IT Student Challenge United Kingdom 2019
30/10/2019 to 17/12/2019
15 minutes
20
United Kingdom

The IT Student of the Year Challenge United Kingdom is a Challenge designed to inspire creative and dynamic computer science Students & young Professionals located in the UK.

The challenge is played online and open during 6 weeks. Registration is free and open during the entire duration of the Challenge.

Jury and ambassadors

Carlos Matos
Senior Lecturer
Royal Holloway University of London
Hélène de Ribaupierre
Lecturer Computer Science and Informatics
Cardiff university
James Davenport
Hebron & Medlock Professor of Information Technology
University of Bath
Tasos Dagiuklas
Head of Computer Science
London South Bank University
Elena Simperl
Professor of Computer Science
University of Southampton
Marie-Luce Bourguet
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
Stefanos Kollias
Founding Professor of Machine Learning
University of Lincoln
Haralambos Mouratidis
Professor of Software Systems Engineering
University of Brighton
Liz Bacon
Vice-Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Abertay University
Marcin Budka
Professor of Data Science
Bournemouth University
Vassil Vassilev
Lecturer & Researcher in Computer Science
London Metropolitan University
Derrick Newton
Lecturer in Computer Science
Coventry University
Kevin Curran
Professor in Cyber Security
Ulster University
William Buchanan
Professor
Edinburgh Napier University
Irene Kyza
Lecturer in Computational Mathematics
University of Dundee
Harin Sellahewa
Head of Applied Computing Department
University of Buckingham
Mahmoud Hashem Eiza
Lecturer in Computing
University of Central Lancashire
Bo Liu
Reader
Wrexham Glyndwr University

Scores calculation and Jokers:

You will have 15 minutes to give the correct answer to 20 questions. The questions will be multiple-choice (never more than 4 choices maximum) with one or several good answer(s).

  • A good answer gives you 2 point
  • A wrong answer results in a score of (-1)
  • When you skip a question, you win nor lose points.

The total score will be the cumulative score of all questions answered within the set timeframe of 15 minutes.

The contest allows the usage of three ‘jokers’:

  • The "50/50", forcing the on-line test to take out half of the possible answers to a question,
  • The "Ask the challengers", where the percentage of the other challengers choosing each answer is displayed to you and

Results, Data privacy & Information Sharing

After you complete the Challenge, you will see your result for the Challenge immediately, but not the answers. The details of your score and your ranking will be released in your userboard at the end of the Challenge so that the answers cannot be shared among players during the Challenge.

The Challenge runs on a secure platform managed by EDITx. The following personal data about the participants will be collected by EDITx: first name, last name, address, date of birth, email address, telephone number and Linkedin profile (if present). Personal data are used for the following purposes:

  • To monitor the correct competition process
  • To analyse and optimise EDITx
  • To set up the statboard & leaderboard at the end of the Challenge