Emma Challis, 18, is a first year student at Wyke, studying for a BTEC National Diploma in IT. She recently received an award from the 'Hull Prize Fund and Alderman Sydney Smith Prize Fund' in recognition of her work at Wyke.

During the Easter break, Emma attended the BCS Women Undergraduate Lovelace Colloquium event at Leeds University and she found it to be a very positive experience.

Although colleges and sixth forms across the Yorkshire region were invited to send students, Emma turned out to be the sole 16-18 representative at the conference. This all day event featured a series of lectures by women from, among others, IBM and Microsoft.

Emma commented that it was inspiring to be surrounded by so many successful women.Following on from this event, Emma has now received an invitation to attend the W- Tech event in London (W-Tech is a career development and networking event for female technologists).

Despite the recent loss of her mother, Emma continues to produce work of an exceptional standard and remains an ever-cheerful, positive role-model. Her future plans include continuing her studies in Computer Science at University and we wish her every success along the way.