatives from industry including Logica, IBM and the BCS - Chartered Institution for IT.

Head of School Professor Roger Whittaker commented: "As a School we are delighted to hold an annual prize giving presentation in which we recognise and reward some of our hardest working students for their outstanding achievements. We are particularly pleased to have the continuing support of leading companies in our sector as they too see the talent emerging from this School and are keen to encourage and recognise this. Well done to all of our prize winning students who do the School proud."

The full list of Prize Winners for 2010 -2011:

• SIS Research Group Prize - Bryony Thompson. Best Overall IS Second Year Performance. Presented by Wendy Ivins
• Logica Prize. Best Final Year Project - Jonathan O'Connell and James Reeves
  Presented by Meng Chung (Logica)
• BCS Prize - Chartered Institution for IT. Best Overall Year 1 Performance - Louise Knight. Presented by Tom Crick
  
• O'Reilly Academic Book Prize. Best Performance in Year 1 Java modules - Max Scholl. Presented by Elaine Slater
• IBM Group Project Prize. Anna Rawson, David Lowe, Adrian Hjertstedt, Tom Granville, Matthew Connop, Tomas Basham. Presented by Derek Treagus
• Koios Prize - Matthew Hughes. Best Overall Final Year Information Systems Performance. Presented by Steve McIntosh

First Year students who joined the School at the start of this academic term have also been awarded in their very own prize giving ceremony following a gruelling month of special activities and competitions as an introduction to the School and university life.

The winners were:

• External Group Task: Sam Bather, Callum Breen, Nick Hall, Girish Kumar, Midhun R, James White
• Python Game Group Task: Geraint Harries, Thomas Hopkins, Kaelon Lloyd, Joseph Redfern, David Thomas, Timothy West
• Best Overall CS Performance: Rob Hawkins
• Best Overall BIS Performance: David Harrison

Dr Matt Morgan, module leader said: "The transition from school to university is a tough one so this module is designed to give all of our new students a more gentle introduction to the School and what is expected of them. It involves a lot of group work so gives students a great opportunity to meet people and make new friends, which is always one of the main worries when starting at university. All of our first years performed to an impressive standard in all tasks they were given, so holding a prize giving ceremony seems a fitting end to this intensive module."