Those of you who have been following the Imagine Cup this year will already know that first place in the Software Design Challenge went to The Seedlings from the University of Hull. They have now won a place representing the UK in the global finals in Seoul, Korea.

2^nd place went to CompUTeach from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth  and 3^rd to Herts of Code from the University of Hertfordshire.

Well done to all the teams who took part!

....BUT the Software Design Challenge is only one of the nine ways to enter the Imagine Cup and so we are now pleased to announce that multiple students from the following universities have successfully completed round 1 in their category :

Bradford University   De Montfort University   Manchester University   Swansea University University of Birmingham   University of Cambridge   University of Hull   University of Kent University of Leicester   University of Manchester   University of Reading   University of Stirling University of York

Round 2 ends on May 18^th – that’s next Friday folks – so we wish them all the best of luck and will keep you posted about who will be joining The Seedlings on the plane to Korea.

To keep up-to-date with the global competition www.imaginecup.com

Good luck!

Claire