Are you the IT and Computer Science Undergraduate of the YearNHS Institute of Innovation and Improvement

Open to pre-final year undergraduates in IT, Computer Science
and closely related disciplines.

 

 

We're searching the best universities in the UK to find the outstanding pre-final year IT and Computer Science undergraduate. We're looking for a winning mix of personal skills, career motivation and an excellent academic record. The rewards are great: the winner will be awarded a summer placement at BT's offices in Suffolk with 1 week spent at one of their European offices.

Even if you don’t win, you still stand a chance of making the final shortlist of ten, all of whom will be royally looked after by BT and invited to the Undergraduate of the Year Awards as their guests.

So if you are a pre-final year undergraduate studying IT, Computer Science or closely related degree courses...

And you are expecting at least a 2.1...

And you have at least 320 UCAS points (A-levels exc. General Studies)...

And you think you're the best IT and Computer Science undergraduate in the UK, click the big button below.

Closing date for entries
is 31 January 2011.

Enter now

How do I win it then?

It’s not easy to win the Undergraduate of the Year Award and competition will be fierce. The process is demanding and only the truly outstanding and committed will make it to the last 10. There are three stages that you’ll have to get through.

Stage One:
Submit your personal data and answer three special questions posed by the sponsor of the Award.

Stage Two:
Complete three online tests designed exclusively by our partners SHL, Europe’s leading test provider. The online assessment will take you around an hour to complete and somewhere between 30 and 50 will pass through to the next stage. The closing date for entry is January 2011.

Stage Three:
The sponsor will seek to find a shortlist of ten from the undergraduates who pass the first stage. This will be done in a variety of ways including telephone interviews, assessment centres and further tests (depending on the sponsor). The final shortlist of ten is invited to the Undergraduate of the Year Awards in Canary Wharf London on 15 April where the winner will be announced.

Please note: if you want (and are eligible) to apply for more than one award, you must register using a different email address each time.

Last year's winner:

Leo Ijebor

I was born in Reading in 1989 and attended school in Wokingham and at Leighton Park School, Reading. I am in my 2nd year (Computer Science with Management) at Kings College, London. I have always been fascinated by processes and how organisations, in particular, function and can be improved. I hope to bring my degree into a large organisation because I believe that now more than ever, the future of such organisations are being redefined. I am keen to follow a career path which would lead to becoming CEO, one day. I have played first XV Rugby at Kings and I am president of the Coomputer Science society.

Tell me about BT

BT is one of the leading providers of IT and communications services around the world. Wherever we go, we help businesses become more connected, more productive and more competitive. We help people to to communicate anywhere, any time and with any technology they want. But it takes more than just technology - it takes great people too. Which is why we're looking for innovative, fresh thinking talent to help us keep people connected and stay ahead in the industry.

Find out more about BT at: www.btplc.com