Students from Runshaw College were finalists in computational thinking challenge at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford
Talented students Joe Catton and Harry Clipston from Runshaw College were invited to the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford on Saturday 2 February as finalists in a UK-wide competition – The UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge.
Reaching the final of the Elite age group is an impressive achievement, as 6,415 students entered the first round for the age group (16–18). Joe and Harry were among the top 60 highest achieving students invited to the final round in their age group, and were presented with their finalist’s certificates at a prize-giving ceremony at Hertford College.
The UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge, supported by Google, is designed to get students excited about computing and computational thinking. It is a problem-solving contest with questions inspired by topics in computer science. In the first round, held in their own schools, students have to try and solve as many problems as possible in the allotted time. There are six age categories. The highest scoring students from the four oldest age groups (Elite, Senior, Intermediate, and Junior) were then invited to the Department of Computer Science at Oxford for the finals over two weekends in February.
For more information, see bebras.uk or contact Kiri Walden, Communications Officer, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, kiri.walden@cs.ox.ac.uk, tel: 01865 610692.