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Colchester student wins national award

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Daniel Barry, a second year Master of Engineering student at the University of Hertfordshire and former Corporal in the Air Training Corps, has been awarded the 2015 ‘Outstanding Information Technology Student Prize’ by the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (WCIT).

Daniel, who was one of six students invited to the WCIT’s 87thBusiness Lunch, is a voluntary Computer Science Student Representative, a valued member of RoboCup – the University’s robot football team - and a mentor to his fellow students. He was nominated by the University’s School of Computer Science for his academic excellence, mature professional conduct and generous community spirit.

On winning this award Daniel said, “I am very proud to have been asked to represent my university at such a wonderful luncheon. I had the pleasure of meeting so many accomplished people in the computing industry and it has inspired me to continue my success in the future.”

William Clocksin, Dean of the School of Computer Science said, “This is the first time that one of our Computer Science students has won a WCIT award and we are really proud of Daniel’s achievement as it is a testament to his dedication and excellence.”

Daniel joined the University as a BSc (Hons) Computer Science student but has subsequently transferred on the MEng Computer Science (Accelerated) degree program. He is currently on his placement at Visteon, an American automotive global supplier, in the position of Audio Software and Subsystems Engineer.

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For more information, please contact Kelsey Arif, University of Hertfordshire Press Office on 01707 285163, Email: k.arif3@herts.ac.uk  

Notes to Editor

The other students were from the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, City, Brunel and Surrey.

Photograph caption: Sheriff Alderman Dr Andrew Parmley presenting the award to Daniel.

Photograph credit: Gerald Sharp Photography

About the University of Hertfordshire

  • The University is the UK’s leading business-facing university and an exemplar in the sector.  It is innovative and enterprising and challenges individuals and organisations to excel. 

  • The University of Hertfordshire is one of the region’s largest employers with 2,700 staff and a turnover of over £238 million.

  • With a student community of 25,300 including 2,800 overseas students from 100 different countries, the University has a global network of over 195,000 alumni.

  • It is also one of the top 100 universities in the world under 50 years old, according to the new Times Higher Education 100 under 50 rankings 2014.

About the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists

  • The WCIT hopes to 'encourage students to pursue careers in IT, encourage an entrepreneurial and charitable ethos amongst students and, more pragmatically, give financial help to students on IT courses'. The WCIT is the 100th Livery Company of the City of London. Further information is available at www.wcit.org.uk.

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