Pictured above The Northampton Business School prize givings
fromL-R Laura McLeod, Don Page, Susan Bailey and Amy
Young.
The Northampton branch of the British Computer Society (BCS)
rewarded four students for their hard work at The University of
Northampton's Summer Graduation ceremonies recently.
Susan Bailey, Education Liaison and Female Membership Officer
for BCS (Northampton Branch), Field Chair, Information Sciences,
Northampton Business School, The University of Northampton and
recently awarded Fellow of BCS, together with Don Page, Chief
Executive of the Marval Group and Honorand of the University,
presented prizes to the Most Promising Students of Year 2 and Year
3 from the Information Services Division degree courses. These were
awarded to:
- Most Promising Student (Year 2) - Fda Business Computing
- Amy Young
- Most Promising Student (Year 3) - BSc (Hons) Business
Computing - Laura McLeod
Amy stated: "I feel very honoured to have received this
prize and I'm determined to do well in my next year of study. I
want to progress within IT when I graduate and make big money!"
Laura added: "I'm very proud of this and I worked very hard
over my four years here. I've actually been offered several jobs
and I am going on to be a Software Developer for Symology in
Dunstable. My advice to students is to work hard and do as much as
you can for experience; voluntary work or anything that gives you
that experience of teamwork or leadership…"
The British Computer Society also honoured two students from the
Division of Computing, School of Applied Sciences.
Rashmi Dravid, MBCS, Senior Lecturer, Computing, presented
prizes to the Best Student and the Most Promising Student. These
were awarded to:
- Most Promising Student (Year 1) - HND Computing (Software
Engineering),- Jonathan Stearnes
- Best Student (Year 3) - BSc (Hons) Computing (Computer Systems
Engineering)- Kevil Itty
BSc (Hons) Computing (Internet Technology) graduate Claire
Chapman was additionally presented with the Orange Instrument Award
at the same ceremony.