AN Aberystwyth University student has won a top prize at the annual TARGETjobs Undergraduate of the Year awards.

Final year Artificial Intelligence and Robotics student Kieran Stone won the Computer Science, IT and Physics Undergraduate of the Year award.

Kieran received the FDM Group sponsored prize from writer and television presenter Konnie Huq at an awards ceremony held at London’s Canary Wharf.

Kieran said: “I’m blown away by all this. The selection process, which included a telephone interview and online tests, was gruelling and I didn’t think I had made it even on to the lists of finalists.

"I was shocked to be crowned winner as the calibre of the other finalists was amazing.

"This has massively increased my confidence and my success reflects the excellent skills we as computer science students here at Aberystwyth University have acquired and which are sought after by employers.”

As part of his prize Kieran has won a month-long internship at FDM Group’s London office which he plans to take up this summer, once he completes his studies at Aberystwyth.

Inspired to study robotics by a visit to the Gadget Show Live, Kieran chose Aberystwyth after being impressed by the facilities, and in particular the robotics laboratory, during an open day visit.

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