YORK College hosted an awards evening for students who excelled in their AS and A-Levels this year.

The event was held in the college atrium and the college principal, Dr Alison Birkinshaw, gave the introductory speech. The awards were presented by Glyn Jones, the assistant principal for A-Levels, Hayley Anderson, the head of studies for A-Levels, and Yannick Berland, the assistant head of A-Level studies.

The main address was by the guest speaker for the night, Iain Wright, the Labour MP for Hartlepool and Shadow Education Minister.

Student of the Year, Alex Stevenson, also gave a speech and there was a vote of thanks by David Johnson, representing the board of governors.

Glyn Jones said: “I’m delighted to be able to honour such an excellent group of students who have all inspired and impressed in their different ways.

“They’re wonderful ambassadors for the college and it is a great pleasure seeing them progress into the next exciting steps in their lives.”

The individual awards were:

Mathematician of the year, Nigel Poon; scientist of the year, Helen Wise; social scientist of the year, Matthew Robson; humanities heroine of the year, Emma Brookes; linguist of the year, Helen Dickinson; English student of the year, Rebecca Worth; music student of the year, Faye McCalman; best piece of extended writing, Amy Parkin; most improved student of the year, Matthew Tooke; enrichment award, Yuchen Liu; best performance of the year, Will Gardiner; best image of the year, Daisy McManaman; most experienced and creative achiever, Miriam Rowan; best 3D object, Hannah Strachan; best short film, Alexandra Deighton; best extended project, Miriam Chefrad; placement student of the year, Emily Putnam; sportsperson of the year, Kerry Hammond; best IT project, Ben Patrick; best international student on the A-Level programme, Filip Rotnes; tenacity award, Mel Crowland; best 2D image, Harriet Mackie; student of the year, Alex Stevenson.