Annika a finalist in Computational Thinking Challenge at Oxford University’s Department of Computer Science

Annika in U4 was selected as a finalist in the UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge

U4 student Annika was invited to the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford on Sunday 26 January, as a finalist in a UK-wide competition – The UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge.

Reaching the final of the Intermediate (12–14) age group is an impressive achievement, as 130,774 students entered the first round for this age group. Annika was among the top 48 highest achieving students invited to the final round in her age group, and was presented with her finalist’s certificate at a prize-giving ceremony at Hertford College.

The UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge, supported by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, 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, Seniors, Intermediate, and Juniors) were then invited to the Department of Computer Science at Oxford for the finals over two weekends in February.

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